Mechanistic study on the ionization of trace gases by an electrospray plume

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 313, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-29

  Martinez Lozano Sinues, Pablo ^a,c   Criado, Ernesto ^b   Vidal, Guillermo ^b  

^a National Research Council Institute for Biomedical Technologies   (Italy)

^b SEADM SL   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ionization mechanism; Secondary electrospray ionization; Vapor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857359935     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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