US 12,187,464 B2
Nanostructured surface plasmonic resonance/photothermal absorbing thrusters
Jarrod Schiffbauer, Grand Junction, CO (US)
Assigned to Schiffbauer Technologies, Ltd., Grand Junction, CO (US)
Filed by Schiffbauer Technologies, Ltd., Grand Junction, CO (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/933,543.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/246,110, filed on Sep. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0089542 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B64G 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/405 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surface plasmonic resonance/photothermal absorption (SPR/PA) evaporation chamber comprising:
at least one transparent substrate configured to receive light on a first surface;
a plurality of nanostructures disposed on a second surface opposite the first surface, the plurality of nanostructures configured to excite electrons in response to light;
an inlet configured to provide propellent to the plurality of nanostructures; and
an outlet configured to expel the propellent heated by the electrons.