Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of the non-covalent complexes of ammonium ions with high molar mass polyethers

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 303, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-68

  Nasioudis, Andreas ^a   Van Velde, Jan W ^a   Heeren, Ron M A ^b   Van Den Brink, Oscar F ^a  

^a AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charge reduction; Electrospray ionization; Mass spectrometry; Synthetic polymers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955625863     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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