A study of electrospray ionization emitters with differing geometries with respect to flow rate and electrospray voltage

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2115-2124

  Reschke, Brent R ^b   Timperman, Aaron T ^a  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospray ionization; Electrospray voltage; Etched open tubular emitter; Flow rate; Polymeric emitter; Pulled tip emitter; Reserpine

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPRAYS; ETCHED OPEN-TUBULAR EMITTER; POLYMERIC EMITTER; PULLED TIP EMITTER; RESERPINE;

FLOW RATE; FRICTION; IONIZATION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; POLYPROPYLENES;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSPRAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; SIGNAL DETECTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856148453     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-011-0251-4     Document Type: Article

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