Inventors:
Troy D. Wood - Kenmore NY
Sarah A. Lorenz - Honolulu HI
Thomas P. White - Buffalo NY
Assignee:
The Research Foundation of State University of New York - Amherst NY
International Classification:
B01D 5944
US Classification:
250288, 250281, 250282, 250423 F, 239 5, 239418, 239708, 216 92, 10616251, 4351731
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a nanospray emitter including an emitter body which includes a fluid inlet, an outlet orifice, and a passage communicating between the fluid inlet and outlet orifice; and an electrically conductive polymer coating on at least a portion of the emitter body. Also disclosed are a nano-electrospray device including the nanospray emitter of the present invention, a method for making a nanospray emitter of the present invention, a method of forming a nanospray using the nanospray emitter of the present invention, and a method of analyzing a solution using the nanospray emitter of the present invention.