Protecting dielectric elastomers from the space environment with ultra high SPF sunscreen

Joseph Ashby; Eduardo Trifoni; Joice Mathew; Iain A. Anderson; Thomas Loho; Samuel Rosset; E.-F. Markus Henke

doi:10.1117/12.2582924

Protecting dielectric elastomers from the space environment with ultra high SPF sunscreen

Joseph Ashby, Eduardo Trifoni, Joice Mathew, Iain A. Anderson, Thomas Loho, Samuel Rosset, E.-F. Markus Henke

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Silicone is used in the space industry for protecting underlying materials from atomic oxygen. This oxygen reacts with the silicone to form silicon dioxide, which is highly resistant to further attack. Our work is focussed on exploring the use of dielectric elastomer transducers (DETs) in the space sector. These devices often use silicone as their key elastomeric component, if a DET becomes oxidised its motion is at least severely impaired if not completely halted. We have developed a solution to this problem in the form of a protective coating. We present here results of ground-based testing testing of the coating.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings Volume 11587, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXIII
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2582924
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation - Virtual Duration: 1 Jan 2021 → …

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