Generation of picoliter droplets of liquid for electrospray ionization with piezoelectric inkjet

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-328

  Luo, Chen ^a   Ma, Yuan ^a   Li, Haifang ^a   Chen, Fengming ^b   Uchiyama, Katsumi ^b   Lin, Jin Ming ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

inkjet; ionization; MS; picoliter droplet; piezoelectric device

Indexed keywords

HIGH-IONIZATION; INKJET; INTERNAL STANDARDS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MS; PICOLITER DROPLETS; PIEZOELECTRIC INK JETS; TARGET-SUBSTRATE;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; IONIZATION; LIQUIDS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

DROPS;

GRAPHITE; THEOBROMINE;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PIEZOELECTRIC INKJET; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84875142606     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.3159     Document Type: Article

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