Polyimide (PI, Kapton-H®) films are widely utilized in the spacecraft industry for their
insulating properties, mechanical durability, light weight, and chemical resistance to …

Flexibility and lightweight are promising research topics for space science and technology,
which benefit to reduce load, reduce volume, and integrate device. However, most …

The next generation of energy storage technologies requires enhanced fabrication
techniques such as the use of CO 2 infrared lasers to pattern micro-supercapacitor (MSC) …

Polyimides, particularly poly-(pyromellitic dianhydride-4, 40-oxydianiline) or PMDA-ODA
(Kapton-H®), are ubiquitous in the aircraft and aerospace industries, flexible printed circuits …

High-voltage and high-power devices are indispensable in spacecraft for outer space
explorations, whose operations require aerospace materials with adequate vacuum surface …

As ideal encapsulation materials for thin-film space solar cells, optically transparent
polyimide (PI) films are required to withstand harsh space environments. Herein, we …

Artificial objects currently populating Earth orbital regimes can be distinguished by
comparing remote observational data to that of optical measurements within the visible (VIS) …

A project to investigate space environment effects on specific materials with interest to
remote sensing was initiated in 2016. The goal of the project is to better characterize …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0797. vid The harsh space
environment imposes stringent requirements upon spacecraft materials, especially those …

Satellites and spacecraft are usually exposed to space plasma disturbances, which vary in
time at Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO), affecting the charging of spacecraft and weather …