An electrospray device, a liquid chromatography device and an
electrosprayliquid chromatography system are disclosed. The electrospray
device comprises a substrate defining a channel between an entrance
orifice on an injection surface and an exit orifice on an ejection
surface, a nozzle defined by a portion recessed from the ejection surface
surrounding the exit orifice, and an electrode for application of an
electric potential to the substrate to optimize and generate an
electrospray; and, optionally, additional electrode(s) to further modify
the electrospray. The liquid chromatography device comprises a separation
substrate defining an introduction channel between an entrance orifice and
a reservoir and a separation channel between the reservoir and an exit
orifice, the separation channel being populated with separation posts
perpendicular to the fluid flow; a cover substrate bonded to the
separation substrate to enclose the reservoir and the separation channel
adjacent the cover substrate; and, optionally, electrode(s) for
application of a electric potential to the fluid. The exit orifice of the
liquid chromatography device may be homogeneously interfaced with the
entrance orifice of the electrospray device to form an integrated single
system. An array of multiple systems may -be fabricated in a single
monolithic chip for rapid sequential fluid processing and generation of
electrospray for subsequent analysis, such as by positioning the exit
orifices of the electrospray devices near the sampling orifice of a mass
spectrometer.