Development of a MEMS based colloid thruster with sandwich structure

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 168-172

  Xiong, Jijun ^a,b   Zhou, Zhaoying ^a   Sun, Dong ^b   Ye, Xiongying ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colloid thruster; MEMS; Micro propulsion; Micro thruster

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

COLLOID THRUSTERS; MICRO PROPULSION; MICRO THRUSTERS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 9644274028     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.05.029     Document Type: Article

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