Identified Development Step (e.g., Misting, Etc.) Patents (Class 430/118.3)
  • Electrostatic spray ionization method
    Patent number: 9087683
    Abstract: In an electrostatic spray ionization method for spraying a liquid layer from an insulating plate 2, the plate is arranged between two electrodes 1, 4. A constant high voltage power supply 3 is provided and an electric circuit is used to charge and discharge locally a surface of the liquid layer 7 on the insulating plate 2 by applying the power supply between the electrodes 1, 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    Inventors: Hubert Hugues Girault, Baohong Liu, Yu Lu, Liang Qiao, Romain Sartor, Elena Tobolkina