Laser ablation and secondary ion mass spectrometry of inorganic transition-metal compounds. Part I: Comparison between static ToF-SIMS and LA-FTICRMS

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 527-542

  Aubriet, Frédéric ^a,b   Poleunis, Claude ^a   Muller, Jean François ^b   Bertrand, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster ions; Ga+ ion sputtering; Metal oxygen species; Transition metal oxides; UV laser ablation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GALLIUM; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDES; SPUTTERING; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

CLUSTER IONS; GA+ ION SPUTTERING; METAL-OXYGEN SPECIES; TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES; UV LASER ABLATION;

LASER ABLATION;

ANION; CATION; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; NICKEL; SCANDIUM; TITANIUM; TRANSITION ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; DEHYDROGENATION; ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE MASS SPECTROMETRY; IONIZATION; LASER SURGERY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

INORGANIC CHEMICALS; LASERS; OXIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TRANSITION ELEMENTS;

EID: 33646383878     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.1011     Document Type: Article

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