Fabrication and testing of an ionic electrospray propulsion system with a porous metal tip array

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1998-2001

  Li, H Q ^a   Courtney, D G ^a   Diaz Gomez Maqueo, P ^a   Lozano, P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospray thruster; MEMS; porous metal tips

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPRAYS; HIGH-POWER; MEMS PROCESS; POROUS METAL; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SMALL SATELLITES; UNIFORM FLOW;

ACTUATORS; FABRICATION; METAL TESTING; MICROSYSTEMS; PROPULSION;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 80052119448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969199     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. B. Gassend, L.F. Velásquez-García, A.I. Akinwande. And M. Martínez-Sánchez, "A Microfabricated Planar Electrospray Array Ionic Liquid Ion Source With Integrated Extractor", Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 18, pp 679-94, 2009.
2. R. Ktupoun, K.L. Smith, J.P.W. Stark and H.R. Shea, "Tailoring the Hydraulic Impedance of Out-of-plane Micromachined Electrospray Sources with Integrated Electrodes", Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 163502, (2009).
3. L.F. Velásquez-García, A.I. Akinwande. And M. Martínez-Sánchez, "A Planar Array of Micro Fabricated Electrospray Emitters for Thruster Applications", Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 15, pp 1272-80, 2006.
4. G.I. Taylor, "Disintegration of Water Drops in an Electric Field," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, Vol. 280, No. 1382, 1964.
5. P. Lozano, and M. Martínez-Sánchez, Ionic liquid ion Sources: Suppression of Electrochemical Reactions Using Voltage Alternation, J. Colloid and Interface Science, 280 (2004), pp. 149-154.
6. D.G. Courtney and P. Lozano, "Characterization of Conical Ionic Liquid Ion Sources for 2-D Electrospray Thruster Arrays on Porous Substrates," The 27 ISTS Special Issue of Transaction of JSASS, Aerospace Technology Japan, Accepted for publication Jan. 201J.
7. D. Courtney and P. Lozano, "Ionic Liquid Ion Source Emitter Arrays Fabricated on Bulk Porous Substrates for Spacecraft Propulsion", Ph.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, June, 201J.
8. D. Courtney, H. Li, P. Diaz Gomez Maqueo and P. Lozano, "Microfabricated Porous Ionic Liquid Ion Source Thrusters", abstract submitted to 47thJoint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, San Dieo CA, Aug. 201J.