Graphite-Coated Nanoelectrospray Emitter for Mass Spectrometry

Douglas R. Smith; Troy D. Wood

doi:10.1021/ac034784l

Graphite-Coated Nanoelectrospray Emitter for Mass Spectrometry

Douglas R. Smith
, Troy D. Wood

Chemistry

SUNY Buffalo

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A new, more rapid method for coating nanoelectrospray emitters with graphite is to use a vacuum deposition chamber and a graphite carbon electrode. This method allows for mass production of nanoelectrospray emitters in a short period of time. The emitters are laser-pulled borosilicate glass micropipets and have tapers of around 4 μm i.d. The conductive coating applied to the emitter is only 20-30 nm thick, allowing for optical transparency with the borosilicate emitters. The conductive coating is stable for a number of hours at the high voltages used for nanoelectrospray ionization and is durable in both positive and negative ion modes-even during electrical discharge. This stability will make it possible to couple these emitters with online separations such as capillary liquid chromatography or capillary electrophoresis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7015-7019
Number of pages	5
Journal	Analytical Chemistry
Volume	75
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ac034784l
State	Published - Dec 15 2003

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