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Coupling trapped ion mobility spectrometry to mass spectrometry: trapped ion mobility spectrometry-time-of-flight mass spectrometry versus trapped ion mobility spectrometry-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry
- Award ID(s):
- 1654274
- PAR ID:
- 10063108
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
- Volume:
- 32
- Issue:
- 15
- ISSN:
- 0951-4198
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1287 to 1295
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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