The present invention relates to a method for presenting an analyte of a
liquid sample as an MS-analyte to a mass spectrometer. More particularly,
the method comprises the steps of applying a liquid sample containing the
analyte to a sample inlet port of a microchannel structure of a
microfluidic device, said structure also comprising an outlet port
(MS-port) that is capable of being interfaced with a mass spectrometer,
passing the analyte to the MS-port thereby transforming it to an
MS-analyte, and presenting the MS-analyte to mass spectrometer via the
MS-port.