The formation of cone-jets in charged liquids with electrical conductivities larger than 10− 4
S/m is reviewed for steady supported menisci and transient Coulomb fissions in charged …

The characterization of a miniaturized ionic liquid electrospray thruster for nanosatellite
applications is presented. The thruster investigated features an emitter array of 480 emitter …

In recent years, Cubesats have transformed from purely educational and technology
demonstration tools into platforms for demanding scientific and commercial missions. The …

The identity and the energy distributions of positive and negative ions electrostatically
extracted from the liquid phase in an ionic liquid ion source (ILIS) are analysed with a time-of …

The overall propulsion efficiency for ion-mode electrospray thrusters has been predicted to
be as high as 90%; however, experimental measurements currently fall far short of these …

The energetics, interfacial properties, instabilities, and fragmentation patterns of
electrosprays made from formamide salt solutions are investigated in a mass spectrometric …

The emissions of Taylor cones from a wide range of ionic liquids (ILs) have been tested in
vacuo in an attempt to identify what physical properties favor the purely ionic regime (PIR) …

Ion electrospray propulsion is a cutting-edge micropropulsion technology that could
revolutionize the capabilities of microsatellites. Ion electrospray thrusters could also be used …

Ionic liquid ion sources utilize electric fields to evaporate and accelerate ions and ion
clusters to∼ 1 keV energies. Ion clusters may dissociate after evaporation, which is not a …

Orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometry has been used to characterize the kinetic
energy and charged species distributions from an in vacuo electrospray ion source for four …