Array micro Faraday cup ion current detector for FAIMS

Guangxue Jingmi Gongcheng/Optics and Precision Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2597-2602

  Tang, Fei ^a   Wang, Xiao Hao ^a   Zhang, Liang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Faraday cup; High field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry(FAIMS); Ion detector; Low current; Micro electronic mechanical System(MEMS)

Indexed keywords

FARADAY CUPS; HIGH-FIELD ASYMMETRIC WAVEFORM ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRIES; ION DETECTOR; LOW CURRENTS; MICRO-ELECTRONIC-MECHANICAL SYSTEM(MEMS);

ACETONE; DETECTORS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; SPECTROMETRY;

IONS;

EID: 79551628867     PISSN: 1004924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3788/OPE.20101812.2597     Document Type: Article

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