Mechanisms of electrospray ionization of singly and multiply charged salt clusters

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 406, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-91

  Gamero Castano M ^a   Fernandez De La Mora J ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Charged residue; Differential mobility analyzer; Electrospray; Ion evaporation; Particle size magnifier

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY; EVAPORATION; IONIZATION; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVATION; VACUUM;

EID: 0342679993     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2670(99)00596-6     Document Type: Article

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