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| Education |
- Ph.D. & M.S. Mechanical Engineering Department, Yale University, 1999.
Dissertation: The transfer of ions and charged nanoparticles from solution to the gas phase in electrosprays.
Advisor: Prof. Juan Fernández de la Mora.
- B.S. Chemical Engineering, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, 1995.
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| Honors |
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S. K. Friedlander Award for an outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation, American Association for Aerosol Research, 2001.
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| Research |
- Colloid thrusters, an electric micropropulsion technology:
Primary and secondary propulsion for nanosatellites: attitude control, orbit maintenance and insertion.
Precision formation flying: Laser Intereferometer Space Antenna (LISA), Disturbance Reduction System
(DRS-ST7), nanosats?
- Other areas of interest in electric propulsion: hollow cathodes, low power Hall thrusters.
- Fundamental research on the electrohydrodynamic atomization of liquids (electrosprays).
- Fundamental research on nanoparticles: ion induced nucleation, cluster ion beams, generation and characterization of nanoparticles.
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| Representative Publications |
- Characterization of the Electrosprays of 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Bis(Trifluoromethylsulfonyl) Imide in Vacuum, M. Gamero-Castaño, Physics of Fluids 20, 032103 (2008). Also in The Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, Vol. 17, Issue 15 (2008). Link to pdf copy
- Characterization of a six emitter colloid thruster using a torsional balance, M. Gamero-Castaño, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 20, 736-741 (2004).
- Electric-field-induced ion evaporation from dielectric liquid, M. Gamero-Castaño Physical Review Letters, 89, 147602 (2002). Link to pdf copy
- Electrospray as a source of nanoparticles for efficient colloid thrusters, M. Gamero-Castaño & V. Hruby, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 17, 977-987 (2001).
- Mechanisms of electrospray ionization of singly and multiply charged salt clusters, M. Gamero-Castaño & J. Fernández de la Mora, Analytica Chimica Acta, 406, 76-91 (2000).
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