Chapter 12

Electrospray Ionization

  • Development of ESI and related methods
  • Atmospheric pressure ionization
  • Thermospray
  • Electrohydrodynamic ionization
  • Ion sources for ESI
  • Nano-electrospray
  • ESI with modified spray geometries
  • Skimmer CID
  • Ion formation
  • Charge deconvolution
  • Applications of ESI
  • ESI of small molecules
  • ESI of metal complexes
  • ESI of surfactants
  • ESI of oligonucleotides, DNA, and RNA
  • ESI of oligosaccharides
  • Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization
  • Atmospheric pressure photoionization
  • General characteristics of ESI
  • Sample consumption
  • Types of ions in ESI
  • Mass analyzers for ESI