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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">electrospray ionization</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>mass spectrometry</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>ionization</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>ESI</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>electrospray ionisation</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ionization, electrospray</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Technique developed by John Fenn in the late 1980s, an improved method of ionizing samples for use in mass spectrometry. Electrospray ionization (ESI) discharges a solution of a sample into an electric field that disperses the sample as fine droplets. ESI is especially useful for samples containing macromolecules, prone to fragmenting in other techniques of ionization. ]]></note></mads>