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MISSE 2 PEACE Polymers Atomic Oxygen Erosion Experiment on the International Space Station by De Groh, Kim K., Banks, Bruce A., Mccarthy, Catherine E., Rucker, Rochelle N., Roberts, Lily M., Berger, Lauren A.

“…Forty-one different polymer samples, collectively called the Polymer Erosion and Contamination Experiment (PEACE) Polymers, were exposed to the low Earth orbit…”
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Evidence from Patents and Patent Citations on the Impact of NASA and Other Federal Labs on Commercial Innovation by Jaffe, Adam B., Fogarty, Michael S., Banks, Bruce A.

“…Federal lab commercialization is explored: (1) by analyzing US government patents and (2) in a qualitative analysis of one NASA lab's patents. Tests apply to…”
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Investigation into the Differences Between Atomic Oxygen Erosion Yields of Materials in Ground-Based Facilities and LEO by Miller, Sharon K.R., Banks, Bruce A., Waters, Deborah L.

“…The atomic oxygen erosion yields of various materials, measured in terms of volume of material oxidized per incident oxygen atom, are sometimes very different…”
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Evaluation of piezoelectric PVDF polymers for use in space environments. II. Effects of atomic oxygen and vacuum UV exposure by Dargaville, Tim R., Celina, Mathew, Martin, Jeffrey W., Banks, Bruce A.

“…The effects of atomic oxygen (AO) and vacuum UV radiation simulating low Earth orbit conditions on two commercially available piezoelectric polymer films,…”
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Direct C−C Bond Breaking in the Reaction of O(3P) with Flouropolymers in Low Earth Orbit by Gindulytė, Asta, Massa, Lou, Banks, Bruce A, Miller, Sharon K. R

“…Spacecraft flying in low Earth orbit (LEO) are exposed to a harsh environment which includes frequent bombardment by fast atomic oxygen (AO) and ultraviolet…”
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The Atomic Oxygen Erosion Depth and Cone Height of Various Materials at Hyperthermal Energy by Waters, Deborah L., Banks, Bruce A., De Groh, Kim K., Miller, Sharon K.R., Thorson, Stephen D.

“…Atomic oxygen readily reacts with most spacecraft polymer materials exposed to the low Earth orbital (LEO) environment. If the atomic oxygen arrival comes from…”
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Can Hydrocarbon Chains Be Disrupted by Fast O(3P) Atoms? by Gindulytė, Asta, Massa, Lou, Banks, Bruce A, Rutledge, Sharon K

“…O(3P) is a highly reactive species which may cause damage to materials on contact. In low Earth orbit (LEO), high-energy collisions (∼4.5 eV) of O(3P) with…”
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Environmental Exposure Conditions for Teflon® Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene on the Hubble Space Telescope by Dever, Joyce A, de Groh, Kim K, Banks, Bruce A, Townsend, Jacqueline A, Barth, Janet L, Thomson, Shaun, Gregory, Teri, Savagek, William

“…The outer layer of Teflon® fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) multi-layer insulation (MLI) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was observed to be…”
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Ground-Based Durability Projection of ePTFE on ISS Based on Hubble Space Telescope Degradation Data by De Groh, Kim K., Banks, Bruce A., Dever, Joyce A., Hodermarsky, Janet C.

“…Ground-based environmental durability tests have indicated that exposing materials in accelerated tests to environmental model predicted spacecraft mission…”
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Hubble Space Telescope Metallized Teflon ® FEP thermal Control Materials: On-Orbit Degradation and Post-Retrieval Analysis by Townsend, Jacqueline A, Hansen, Patricia A, Dever, Joyce A, de Groh, Kim K, Banks, Bruce A, Wang, Len, He, Charles

“…During the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) second servicing mission (SM2), degradation of unsupported Teflon ® FEP (fluorinated ethylene propylene), used as the…”
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Effects of Radiation and Thermal Cycling on Teflon ® FEP by Dever, Joyce A, de Groh, Kim K, Banks, Bruce A, Townsend, Jacqueline A

“…Surfaces of the aluminized Teflon ® FEP (fluorinated ethylene propylene) multilayer thermal insulation on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) were found to be…”
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Atomic Oxygen Treatment as a Method of Recovering Smoke-Damaged Paintings by Rutledge, Sharon K., Banks, Bruce A., Forkapa, Mark, Stueber, Thomas, Sechkar, Edward, Malinowski, Kevin

“…The noncontact technique that is described uses atomic oxygen, generated under low pressure in the presence of nitrogen, to remove soot and charred varnish…”
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Ground-Based Testing of Replacement Thermal Control Materials for the Hubble Space Telescope by Townsend, Jacqueline A, Hansen, Patricia A, McClendon, Mark W, de Groh, Kim K, Banks, Bruce A

“…The mechanical and optical properties of the metallized Teflon ® FEP thermal control materials on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have degraded over the…”
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Evaluation of piezoelectric PVDF polymers for use in space environments. Part II, Effects of atomic oxygen and vacuum UV exposure by Dargaville, Tim Richard, Martin, Jeffrey W., Banks, Bruce A., Celina, Mathias C.

“…The effects of atomic oxygen (AO) and vacuum UV radiation simulating low Earth orbit conditions on two commercially available piezoelectric polymer films,…”
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Evidence from patents and patent citations on the impact of NASA and other federal labs on commercial innovation by Jaffe, Adam B, Fogarty, Michael S, Banks, Bruce A

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Cleaning of fire damaged watercolour and textiles using atomic oxygen by Rutledge, Sharon K., Banks, Bruce A., Chichemea, Virgil A., Haytas, Christy A.

“…A non-contact technique is described that uses atomic oxygen generated under low pressure in the presence of nitrogen to remove soot from the surface of a test…”
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Atomic Oxygen Treatment as a Method of Recovering Smoke-Damaged Paintings by Rutledge, Sharon K., Banks, Bruce A., Forkapa, Mark, Stueber, Thomas, Sechkar, Edward, Malinowski, Kevin

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Inside the pin-factory: empirical studies augmented by manager interviews by Borentstein, Severin, Farrell, Joseph, Jaffe, Adam B, Lerner, Josh, Merges, Robert P, Cockburn, Iain M, Hendeson, Rebecca M, Fogarty, Michael S, Banks, Bruce A, Branstetter, Lee, Sakakibara, Mariko, Gray, Wayne B, Shadbegian, Ronald J, Lehr, William, Lichtenberg, Frank R

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Summary Abstract: Comparison of protective coatings for infrared transmitting windows by Swec, Diane M., Mirtich, Michael J., Nir, Dan, Banks, Bruce A.

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Diamondlike carbon films on semiconductors for insulated-gate technology by Kapoor, V. J., Mirtich, M. J., Banks, B. A.

“…MIS structures are fabricated on p-type InP, GaAs, and Si substrated by direct ionization of 25-percent CH4 in Ar and ion-beam deposition of 70-nm-thick…”
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