Lifetime considerations for electrospray thrusters

A Thuppul, PL Wright, AL Collins, JK Ziemer, RE Wirz - Aerospace, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ionic liquid electrospray thrusters are capable of producing microNewton precision thrust at
a high thrust–power ratio but have yet to demonstrate lifetimes that are suitable for most …

Highly soluble imidazolium ferrocene bis (sulfonate) salts for redox flow battery applications

BR Schrage, B Zhang, SC Petrochko, Z Zhao… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are scalable devices that employ solution-based redox active
components for scalable energy storage. To maximize energy density, new highly soluble …

Controlling the dynamics of ionic liquid thin films via multilayer surface functionalization

B Wu, JP Breen, X Xing, MD Fayer - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The structural dynamics of planar thin films of an ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-
methylimidazolium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide (BmimNTf2) as a function of surface …

Unraveling the Roles of Ionic Size and Hydrogen Bonding in Electric Field-Driven Ion Emission from Hydroxylamine Nitrate-Based Ionic Liquids

L Su, Z Yao, W He, H Yan, Y Tian… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ionic size and hydrogen bonding (HB) may play significant roles in controlling ion emission
from HAN (hydroxylamine nitrate)-based ionic liquids (ILs) but have received little attention …

Molecular dynamics simulation of ionic liquid electrospray: Microscopic presentation of the effects of mixed ionic liquids

W Zheng, X Liu, J Zhang, Y Cheng, W Wang - International Journal of Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
Micro-propulsion devices based on electrospray have advantages of high specific impulse,
high precision and compact structure, and are able to meet the requirements of gravitational …

Structural dynamics in ionic liquid thin films: The effect of cation chain length

B Wu, JP Breen, MD Fayer - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020 - ACS Publications
The structural dynamics of planar∼ 100 nm thin films of three ionic liquids (ILs) were
investigated using ultrafast two-dimensional infrared (2D-IR) spectroscopy. The ILs share …

Local and long-range organization in room temperature ionic liquids

Y Wang, F Parvis, MI Hossain, K Ma, R Jarosova… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) have a wide range of current and potential
applications, in areas ranging from supercapacitor energy storage to sequestration of toxic …

Electrospray plume evolution: Influence of drag

MKJD Breddan, RE Wirz - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Plasma, Energy, & Space
Propulsion Laboratory (PESPL) presents the Discrete Electrospray Lagrangian Interaction …

Relating the Induced Free Charge Density Gradient in a Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid to Molecular-Scale Organization

MI Hossain, L Adhikari, GA Baker… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report on dilution-dependent changes in the local environments of chromophores
incorporated into room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL)-molecular solvent binary systems …

Theoretical and experimental insights into the dissociation of 2-hydroxyethylhydrazinium nitrate clusters formed via electrospray

AL Patrick, KM Vogelhuber, BD Prince… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids are used for myriad applications, including as catalysts, solvents, and
propellants. Specifically, 2-hydroxyethylhydrazinium nitrate (HEHN) has been developed as …