Field-release mass spectrometry
First Claim
1. A method of releasing a substrate into a vacuum or gas phase, comprisinga) covalently or ligandly binding said substrate to the tip of a first electrode via a release group, which release group is cleavable in response to applied energy;
- b) introducing an electrical field so as to establish a charge potential between said first electrode and a second electrode separated from said first electrode via a vacuum or gas phase, the strength of such field sufficient to bristle said covalently-bound or ligandly-bound substrate; and
c) applying sufficient energy to said release group to cleave said release group and thereby release said substrate into a vacuum or gas phase.
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Abstract
Methods of releasing and analyzing substrates such as DNA, comprising: a) covalently or ligandly binding substrate to a first electrode via a release group, which release group is cleavable in response to applied energy; b) introducing an electrical field so as to establish a charge potential between the first electrode and a second electrode separated by a vacuum or gas phase from the first electrode, the strength of such field sufficient to bristle said covalently-bound or ligandly-bound substrate; and c) applying sufficient energy directly to the release group to cleave the release group and release the substrate into a vacuum or gas phased
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41 Claims
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1. A method of releasing a substrate into a vacuum or gas phase, comprising
a) covalently or ligandly binding said substrate to the tip of a first electrode via a release group, which release group is cleavable in response to applied energy; -
b) introducing an electrical field so as to establish a charge potential between said first electrode and a second electrode separated from said first electrode via a vacuum or gas phase, the strength of such field sufficient to bristle said covalently-bound or ligandly-bound substrate; and c) applying sufficient energy to said release group to cleave said release group and thereby release said substrate into a vacuum or gas phase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of releasing into a vacuum or gas phase a substrate covalently or ligandly bound to a first electrode via a release group, which release group is cleavable in response to applied energy, comprising the steps of
a) introducing an electrical field so as to establish a charge potential between said first electrode and a second electrode separated by a vacuum or gas phase from said first electrode, the strength of such field sufficient to bristle said covalently-bound or ligandly-bound substrate; - and
b) applying sufficient energy to said release group to cleave said release group and thereby release said substrate into a vacuum or gas phase. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of bristling a substrate covalently or ligandly bound to the tip of a first electrode, comprising
a) exposing the bound substrate to a vacuum or gas phase; - and
b) introducing an electrical field so as to establish a bristling charge potential between said first electrode and a second electrode separated by a vacuum or gas phase from said first electrode. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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