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International Journal of Analytical Chemistry
Volume 2012, Article ID 282574, 40 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/282574
Review Article

Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry: A Technique to Access the Information beyond the Molecular Weight of the Analyte

Shibdas Banerjee and Shyamalava Mazumdar

Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005, India

Received 9 August 2011; Revised 23 October 2011; Accepted 9 November 2011

Academic Editor: Troy D. Wood

Copyright © 2012 Shibdas Banerjee and Shyamalava Mazumdar. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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