High irradiance laser ionization orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometry: A versatile tool for solid analysis

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1256-1268

  Huang, Rongfu ^a   Yu, Quan ^a   Li, Lingfeng ^a   Lin, Yiming ^a   Hang, Wei ^a   He, Jian ^a   Huang, Benli ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elemental analysis; Laser ablation; Laser ionization; Solids analysis; TOFMS

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENECK PROBLEM; BUFFER GAS PRESSURE; EGG CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ION PACKETS; LASER IONIZATION; LASER IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; LASER IRRADIANCE; MOLECULAR INFORMATION; MULTIPLY CHARGED IONS; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; POLYATOMIC ION; PULSE TRAIN; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID ANALYSIS; SOLID SAMPLE ANALYSIS; SOLIDS ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL PROFILE; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOFMS; VERSATILE TOOLS;

CHARGED PARTICLES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ION SOURCES; IONIZATION OF GASES; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 82955236090     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: 10982787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20331     Document Type: Review

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