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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2010
Applicants:
Robert J. Levis, Rose Valley, PA (US);
John J. Brady, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Elizabeth J. Judge, Seaville, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Levis, Rose Valley, PA (US);
John J. Brady, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Elizabeth J. Judge, Seaville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for analyzing samples are disclosed. The samples are analyzed by vaporizing molecules from a sample in a sample area with a femtosecond laser beam under ambient conditions, ionizing the vaporized molecules with electrospray ionization under the ambient conditions to form ions; and analyzing and detecting the ions.