Erosion of FEP teflon and PMMA by VUV radiation and hyperthermal o or Ar atoms

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 653-660

  Zhang, Jianming ^a   Lindholm, Ned F ^a   Brunsvold, Amy L ^a   Upadhyaya, Hari P ^a   Minton, Timothy K ^a   Tagawa, Masahito ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

atomic oxygen; collision induced dissociation; FEP Teflon; low Earth orbit; PMMA; polymer erosion; synergistic effects; VUV light

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC OXYGEN; COLLISION-INDUCED DISSOCIATION; FEP TEFLON; LOW EARTH ORBIT; PMMA; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; VUV LIGHT;

ARGON; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; DISSOCIATION; EROSION; ESTERS; ETHYLENE; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; ORBITS; OXYGEN; POLYIMIDES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PROPYLENE; QUARTZ;

ATOMS;

EID: 84862832862     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am800186m     Document Type: Article

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