Practical implications of some recent studies in electrospray ionization fundamentals

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 362-387

  Cech, Nadja B ^a   Enke, C G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection limit; ESI MS; Negative ion; Proton affinity; Solvent; Stability; Surface activity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; NEGATIVE IONS; POSITIVE IONS; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACE TENSION;

ANALYTE CHARGEABILITY; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; COULOMB FISSION MECHANISM; DETECTION LIMIT; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FLOW RATE; ION TRANSMISSION; PROTON AFFINITY; SURFACE ACTIVITY; SURFACE AREA;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

SOLVENT;

ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; REVIEW;

SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 0035497781     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.10008     Document Type: Article

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