Densification of Ionic Liquid Electrospray Thrusters using Silicon-Based MEMS Fabrication by Corrado, Matthew N., Lozano, Paulo C., Parameswaran, Lalitha, Cook, Matthew, Holihan, Eric C., Mathews, Richard, Racz, Livia M., Smith, Melissa A.

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Design of a Bimodal Chemical-Electrospray Propulsion System using Ionic Liquid Monopropellants by Bruno, Amelia R.

“…In particular, hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN) based green monopropellants are also ionic liquids, which is the standard propellant for electrospray thrusters. …”
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Studies on the physical structure, properties and operation of ionic liquid electrosprays in the pure-ion mode by Gallud Cidoncha, Ximo

“…The primary contribution of this thesis is the efficient implementation of an electrohydrodynamic model for ionic liquid electrosprays in the pure-ion mode, which can be experimentally validated, and that aims to explore electrode geometrical effects, the current and the stability of ionic liquid pure-ion electrospray menisci. …”
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Development and Laboratory Testing of a CubeSat-Compatible Staged Ionic-Liquid Electrospray Propulsion System by Pettersson, Gustav M., Jia-Richards, Oliver, Lozano, Paulo C.

“…Currently available electric propulsion technologies require relatively high power and thereby heavy power generation systems, severely limiting their utility for missions going away from the Sun. The ionic-liquid electrospray is known to have high power efficiency but a relatively short lifetime in its present state, limiting the total impulse available in such systems. …”
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Temperature-Dependent Performance of Electrospray Thrusters with ASCENT Monopropellant by Bruno, Amelia R., Corrado, Matthew N., Lozano, Paulo C.

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Development and characterization of an iodine field emission ion source for FIB applications by Fedkiw, Timothy Peter, Lozano, Paulo C.

“…Emission of positive and negative ions is possible when a room temperature molten salt, or ionic liquid, is exposed to a sufficiently high electric field. …”
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Active Thermal Augmentation and Ultra Dense MEMS-Based Electrospray Thrusters by Corrado, Matthew Nicholas

“…Advances in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) fabrication techniques have enabled the former, and an ultra-dense silicon-based ionic liquid electrospray thruster with record-breaking emitter density is tested. …”
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Solid-State Flow Control for Ion Electrospray Propulsion by MacArthur, Jonathan V.

“…Electrospray propulsion offers high-efficiency, low-mass propulsive capabilities, based on ion extraction from ionic liquid propellants, to small spacecraft that exceed the capabilities of conventional chemical propulsion. …”
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Comparison of computational algorithms for simulating an electrospray plume with a n-body approach by Hampl, Sebastian K., Waggoner, Marshall T., Gallud Cidoncha, Ximo, Petro, Elaine M., Lozano, Paulo C.

“…The test case utilizes a single operating point (323nA) for a stable meniscus solution for the ionic liquid EMI-BF4 firing in the positive pure ion mode. …”
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Performance Measurement and Propellant Testing for the STEP-1 CubeSat Elecrospray Thrusters by Pettersson, Gustav M., Bruno, Amelia R., Corrado, Matthew N., Medina, Bryan S., Krejci, David, Lozano, Paulo C.

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Investigation of Electrochemical Gas Generation in Ion Electrospray Thrusters by Shaik, Saba Z., Lozano, Paulo C.

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Performance Characterization of High-Density Electrospray Thrusters by Corrado, Matthew N., Wangari, Charity, Finch, Michael R., Parameswaran, Lalitha, Cook, Matthew, Holihan, Eric C., Mathews, Richard, Kedzierski, Jakub, Racz, Livia M., Smith, Melissa A., Lozano, Paulo C.

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Processes for the Fabrication of SU-8 Structures and Sputtered Materials on Porous Glass for Electrospray Thruster Manufacturing by Nachtigal, Catherine J.

“…High specific impulse thruster firing occurs when operating in the purely ionic regime (PIR), in which an ionic liquid propellant (a room temperature molten salt or liquid metal) emits individual ions rather than larger droplets. …”
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