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Title: Electrohydrodynamically driven large-area liquid ion sources

Patent ·
OSTI ID:866530

A large-area liquid ion source comprises means for generating, over a large area of the surface of a liquid, an electric field of a strength sufficient to induce emission of ions from a large area of said liquid. Large areas in this context are those distinct from emitting areas in unidimensional emitters.

Research Organization:
AT&T
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 4731562
OSTI ID:
866530
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English