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  1. Direct detection of neutral species from ionic liquid electrospray thrusters in the purely ionic regime

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, July 2025, American Institute of Physics

    Yoshinori Takao

  2. High-Current-Density Propellantless Cathode Using Graphene/h-BN/Ni-Sapphire Structure

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yoshinori Takao

  3. Effects of Tip Curvature on Multiple Emitted Ion Beams in Porous Ionic Liquid Electrospray Thrusters

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yoshinori Takao

  4. Increased Thrust-to-Power Ratio of a Stepped-Diameter Helicon Plasma Thruster with Krypton Propellant

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, November 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Akira Ando, Yoshinori Takao

  5. Three-Dimensional Neutral and Charged Particle Simulations for a Miniature Microwave Discharge Neutralizer Using Water as the Propellant

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yoshinori Takao

  6. Electron loss mechanisms in a miniature microwave discharge water neutralizer

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, June 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Yoshinori Takao

  7. Electron extraction enhancement via the magnetic field in a miniature microwave discharge neutralizer

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, December 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Yoshinori Takao

  8. Assessment of Micropropulsion System Unifying Water Ion Thrusters and Water Resistojet Thrusters

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, September 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yoshinori Takao, Jun Asakawa, Keita Nishii

  9. High-performance planar-type electron source based on a graphene-oxide-semiconductor structure

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, May 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Yoshinori Takao

  10. Effects of negative ions on discharge characteristics of water plasma source for a miniature microwave discharge ion thruster

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, April 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Yoshinori Takao, Kengo Nakamura

  11. Computational design of a high-efficiency accelerator grid for a miniature ion thruster by full-aperture ion optics simulations

    Article • AIP Advances, March 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Kengo Nakamura, Yoshinori Takao

  12. Microplasma thruster powered by X-band microwaves

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, February 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Yoshinori Takao

  13. 3D Particle Simulation for Electron Extraction Mechanisms of a Miniature Microwave Discharge Neutralizer

    Article • July 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Kimiya Komurasaki, Yoshinori Takao

  14. Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation of a miniature plasma source for a microwave discharge ion thruster

    Article • Plasma Sources Science and Technology, December 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Yoshinori Takao