Electrospray Ionization (ESI)
Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (APCI)
Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization (APPI)
Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI)
Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI)
Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART)
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Sample Inlet Nozzle
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Charged droplets
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Pressure = 1 atm
Inner tube diam. = 100 um
Sample in solution
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N2 gas
Partial
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Electrospray ionization:
Ion Sources make ions from sample molecules
(Ions are easier to detect than neutral molecules.)
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ESI
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ES SPECTRUM OF HORSE
MYOGLOBIN MW 16.951 A)
multiply charged ion distribution
from +12-24 shown at low
resolution B) the 17+ charge state
at a resolution of about 15000
showing the resolved isotope
peaks
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ESI spectra of disulfide-intact and
disulfide-reduced lysozyme
Konermann et al.
J. Am. Soc. Mass
Spectrom.
1998, 9, 1248-1254
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Features of NanoESI
Flow rates of 100-400nL/min (25-100 min analysis time)
Sample volumes down to 300 nL
Near 100 % sample utilization
Minimal instrument contamination
Zero sample cross contamination
Spray from 0% to 100% aqueous solvents
NanoESIvs. conventional ESI
Vialaret, Jérôme, et al. "Nano-flowvsstandard-flow: Whichis themoresuitableLC/MS methodforquantifyinghepcidin-25 in humanserum in
routineclinicalsettings?."Journalof ChromatographyB1086 (2018): 110-117.