Titles:

• Solar Effects on Tensile and Optical Properties of Hubble Space Telescope Silver-Teflon Insulation  2006

• Effects of Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation of Various Wavelength Ranges on Teflon FEP Film  June 2004

• The Effect of Heating on the Degradation of Ground Laboratory and Space Irradiated Teflon FEP  July 2002
  

• Mechanical Properties of Teflon® FEP Retrieved From the Hubble Space Telescope  May 2001
   
• Hubble Space Telescope Third Servicing Mission Retrieved Metallized Teflon FEP Analysis  May 2001
   
• Effect of Air and Vacuum Storage on the Tensile Properties of X-Ray Exposed Aluminized-FEP  2001
   
• Thermal Contributions to the Degradation of Teflon FEP on the Hubble Space Telescope  2001
   
• Quantitative Study of Degradation of PTFE and FEP Films by Soft X-Rays  June 2000
   
• Insights into the Damage Mechanism of Teflon FEP from the Hubble Space Telescope  2000
   
• Environmental Exposure Conditions for Teflon FEP on the Hubble Space Telescope  May 1999
   
• Effects of Heating on Teflon® FEP Thermal Control Material from the Hubble Space Telescope  May 1999
   
• A Comparison of Space and Ground Based Facility Environment Effects for FEP Teflon  May 1999
   
• Hubble Space Telescope Metalized Teflon® FEP Thermal Control Materials: On Orbit Degradation and Post-Retrieval Analysis  March 1999
   
• Environmental Exposure Conditions for Teflon FEP on the Hubble Space Telescope  1999
   
• Ground-based Testing of Replacement Thermal Control Materials for the Hubble Space Telescope  1999
   
• Effects of Radiation and Thermal Cycling on Teflon® FEP  1999
   
• Effect of X-Rays on the Mechanical Properties of Aluminized FEP Teflon®  October 1998
   
• Synchrotron VUV and Soft X-Ray Radiation Effects on Aluminized Teflon FEP  May 1998
   
• Ground Laboratory Soft X-Ray Durability Evaluation of Aluminized Teflon® FEP Thermal Control Insulation  May 1998
   
• Simulated Solar Flare X-Ray and Thermal Cycling Durability Evaluation of Hubble Space Telescope Thermal Control Candidate Replacement Materials  May 1998
   
• Mechanical Properties Degradation of Teflon FEP Returned from the Hubble Space Telescope  January 1998
   
• Thermal Cycling-Caused Degradation of Hubble Space Telescope Aluminized FEP Thermal Insulation  January 1998
   
• Analysis of Retrieved Hubble Space Telescope Thermal Control Materials  1998
   
• Evaluation and Selection of Replacement Thermal Control Materials for the Hubble Space Telescope  1998
   
• Investigation of Teflon FEP Embrittlement on Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit  June 1997
   
• Degradation of FEP Thermal Control Materials Returned from the Hubble Space Telescope  1995

K. K. de Groh, J. A. Dever, A. Snyder, S. Kaminski, C. E. McCarthy, A.L. Rapoport and R. N. Rucker, "Solar Effects on Tensile and Optical Properties of Hubble Space Telescope Silver-Teflon Insulation," in “Materials in Extreme Environments,” edited by C. Mailhiot, P.B. Saganti, D. Ila (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 929, Warrendale, PA, 2006), 0929-II05-08.

Joyce Dever and Cara McCracken, “Effects of Various Wavelength Ranges of Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation on Teflon® FEP Film,” Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Materials in a Space Environment, June 16-20, 2003, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., also:  J. A. Dever and C. A. McCracken, “Effects of Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation of Various Wavelength Ranges on Teflon FEP Film,” High Performance Polymers, Vol. 16, No. 2, June 2004, pp. 289-302. 

K. K. de Groh, M. Martin, “The Effect of Heating on the Degradation of Ground Laboratory and Space Irradiated Teflon FEP,” Presented at the 6th ICPMSE Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 1-3, 2002; NASA TM-2002-211704, July 2002.

Dever, J. A., de Groh, K. K., Messer, R. K., McClendon, M. W., Viens, M., Wang, L. L., and Gummow, J. D., “Mechanical Properties of Teflon® FEP Retrieved From the Hubble Space Telescope,” High Performance Polymers, vol 13, No 3, pp S373-S390, September 2001.  Also appears in Proceedings of the 46th International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition.  Science of Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Series, vol 46, Long Beach, California, May 6-10, 2001.  Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, pp 1811-1825, 2001-2002.

de Groh, K. K., Gaier, J. R., Hall, R. L., Norris, M. J., Espe, M. P., and Cato, D. R., "Effects of Heating on Teflon® FEP Thermal Control Material from the Hubble Space Telescope", prepared for the 44th International Symposium and Exhibition sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering, Long Beach, California, May 23-27, 1999, NASA/TM-1999-209085.

Rutledge, S. K., Banks, B. A., and Kitral, M., "A Comparison of Space and Ground Based Facility Environment Effects for FEP Teflon", prepared for the 4th International Space Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures from the LEO Space Environment sponsored by the University of Toronto and the Institute for Aerospace Studies, Toronto, Canada, May 23-24, 1999.

Townsend, J. A., Hansen, P. A., Dever, J. A., de Groh, K. K., Banks, B. A., Wang, L., and He, C., "Hubble Space Telescope Metalized Teflon® FEP Thermal Control Materials: On Orbit Degradation and Post-Retrieval Analysis", High Performance Polymers, 11, No. 1, pp.81-100, March, 1999.

Dever, J. A., de Groh, K. K., Banks, B. A., Townsend, J. A., Barth, J. L., Thomson, S., Gregory, T., and Savage, W., “Environmental Exposure Conditions for Teflon FEP on the Hubble Space Telescope,” High Performance Polymers, 12, No. 1, pp 125-139, March 2000. Also appears in Science of Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Series, vol 44, pp 999-1013 (1999).

Townsend, J. A., Hansen, P. A., McClendon, de Groh, K. K., and Banks, B. A., "Ground-based Testing of Replacement Thermal Control Materials for the Hubble Space Telescope", High Performance Polymers 11, p.63-79, 1999.

Dever, J. A., de Groh, K. K., Banks, B. A., and Townsend, J. A. "Effects of Radiation and Thermal Cycling on Teflon® FEP", High Performance Polymers, 11, pp. 123-140, 1999.

Gaier, J. R., Brinkmeier, M. R., and Gaier, E. M., "Effect of X-Rays on the Mechanical Properties of Aluminized FEP Teflon®", prepared for the 20th Space Simulation Conference cosponsored by IES-NASA, ASTM, AIAA, and CSA, Annapolis, Maryland, October 26-29, 1998.

Dever, J. A., Townsend, J. A., Gaier, J. R., and Jalics, A. I. , "Synchrotron VUV and Soft X-Ray Radiation Effects on Aluminized Teflon FEP", prepared for the 43rd International Symposium sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering, Anaheim, California, May 31- June 4, 1998

Banks, B. A., de Groh, K. K., Stueber, T. J., Sechkar, E. A., and Hall, R. L., "Ground Laboratory Soft X-Ray Durability Evaluation of Aluminized Teflon® FEP Thermal Control Insulation", prepared for the 43rd International Symposium sponsored by the Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, Anaheim, California, May 31-June 4, 1998.

Dever, J. A., de Groh, K. K., Townsend, J. A., and Wang, L. L., "Mechanical Properties Degradation of Teflon FEP Returned from the Hubble Space Telescope", AIAA Paper No. 98-0895, NASA TM-1998-206618, Jan. 1998.

Banks, B., Stueber, T., Rutledge, S., Jaworske, D., and Peters, W., "Thermal Cycling-Caused Degradation of Hubble Space Telescope Aluminized FEP Thermal Insulation", prepared for the 36th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 12-15, 1998.

 
Townsend, J. A., Hansen, P. A., Dever, J. A., and Triolo, J. J., "Analysis of Retrieved Hubble Space Telescope Thermal Control Materials", Science of Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Series, 43, pp. 582-93, 1998.

de Groh, K. K. and Smith, D. C., "Investigation of Teflon FEP Embrittlement on Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit", prepared for the 7th International Symposium on Materials in a Space Environment cosponsored by ONERA, CERT, and ESA/ESTEC, Toulouse, France, June 16-20, 1997, NASA-TM-113153.

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