a) Briefly describe the following soft ionization methods:
- atmospheric pressure ionization
- thermospray
- electrohydrodynamic ionization
- electrospray ionization.
b) What properties of ESI effected its breakthrough to become the most widely employed among the beforementioned methods?
c) What is a nozzle-skimmer system? How does contribute to the efficiency of an ESI interface?
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