Experiments were conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Electric
Propulsion Laboratory to study the ion-induced secondary charge emission from surfaces …

The physics of ionic electrospray propulsion spans multiple length scales. This paper
combines a molecular dynamics model, a particle–particle model, and a particle-in-cell …

This paper presents a fully kinetic three-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation study of
the plume from a bipolar ionic electrospray thruster pair using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium …

Ionic liquid electrospray thrusters are notable for their small size, low mass, and high specific
impulse, making them ideal for use in micro/nano satellites. This study evaluates the lifetime …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-1975. vid Experiments have been
conducted at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Electric Propulsion Laboratory to …

The electrospray thruster is becoming popular in space propulsion due to its low power and
high specific impulse. Before this work, an electrospray thruster based on a porous emitter …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0262. vid A low power porous
electrospray thruster propulsion system is being developed and tested by a consortium …

Electrostatic and hydrodynamic models for understanding porous electrospray device
behavior have been developed recently at the UCLA Plasma, Energy, and Space …

A pressurized propellant feeding system was designed and tested for a porous-emitter
electrospray thruster. The system provides a preliminary design for an electrospray …

We present electrostatic simulations determining onset voltages of a new electrospray
thruster that expands on previous work [Jones et al., J. Electrostat. 108, 103487]. The design …