@inproceedings{a9dd6e5090cc445c98f54e700f5760ae,
title = "Novel actuators for adjustable high-resolution x-ray optics based on plastic electroactive polymers",
abstract = "Next-generation soft X-ray missions, such as the Lynx X-ray observatory, are being proposed to increase the effective area of Chandra while keeping sub-arcsecond imaging resolution. Low-voltage thin-film actuators based on electroactive polymers can address the need for adjustable mirror control in future X-ray missions such as Lynx. Polymers can produce high strains at low voltages and correct the deformations that submillimeter-thick mirror shells will experience in future X-ray missions. Fabrication of polymer-based thin films is a low-cost, scalable technology that can easily be translated to production by industrial partners. With processing temperatures below 140oC, electroactive polymer films can be deposited on glass mirror substrates without risk of introducing additional slumping errors. We will present metrology results on prototype actuators based on micrometer-scale PVDF-TrFE polymer films deposited on glass substrates.",
keywords = "adjustable optics, figure correction, Lynx, piezoelectric polymers, X-ray optics",
author = "M. Errando",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 SPIE.; Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IX 2019 ; Conference date: 13-08-2019 Through 15-08-2019",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1117/12.2529994",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "O'Dell, \{Stephen L.\} and Giovanni Pareschi",
booktitle = "Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy IX",
}