Accion Systems uses electrospray ion drive propulsion. The thrust-producing ions are supplied from their ionic liquid propellant — a safe, non-toxic liquid salt. This novel source of ions allows us to ...

(Nanowerk News) An electrospray engine applies an electric field to a conductive liquid, generating a high-speed jet of tiny droplets that can propel a spacecraft. These miniature engines are ideal ...

Chemical engineers at Purdue University are the first to mathematically describe precisely how droplets form when liquids are exposed to electric fields, an advance that could have applications in ...

A popular technique that helps scientists deposit defined layers of tightly packed organic molecules onto solid surfaces is getting its first major update in more than 80 years. Researchers at ...

Mass spectrometry (MS) is already perhaps the most popular analytical chemistry tool in drug discovery and development. Its use is ubiquitous in bioanalytical laboratories for drug and metabolite ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland and Michigan Technological University have operated a tiny proposed satellite ion rocket under a microscope to see how it works. Image: The tree-like ...

New research published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces details a more efficient mechanism for painting complex 3D-printed objects, like lightweight frames for aircraft and biomedical ...

A new type of solar-electric propulsion that is approaching flight test with NASA backing could widen the range of applications for small satellites, and particularly cubesats. Busek Co. Inc., a ...

Pink treatment: Dyed DNA vaccine coated on a microneedle array by efficient electrospray deposition. (Courtesy: Sarah H Park/Rutgers School of Engineering) A new and highly accurate electrospray ...

A Purdue University team published a comprehensive review highlighting two decades of research advancing desorption electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) as a rapid, sensitive, and ...