Unified Model of Charge Transport in Insulating Polymeric Materials

Authors

Alec Sim, Utah State UniversityFollow
John R. Dennison, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Journal/Book Title/Conference

proceedings of the 15th Rocky Mountain NASA Space Grant Consortium

Publisher

Rocky Mountain NASA Space Grant Consortium

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

We present a preliminary report on the theoretical and experimental study of transport models in highly insulating materials. The report is developed in four sections; first we give background on the nature of the problems in space craft charging, the contributions and connections made by the Utah State material physics group. Second we discuss the density of states to explore the connections between material composition and the microscopic and macroscopic transport equations. Third from Maxwell’s equations we present an overview of the transport equations. Finally we present preliminary results using experimental data on Kapton^TM, the transport equations and relevant expressions for the density of states.

Comments

Proceedings of the 15th Rocky Mountain NASA Space Grant Consortium NASA Fellowship Symposium, Logan, UT

Recommended Citation

Alec Sim and JR Dennison, “Unified Model of Charge Transport in Insulating Polymeric Materials,” Proceedings of the 15th Rocky Mountain NASA Space Grant Consortium NASA Fellowship Symposium, (Logan, UT, May 1 2010), 10 pp.