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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 464-467Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S1044-0305(00)00111-2
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This study examines the feasibility of generating electrospray directly from the tip of two optical fibers bound together with Teflon tape. This approach does not require a capillary and syringe pump. The electrospray source is simply constructed by coiling the two optical fibers with a platinum (Pt) wire. The optical fibers extend beyond the Pt coil for approximately 1 cm. The sample solution is predeposited on the Pt coil by a micropipette. As the high voltage required for electrospray is applied to the coil, the sample solution moves along the grooves between the two optical fibers. A stable electrospray is subsequently generated at the tip of the fibers. The mass spectra of insulin, lysozyme, and ubiquitin are exactly the same as those obtained by conventional electrospray using a capillary and syringe pump. Rapid determination of the active ingredient in a tablet by this technique is demonstrated. (C) 2000 American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
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