Direct observation of ion evaporation from a triply charged nanodroplet.
Triply charged, highly solvated metal ions of the form [Ln(H(2)O)(n)](3+) can be generated using a commercial mass spectrometer, and CID studies on these highly charged metal-solvent clusters allow for the direct observation of a process best described as ion evaporation.
McQuinn
Keri
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Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, PO Box 3065, Victoria, BC V8W3V6, Canada.
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McIndoe
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