12489 IUPAC Gold Book - microchannel plate 10.1351/goldbook.12489 12489 current initialism: MCP synonym: channel electron multiplier array 1 Thin plate that contains a closely spaced array of channels each of which acts as a continuous dynode particle multiplier. A fast charged or neutral particle, or a photon, that strikes the plate causes a cascade of secondary electrons that ultimately exits the opposite side of the plate. continuous dynode particle multiplier https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12369 PAC, 2013, 85, 1515. 'Definitions of terms relating to mass spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 1568 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12489/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12489/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12489/plain Citation: 'microchannel plate' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12489 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-04-17T23:45:13+00:00