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We report the observation of bare silver cluster cations obtained by electrospray ionization from a solution containing a metal salt and tryptophan. Multiple step collision-induced dissociation in a quadrupole ion trap of Ag9 + is reported.
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Tabarin, T., Antoine, R., Broyer, M. et al. Facile formation of bare silver clusters in electrospray ionization multi-stage mass spectrometry. Eur. Phys. J. D 37, 237–239 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2005-00310-7
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