Ion wind

The term "ionic wind" is considered a misnomer due to misconceptions that only positive and negative ions were primarily involved in the phenomenon.

[6][7] Francis Hauksbee, curator of instruments for the Royal Society of London, made the earliest report of electric wind in 1709.

[8] Myron Robinson completed an extensive bibliography and literature review during the 1950s resurgence of interest in the phenomena.

[9] In 2018, researchers from South Korea and Slovenia used Schlieren photography to experimentally determine that electrons and ions play an important role in generating ionic wind.

[10] Net electric charges on conductors, including local charge distributions associated with dipoles, reside entirely on their external surface (see Faraday cage) and tend to concentrate more around sharp points and edges than on flat surfaces.