Plasma-enhanced synthesis and modification of polymers is a field that continues to expand
and become increasingly more sophisticated. The highly reactive processing environments …

There are a number of pressing problems mankind is facing today that could, at least in part,
be resolved by space systems. These include capabilities for fast and far-reaching …

The Hall thruster is a high-efficiency spacecraft propulsion device that utilizes plasma to
generate thrust. The most common variant of the Hall thruster is the stationary plasma …

In wall-less Hall thrusters, the ionization of the propellant and the acceleration of the ions
occur outside the thruster [S. Mazouffre, S. Tsikata, and J. Vaudolon, in 50th …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0842. vid The performance of a 9-
kW class magnetically shielded Hall thruster is characterized at 300 V discharge voltage for …

The dynamic properties of the Hall thruster breathing mode are investigated experimentally.
Non-invasive time-resolved laser diagnostics are combined with a quasi-one-dimensional …

The wall-less Hall thruster is expected to overcome the issue of wall erosion in miniaturized
Hall thrusters. A unique structure of negative gradient magnetic field is used to constrain the …

The external discharge plasma thruster removes the annular channel of the traditional Hall
thruster, allowing the ionization region to appear outside the thruster, which is expected to …

The structures of two typical plume modes (divergent and convergent plume) and their
respective formation mechanisms in a cylindrical Hall thruster are investigated. The non …

The performance of a magnetically shielded Hall thruster operating on xenon and krypton is
characterized at discharge current densities up to 10 times greater than its nominal level. A …