The role of nebulizer gas flow in electrosonic spray ionization (ESSI)

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1234-1241

  Wang, Rui ^a   Allmendinger, Pitt ^a   Zhu, Liang ^a   Gröhn, Arto Juhani ^a   Wegner, Karsten ^a   Frankevich, Vladimir ^a   Zenobi, Renato ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrosonic spray ionization; Electrospray ionization; Ionization mechanism

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; CYTOCHROME C; ELECTROSPRAYS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOLDED PROTEINS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GAS VELOCITY; HIGH-SPEED; ION SIGNALS; IONIZATION MECHANISM; IONIZATION MECHANISMS; NEUTRAL SOLUTION; SMALL SAMPLES; SPRAY IONIZATION; SUPERSONIC SPEED; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

DROP BREAKUP; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

CYTOCHROME C; HOLOMYOGLOBIN; MYOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ELECTROSONIC SPRAY IONIZATION; ELECTROSPRAY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEBULIZER; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOCHROMES C; GASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; MYOGLOBIN; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 79960010904     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-011-0124-x     Document Type: Article

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