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High Resolution Physical Characterization of Single Metallic Nanoparticles
Published on: June 28, 2019
POLYMER TRACK MEMBRANES FOR ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE FIELD EXTRACTION OF IONS FROM LIQUID SOLUTIONS
A A Balakin1, E A Buido, M I Markin
1Institute of Energy Problems of Chemical Physics (Branch), Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, RUSSIA.
Abstract:
An approach to the generation of gas phase ions by field extraction from liquid solutions has been investigated. The method uses a polymer membrane with nano-size channels as an interface between the liquid and the atmospheric pressure gas. Ions are produced by dissociation in the polar solvent and secondary ion-molecular reactions in the solution, which fills the channels of the membrane. Field extraction of the ions from the channels is stimulated by pulses of the electric discharge between the membrane and an adjacent electrode in the gas. The gas-phase ions are removed from the extraction zone by air flow and are detected by mass spectrometry. Possibilities of the membrane interface for generation of gas phase ions have been demonstrated from mass spectral investigation curried out for angiotensin II, gramicidin S and cytochrome C solutions. The current kinetics of the membrane ion source has been investigated to elucidate the mechanism of the ion extraction.
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