Hydroxide catalysis bonding for astronomical instruments
Open Access
- 28 May 2014
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Advanced Optical Technologies
- Vol. 3 (3), 293-307
- https://doi.org/10.1515/aot-2014-0022
Abstract
Hydroxide catalysis bonding (HCB) as a jointing technique has been under development for astronomical applications since similar to 1998 (patented by D.-H. Gwo). It uses an aqueous hydroxide solution to form a chemical bond between oxide or oxidisable materials (e.g., SiO2, sapphire, silicon and SiC). It forms strong, extremely thin bonds, and is suitable for room temperature bonding, precision alignment, operation in ultra-low vacuum and down to temperatures of 2.5 K. It has been applied in the NASA satellite mission Gravity Probe B and in the ground-based gravitational wave (GW) detector GEO600. It will soon fly again on the ESA LISA Pathfinder mission and is currently being implemented in the Advanced LIGO and Virgo ground-based GW detectors. This technique is also of considerable interest for use in other astronomical fields and indeed more broadly, due to its desirable, and adjustable, combination of properties. This paper gives an overview of how HCB has been and can be applied in astronomical instruments, including an overview of the current literature on the properties of hydroxide catalysis bonds.Keywords
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