Improving the sensitivity of mass spectrometry by using a new sheath flow electrospray emitter array at subambient pressures

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2028-2037

  Cox, Jonathan T ^a   Marginean, Ioan ^a   Kelly, Ryan T ^b   Smith, Richard D ^a   Tang, Keqi ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ESI emitter array; High sensitivity MS; Nano ESI; Subambient pressure

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EFFICIENCY; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION (ESI); EMITTER ARRAYS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; ION TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; NANO-ESI; SENSITIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; BRADYKININ; FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; KEMPTIDE; MELITTIN; NEUROTENSIN; SUBSTANCE P; ACETONITRILE; ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLUE LIGHT; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSPRAY; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; GEOMETRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ION CURRENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUME; PRESSURE; SHEATH FLOW ELECTROSPRAY EMITTER ARRAY; SUBAMBIENT PRESSURE; SUBAMBIENT PRESSURE IONIZATION WITH NANOELECTROSPRAY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VAPOR PRESSURE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACETONITRILES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORMATES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PEPTIDES; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84906045191     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-0856-5     Document Type: Article

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