Inventors:
Robert Bruce Doak - Tempe AZ, US
John C.H. Spence - Tempe AZ, US
Uwe Weierstall - Phoenix AZ, US
Daniel DePonte - Tempe AZ, US
Dmitri Starodub - Tempe AZ, US
Jared Scott Warner - Tempe AZ, US
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University - Scottsdale AZ
International Classification:
B05B 17/04, B05B 7/00
Abstract:
A nozzle for producing a single-file stream of droplets of a fluid, methods using the nozzle, and an injector, comprising the nozzle of the invention, for providing the single-file stream of droplets of a fluid to a high-vacuum system are described. The nozzle comprises two concentric tubes wherein the outer tube comprises a smoothly converging-diverging exit channel and the outlet end of the first tube is positioned within the converging section of the exit channel.