Perspective on electrospray ionization and its relation to electrochemistry

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 369-385

  Pozniak, Boguslaw P ^a,b   Cole, Richard B ^a,c  

^a University of New Orleans   (United States)

^b INSTYTUT CI ZKIEJ SYNTEZY ORGANICZNEJ BLACHOWNIA   (Poland)

^c Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

Author keywords

Electrified liquids; Electrochemistry; Electrospray; Fundamentals; Mathematical; Taylor cone; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; RESISTORS;

ELECTROSPRAYS; FUNDAMENTALS; MATHEMATICAL; TAYLOR CONE; TREATMENT;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ADSORPTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DERIVATIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84923265621     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-1066-x     Document Type: Article

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