title: Unraveling the mechanism of electrospray ionization.
abstract: Electrospray ionization (ESI) generates intact gas-phase ions from analytes in solution for mass spectrometric investigations. ESI can proceed via different mechanisms. Low molecular weight analytes follow the ion evaporation model (IEM), whereas the charged residue model (CRM) applies to large globular species. A chain ejection model (CEM) has been proposed for disordered polymers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. konerman@uwo.ca
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Konermann
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ahadi
authors.forename: Antony D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Siavash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vahidi