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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Inventor:
Stevan Bajic, Sale, GB;
Assignee:
MICROMASS UK LIMITED, Wilmslow, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/16 (2006.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/045 (2013.01); H01J 49/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an ion source comprising one or more nebulizers and one or more targets, wherein said one or more nebulizers are arranged and adapted to emit, in use, a stream predominantly of droplets which are caused to impact upon said one or more targets and to ionize said droplets to form a plurality of ions, wherein said one or more targets further comprise one or more structures configured to disturb gas flowing along a surface of said one or more targets.