Matrix assisted ionization: New aromatic and nonaromatic matrix compounds producing multiply charged lipid, peptide, and protein ions in the positive and negative mode observed directly from surfaces

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1625-1643

  Li, Jing ^a   Inutan, Ellen D ^a   Wang, Beixi ^a   Lietz, Christopher B ^a   Green, Daniel R ^a   Manly, Cory D ^a   Richards, Alicia L ^a   Marshall, Darrell D ^a   Lingenfelter, Steven ^a   Ren, Yue ^a   Trimpin, Sarah ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved MAII; Electron transfer dissociation (ETD); Laserspray ionization inlet LSII); Laserspray ionization vacuum (LSIV); Linear and nonaromatic matrices; Matrix assisted inlet ionization (MAII); Multiply charged ions; Solvent assisted inlet ionization (SAII); Solvent free

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED MAII; ELECTRON-TRANSFER DISSOCIATION; LASERSPRAY IONIZATION INLET LSII); LASERSPRAY IONIZATION VACUUM (LSIV); MATRIX ASSISTED; MULTIPLY CHARGED IONS; SOLVENT FREE;

DISSOCIATION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLVENTS; VACUUM;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL; AMINE; ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZAMIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HALIDE; HYDRAZIDE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVAPORATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; ISOMERISM; LIPID ANALYSIS; MATRIX ASSISTED IONIZATION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENT EFFECT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; LABORATORY CHEMICALS; LIPIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862317933     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0413-z     Document Type: Article

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