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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Dan-hui Dorothy Yang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jennifer LU, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ying-lan Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Timothy H. Joyce, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dan-Hui Dorothy Yang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jennifer Lu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ying-Lan Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Timothy H. Joyce, Mountain View, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides an apparatus that produces analyte ions for detection by a detector. The apparatus includes a matrix based ion source having a target substrate including a carbon nanotube material for producing analyte ions, an ion transport system adjacent to the matrix based ion source for transporting analyte ions from the matrix based ion source; and an ion detector downstream from the ion transport system for detecting the analyte ions. The invention also provides a method for producing and detecting the analyte ions.