Improving FAIMS Sensitivity Using a Planar Geometry with Slit Interfaces

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1768-1774

  Mabrouki, Ridha ^a   Kelly, Ryan T ^a   Prior, David C ^a   Shvartsburg, Alexandre A ^a   Tang, Keqi ^a   Smith, Richard D ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; DRIFT TUBE; FIELD ASYMMETRIC WAVEFORM ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; GAS PHASE IONS; ION CURRENTS; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; ION SIGNALS; ION TRANSMISSION; LIQUID FLOW RATES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PLANAR CONFIGURATIONS; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; STAND -ALONE;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY; FIELD ASYMMETRIC WAVEFORM ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTROMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 69649090115     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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