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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2012
Daren Chen, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jingjie Zhang, St. Louis, MO (US);
Daren Chen, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jingjie Zhang, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nanocopoeia, LLC, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Embodiments for producing un-agglomerated, monodisperse droplets using a liquid sheet are provided. Nozzles with exit slit openings shape a spray liquid into a thin liquid sheet as the spray liquid exits from the slit opening. Stable multi-jet operation is achieved by including notches along the edge of the slit. The notches separate the liquid sheet into multiple jets to provide anchoring and stable multi jet operation. In some embodiments, the liquid sheet electrospray techniques and nozzles described herein provide high mass throughput and versatile multiplexing spray systems while reducing the engineering effort and high manufacturing cost.