Sandia piezoelectric films to be part of NASA space station experiment

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Mat Celina displays the piezoelectric polymer films that will be tested on an upcoming Materials International Space Station Experiment. (Photo by Randy Montoya)
Mat Celina displays the piezoelectric polymer films that will be tested on an upcoming Materials International Space Station Experiment. (Photo by Randy Montoya)

For the past three years a Sandia research team headed by Mat Celina has been investigating the performance of various piezoelectric polymer films that might one day serve as ultra-light mirrors in space telescopes.


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