Simulation of Atmospheric Transport and Droplet Thin-Film Collisions in Desorption Electrospray Ionization

Authors: 
Anthony B. Costa, R. Graham Cooks
Journal: 
Chemical Communications
Year: 
2007
Page Number (starting): 
3915
Page Number (ending): 
3917

Computational fluid dynamics is used to model atmospheric transport and droplet–thin film (surface) collisions in desorption electrospray ionization; experimentally obtained droplet properties are replicated in the simulations while a droplet pick-up mechanism of analyte transport is confirmed.

Funding: 
Office of Naval Research (N00014-05-1-0405)
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