1968 - Electrospray Ionization

The beginning of electrospray ionization, it was almost 20 years before its potential for biomolecules was realized.

• Dole M., Mack L.L., Hines R.L., Mobley R.C., Ferguson L.D., Alice M.B.
  Molecular beams of macroions
  Journal of Chemical Physics, 1968, 49(5), p.2240

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• Horning E.C., Carroll D.I., Dzidic I., Haegele K.D., Horning M.D., Stillwell R.N.
  Atmospheric Pressure Ionization (API) Mass Spectrometry. Solvent-Mediated Ionization of Samples Introduced in Solution and In a Liquid Chromatograph Effluent Stream
  Journal of Chromatogr. Sci., 1974, 12(), p.725

  
  
  

• Blakely C.R., Vestal M.L.
  Thermospray interface for liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry
  Anal. Chem., 1983, 55(4), p.750

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• Yamashita M., Fenn, J.B.
  Electrospray Ion Source. Another Variation on the free-jet theme
  Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1984, 88(20), p.4451

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• Yamashita M., Fenn, J.B.
  Negative ion production with the electrospray ion source
  Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1984, 88(20), p.4671

  
  
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• Henry K.D., Williams E.R., Wang B.H., McLafferty F.W., Shabanowitz J., Hunt D.F.
  Fourier-Transform Mass Spectrometry of Large Molecules by Electrospray Ionization
  Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, 1989, 86(23), p.9075

  
  
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• Wilm M.S., Mann M.
  Electrospray and Taylor-Cone Theory, Doles Beam of Macromolecules at last
  International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processen, 1994, 136(2-3), p.167

  
  
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• Fenn J.B.
  Review: Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry: How it all began.
  Journal of Biomolecular Techniques, 2002, 13(3), p.101

  
  
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