Abstract
Capillary electrophoresis–mass spectrometry (CE-MS) coupling is a powerful analytical solution bringing together the separation power of CE and the wealth of chemical information afforded by MS. Nevertheless, interfaces making the hyphenation of both techniques possible have always been the subject of a quest for improvement by their users in search for more sensitive and robust setups. This fact has led to numerous technical developments and new interface designs claiming to outrival existing approaches in different aspects. Nevertheless, the task of evaluating and comparing a new interface to previous solutions is not always straightforward. Issued from our own experience in the field, we herein propose a protocol to optimize the operation parameters of a new CE-MS interface design, assess its analytical performance, and compare it to a reference interface if desired. Electrospray stability, sensitivity, reproducibility, and robustness are practically evaluated as key elements of the process.
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Ferré, S., Boccard, J., Rudaz, S., González-Ruiz, V. (2022). Evaluation of Prototype CE-MS Interfaces. In: Neusüß, C., Jooß, K. (eds) Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry . Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2531. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2493-7_1
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