Electrospray engines (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Electrospray engines

Caption

Electrospray engines produce thrust by shooting out a stream of highly charged droplets. The MIT researchers used a precise fabrication method that enhances the electrohydrodynamic reaction that generates these droplets.

Credit

Courtesy of the researchers

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