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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2006
Applicants:
Timothy H. Joyce, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dan-hul Dorothy Young, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jennifer LU, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy H. Joyce, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dan-Hul Dorothy Young, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jennifer Lu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/16 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01); B01D 59/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for producing analyte ions for detection by a mass spectrometer is described. The apparatus includes an ion source in which the surface of a target substrate for holding an analyte sample includes structured carbon nanotube material. The structured carbon nanotube material is structured in terms of being situated on a selected portion of the target support surface an/or in terms of being aligned in a selected orientation.