This paper is a review of the properties of bio-based materials, to assess their suitability for space-based environments. Materials under investigation included salmon deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based biopolymers and preliminary results of nucleobase materials. We will present optical damage thresholds, stability to ultraviolet light exposure, photodegradation, temperature stability for both the bulk and film form of the materials and gamma-ray irradiation. We have also included comparisons with more traditional polymers.


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    Title :

    Biopolymers suitable for space environments


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Nanophotonics and Macrophotonics for Space Environments VIII ; 2014 ; San Diego,California,United States


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    Publication date :

    2014-09-17





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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