Transfer conditions and transmission bias in capillaries of vacuum interfaces

@article{Bernier2019TransferCA,
  title={Transfer conditions and transmission bias in capillaries of vacuum interfaces},
  author={Laurent Bernier and M. Taesch and Stephan Rauschenbach and Julius Reiss},
  journal={International Journal of Mass Spectrometry},
  year={2019}
}
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