Organic secondary ion mass spectrometry: Signal enhancement by water vapor injection

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2005-2010

  Mouhib, Taoufiq ^a   Delcorte, Arnaud ^a   Poleunis, Claude ^a   Bertrand, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION INTENSITIES; ION SIGNALS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; POLY(VINYL PYRROLIDONE); PROTONATED; SAMPLE SURFACE; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT; STATIC SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; STATIC SIMS; WATER VAPOR INJECTION;

IONS; SECONDARY EMISSION; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; WATER INJECTION;

WATER VAPOR;

ANTIOXIDANT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYMER; POVIDONE; WATER;

ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRESSURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER VAPOR;

GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHITES; POVIDONE; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STEAM;

EID: 78649529364     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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