A mass propelled device is described. The mass propelled device includes an evaporation chamber. The evaporation chamber has at least one transparent substrate configured to receive light on a first surface and a plurality of nanostructures disposed on a second surface opposite the first surface. The plurality of nanostructures excite electrons in response to light being provided to the first surface. The mass propelled device also includes propellent storage to store propellent and a propellent delivery system to provide propellent from the propellent storage component to the evaporation chamber. The evaporation chamber is configured to heat the propellent using electrons. The mass propelled device also includes at least one nozzle configured to exhaust heated propellent from the evaporation chamber in order to produce thrust.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE PLASMONIC RESONANCE/PHOTOTHERMAL ABSORBING THRUSTERS


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2023-03-23


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



    Nanostructured surface plasmonic resonance/photothermal absorbing thrusters

    SCHIFFBAUER JARROD | European Patent Office | 2025

    Free access

    SURFACE-INTEGRATED ELECTROAERODYNAMIC THRUSTERS

    BARRETT STEVEN / XU HAOFENG / BROWN ARTHUR et al. | European Patent Office | 2023

    Free access



    Microelectrospray Thrusters

    Dankanich, John / Demmons, Nate / Marrese-Reading, Colleen et al. | NTRS | 2015