The creation of electric wind due to the electrohydrodynamic force

Sanghoo Park; Uros Cvelbar; Wonho Choe; Se Youn Moon

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02766-9

Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

The creation of electric wind due to the electrohydrodynamic force

Sanghoo Park,
Uros Cvelbar,
Wonho Choe,
Se Youn Moon

Affiliations

Sanghoo Park: Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Uros Cvelbar: Jožef Stefan Institute
Wonho Choe: Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Se Youn Moon: Department of Quantum System Engineering, Chonbuk National University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02766-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The electric wind mechanism remains unclear. Here, the authors report evidence that electric wind is caused by an electrohydrodynamic force generated by charged particle drag as a result of momentum transfer to neutral particles.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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