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Title: Zero voltage mass spectrometry probes and systems

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1398973

The invention generally relates to zero volt mass spectrometry probes and systems. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system including a mass spectrometry probe including a porous material, and a mass spectrometer (bench-top or miniature mass spectrometer). The system operates without an application of voltage to the probe. In certain embodiments, the probe is oriented such that a distal end faces an inlet of the mass spectrometer. In other embodiments, the distal end of the probe is 5 mm or less from an inlet of the mass spectrometer.

Research Organization:
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-06ER15807
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, IN)
Patent Number(s):
9,786,478
Application Number:
14/957,661
OSTI ID:
1398973
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Dec 03
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Ion source for a mass spectrometer patent November 1992
Mass Spectrometer System patent-application December 2007
Mass Spectrometer And Mass Analyzing Method patent-application December 2012