Wafer-level integrated electrospray emitters for a pumpless microthruster system operating in high efficiency ion-mode

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1293-1296

  Ataman, Caglar ^a   Dandavino, Simon ^a   Shea, Herbert ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR EXCITATION; CAPILLARY FORCE; ELECTROSPRAY EMITTER; ELECTROSPRAYS; EXTRACTOR ELECTRODES; HIGH YIELD; INNER DIAMETERS; LIQUID DELIVERY; MICROTHRUSTER; POLYMER BASED; PUMP SYSTEM; PUMPLESS; WAFER BONDING PROCESS; WAFER LEVEL; WAFER-LEVEL INTEGRATION;

CAPILLARITY; EXCITED STATES; INTEGRATION; WAFER BONDING;

MEMS;

EID: 84860444287     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2012.6170394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. Krpoun, Renato, Katharine Lucy Smith, John P. W. Stark, and H. R. Shea. "Tailoring the hydraulic impedance of out-of-plane micromachined electrospray sources with integrated electrodes."Applied Physics Letters 94, no. 16 (2009): 163502.