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 …

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 …

A mixture of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate ([Emim][EtSO 4]) and
hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN) is an energetic monopropellant potentially suitable in a …

HEN monodomain ferromagnetic nanoparticles are suspended in a carrier liquid the result is
a colloid which is susceptible to electromagnetic fields. The particles are typically coated …

A combined experimental and modeling effort is undertaken to assess a detection system
composed of an orthogonal extraction time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer coupled to a …

AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2019 Forum : Solvated Ion Cluster Dissociation Rates for Ionic
Liquid Electrospray Propellants Page 1 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 …

PPLYING a strong electrostatic stress to the interface of a conductive or dielectric liquid
creates an instability in the surface. If the stress is sufficiently large to balance the …

A mixture of [Emim][EtSO4]-HAN is a potential propellant suitable in a multi-mode chemical-
electric microtube-electrospray micropropulsion system. This paper reports experimental …

A mixture of [Emim][EtSO4]-HAN is a potential propellant suitable in a multi-mode chemical-
electric microtube-electrospray micropropulsion system. This paper reports experimental …

Ionic liquids (ILs) and mixtures of ILs are of broad interest in chemistry and in other areas of
study, with a wide range of actual and potential applications [1]. Ionic liquids are molten salts …