An ultraviolet/infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization sample stage integrating scanning knife-edge and slit devices for laser beam analysis

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1266-1270

  Soltwisch, Jens ^a   Dreisewerd, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; IONIZATION; LASER BEAMS;

BEAM ANALYSIS; INFRARED MATRIX; INTENSITY PROFILES; KNIFE EDGE; LASER INTENSITIES; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION; MATRIXASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION (MALDI); ON-LINE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE STAGES; SPOT SIZES;

ION SOURCES;

EID: 79954434008     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4966     Document Type: Article

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