At present, very few CubeSats have flown in space featuring propulsion systems. Of those
that have, the literature is scattered, published in a variety of formats (conference …

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 …

Analytical relationships describing droplet deformation in external magnetic (electric) fields
rely on spheroidal and ellipsoidal shape approximations. We show that the ellipsoidal shape …

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 …

LECTROSPRAY thrusters constitute a class of micro-electric propulsion systems that use an
electric field to evaporate and accelerate an ionic propellant to generate thrust. This class of …

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 …

The electrospray emission of a super-paramagnetic fluid in the presence of a strong
magnetic field is investigated herein. Magnetic particles within the spray fluid experience a …

A new concept of magnetic ionic liquid electrospray thruster (ILET) is proposed in this paper.
The thruster uses a lower working voltage with the action of an applied magnetic field, and is …

The performance of a single tip ionic liquid ferrofluid electrospray source was estimated. The
electrospray source was sprayed until the fluid reservoir was depleted (typically 15 to 18 …

The performance of a single tip ionic liquid ferrofluid electrospray source was estimated. The
electrospray source was sprayed until the fluid reservoir was depleted (typically 15 to 18 …