Emission measurements from planar arrays of porous ionic liquid ion sources

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 48, 2012, Pages

  Courtney, Daniel G ^a   Li, Hanqing Q ^a   Lozano, Paulo ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM CURRENTS; CHARGE EMISSION; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; CURRENT EMISSIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; EMISSION MEASUREMENT; IN-SPACE PROPULSION; IONIC LIQUID ION SOURCES; PASSIVE FEEDING; PLANAR ARRAYS; POROUS NICKEL; POROUS SUBSTRATES; SINGLE EMITTER; STRONG CURRENTS; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

IONIC CONDUCTION; IONIC LIQUIDS; STAINLESS STEEL;

POROUS SILICON;

EID: 84869028827     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/48/485203     Document Type: Article

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