Electrospray Ionization

Verheart, Peter; Svenningsson, Per; Andrén, Per E.

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_1548

Peter Verheart^2,3,
Per Svenningsson⁴ &
Per E. Andrén⁴

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ES; ESI; Nanospray

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A process in which ionized species in the gas phase are produced from a solution via highly charged fine droplets, by means of spraying the solution from a narrow-bore needle tip at atmospheric pressure in the presence of a high electric field (1,000–10,000 V potential).

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Department of Biotechnology, Netherlands Proteomics centre, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Peter Verheart
Biomedical Research Center, Hasselt University, SE-17177, Diepenbeek, Belgium
Peter Verheart
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Karolinska Institute, Hasselt University, SE-17177, Stockholm, Sweden
Per Svenningsson & Per E. Andrén

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Section Behavioural Pharmacology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
Ian P. Stolerman

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Verheart, P., Svenningsson, P., Andrén, P. (2010). Electrospray Ionization. In: Stolerman, I.P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_1548

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