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[18p-C201-4] Towards high lateral resolution and high sensitivity secondary ion mass spectrometry: cluster ion beam generation from a needle emitter wetted by protic ionic liquid
Keywords:ion beam, secondary ion, ionic liquid
For further advances in organic secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), it would be necessary to develop a new primary ion source that can generate a focused cluster ion beam with high ionization efficiency. To address this issue, we have used vacuum electrospray of a protic ionic liquid propylammonium nitrate (PAN). We report on beam characteristics of PAN and SIMS results obtained.