Recent progress and perspectives of space electric propulsion systems based on smart nanomaterials

Tutorial: Physics and modeling of Hall thrusters

(2017) Jean-Pierre Boeuf   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Discharge ignition in the micro-cathode arc thruster

(2017) George Teel et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Energy band diagram of device-grade silicon nanocrystals

(2016) M. Macias-Montero et al.   Nanoscale

Scalable graphene production: perspectives and challenges of plasma applications

(2016) Igor Levchenko et al.   Nanoscale

Electric propulsion for satellites and spacecraft: established technologies and novel approaches

(2016) Stéphane Mazouffre   PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

High thrust-to-power ratio micro-cathode arc thruster

(2016) Joseph Lukas et al.   AIP Advances

Nanoscaled Metamaterial as an Advanced Heat Pump and Cooling Media

(2016) Igor Levchenko et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

The Interplay of Quantum Confinement and Hydrogenation in Amorphous Silicon Quantum Dots

(2015) Sadegh Askari et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Sustainable Life Cycles of Natural-Precursor-Derived Nanocarbons

(2015) Kateryna Bazaka et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Operation of a Carbon Nanotube Field Emitter Array in a Hall Effect Thruster Plume Environment

(2015) Lake A. Singh et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Small Electric Propulsion Platform for Active Space Debris Removal

(2015) A. Ruggiero et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Conducting Wall Hall Thrusters

(2015) Dan M. Goebel et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Inverse heat flux in double layer thermal metamaterial

(2015) M Keidar et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Nanoengineered thrusters for the next giant leap in space exploration

(2015) Paulo C. Lozano et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Catalyst-Free Plasma Enhanced Growth of Graphene from Sustainable Sources

(2015) Mohan V. Jacob et al.   NANO LETTERS

The effects of plasma treatment on bacterial biofilm formation on vertically-aligned carbon nanotube arrays

(2015) Samuel Yick et al.   RSC Advances

Rapid, Puncture-Initiated Healing via Oxygen-Mediated Polymerization

(2015) Scott R. Zavada et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Multipurpose nanoporous alumina–carbon nanowall bi-dimensional nano-hybrid platform via catalyzed and catalyst-free plasma CVD

(2014) Jinghua Fang et al.   CARBON

Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanowalls on different substrates by radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition

(2014) Keivan Davami et al.   CARBON

Optimized electrode placement along the channel of a Hall thruster for ion focusing

(2014) Shaowei Qing et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Growth of Carbon Nanowalls on Metal-Coated Substrates via Microwave Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

(2014) Sangjoon Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Plasma-Induced Erosion on Ceramic Wall Structures in Hall-Effect Thrusters

(2014) Thomas Burton et al.   JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER

Effects of Plasma Exposure on Boron Nitride Ceramic Insulators for Hall-Effect Thrusters

(2014) Alexander J. Satonik et al.   JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER

Electric propulsion for small satellites

(2014) Michael Keidar et al.   PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION

Rippling on Wear Scar Surfaces of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films After Reciprocating Sliding Against Ceramic Balls

(2014) V. Podgursky et al.   TRIBOLOGY LETTERS

Carbon nanotubes on nanoporous alumina: from surface mats to conformal pore filling

(2014) Jinghua Fang et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Magnetic shielding of walls from the unmagnetized ion beam in a Hall thruster

(2013) Ioannis G. Mikellides et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

The synthesis of vertically oriented carbon nanosheet–carbon nanotube hybrid films and their excellent field emission properties

(2013) Xiao-Ping Wang et al.   CARBON

Nanoherding: Plasma-Chemical Synthesis and Electric-Charge-Driven Self Organization of SiO2 Nanodots

(2013) I. Levchenko et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Quantum engineering at the silicon surface using dangling bonds

(2013) S. R. Schofield et al.   Nature Communications

Sub-oxide-to-metallic, uniformly-nanoporous crystalline nanowires by plasma oxidation and electron reduction

(2012) Uroš Cvelbar et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

1D and 3D surface-assisted self-organization

(2012) Matthieu Koepf et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

History of Electric Propulsion at NASA Glenn Research Center: 1956 to Present

(2012) Michael J. Patterson et al.   JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Thermal properties of graphene: Fundamentals and applications

(2012) Eric Pop et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Influence of surface passivation on the friction and wear behavior of ultrananocrystalline diamond and tetrahedral amorphous carbon thin films

(2012) A. R. Konicek et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Investigation of radiofrequency plasma sources for space travel

(2012) C Charles et al.   PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION

Performance characteristics of very low power cylindrical Hall thrusters for the nano-satellite “PROITERES-3”

(2012) Tomoyuki Ikeda et al.   VACUUM

Tribological properties of nanocrystalline diamond films deposited by hot filament chemical vapor deposition

(2012) N. Kumar et al.   AIP Advances

Sonochemical nanoplungers: crystalline gold nanowires by cavitational extrusion through nanoporous alumina

(2012) Jinghua Fang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Plasma-enabled, catalyst-free growth of carbon nanotubes on mechanically-written Si features with arbitrary shape

(2011) Shailesh Kumar et al.   CARBON

Effect of Secondary Electron Emission on Electron Cross-Field Current in $E \times B$ Discharges

(2011) Y Raitses et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Real-time monitoring of nucleation-growth cycle of carbon nanoparticles in acetylene plasmas

(2011) Morten Hundt et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Self-organization in arrays of surface-grown nanoparticles: characterization, control, driving forces

(2011) I Levchenko et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Advances in the deposition chemistry of metal-containing thin films using gas phase processes

(2011) Naoufal Bahlawane et al.   Chemical Science

Electrical Conductivity of Chemically Reduced Graphene Powders under Compression

(2011) Adila Rani et al.   Carbon Letters

Status review of the science and technology of ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD™) films and application to multifunctional devices

(2010) Orlando Auciello et al.   DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS

Lifetime and Failure Mechanisms of an Arrayed Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Cathode

(2010) Logan T. Williams et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES

From nucleation to nanowires: a single-step process in reactive plasmas

(2010) Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov et al.   Nanoscale

Nanogrids and Beehive-Like Nanostructures Formed by Plasma Etching the Self-Organized SiGe Islands

(2010) Yuan-Ming Chang et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Self-organized formation and self-repair of a two-dimensional nanoarray of Ge quantum dots epitaxially grown on ultrathin SiO2-covered Si substrates

(2010) Yoshiaki Nakamura et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Plasmas for spacecraft propulsion

(2009) C Charles   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Control of Graphene's Properties by Reversible Hydrogenation: Evidence for Graphane

(2009) D. C. Elias et al.   SCIENCE

New Dawn for Electric Rockets

(2009) Edgar Y. Choueiri   SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Decel Grid Effects on Ion Thruster Grid Erosion

(2008) Richard E. Wirz et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Field emission from vertically aligned few-layer graphene

(2008) Alexander Malesevic et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Plasma-deposited Ge nanoisland films on Si: is Stranski–Krastanow fragmentation unavoidable?

(2008) I Levchenko et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Dormant Cathode Erosion in a Multiple-Cathode Gridded Ion Thruster

(2008) Joshua L. Rovey et al.   JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER

Reversible Basal Plane Hydrogenation of Graphene

(2008) Sunmin Ryu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Measurement of the Elastic Properties and Intrinsic Strength of Monolayer Graphene

(2008) C. Lee et al.   SCIENCE