Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2009
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
94
Issue
8
DOI of Original Publication
10.1063/1.3092481
Date of Submission
April 2015
Abstract
Nanoelectrospray aerosols were formed from microporous polymer wick sources. Current-voltage characteristics were measured as a function of solution electrical conductivity and surface tension and two distinct electrospray modes were observed. In the first mode, when the maximum capillary flow rate through the wick exceeds the electrospray flow rate, a single electrospray forms from a droplet at the end of the wick. In the second mode, when the maximum capillary flow rate is less than the electrospray flow rate, a multitude of microscopic nanoelectrospray sources are formed from within the surface of the wick tip.
Rights
Tepper, G., Kessick, R. Nanoelectrospray aerosols from microporous polymer wick sources. Applied Physics Letters, 94, 084106 (2009). Copyright © 2009 AIP Publishing LLC.
Is Part Of
VCU Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications
Comments
Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3092481