Matrix assisted ionization in vacuum, a sensitive and widely applicable ionization method for mass spectrometry

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 722-732

  Trimpin, Sarah ^a   Inutan, Ellen D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Nitrobenzonitrile; Carbohydrates; Coumarin; Drugs; Fatty acids; Glass tubes; Ionization mechanism; Lipids; Matrix assisted ionization vacuum; Multiply and singly charged; Negative; Polymers; Positive; Proteins; Sublimation; TLC plates; Triboluminescence

Indexed keywords

3-NITROBENZONITRILE; COUMARIN; DRUGS; GLASS TUBES; IONIZATION MECHANISMS; MATRIX ASSISTED; NEGATIVE; POSITIVE; SINGLY CHARGED;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBOHYDRATES; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FATTY ACIDS; IONS; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULES; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; SUBLIMATION; TRIBOLUMINESCENCE; VACUUM; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

IONIZATION POTENTIAL;

3 NITROBENZONITRILE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CLOZAPINE; GALANIN; INSULIN; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; SPHINGOMYELIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EVAPORATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED IONIZATION VACUUM MASS SPECTROSCOPY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; GASES; HORSES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; VACUUM;

EID: 84874067043     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0571-z     Document Type: Article

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