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Title
Laser desorption mass spectrometry on liquid beams
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Abstract
Laser-induced liquid beam ionization/desorption mass spectrometry (LILBID-MS) is a new and versatile laser desorption method that has recently been developed in our group. With this technique it is possible to desorb pre- formed ions directly from the liquid phase and to analyze them in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. To achieve this, a microscopic liquid beam is injected into a high vacuum chamber and irradiated with pulses of an infrared laser beam. The ions set free are then orthogonally accelerated into the mass analyzer. Up to now, this method has only been able to analyze alcoholic solutions using a CO2 desorption laser. In this paper we describe the successful application of this method to aqueous solutions by using an Nd:YAG pumped LiNbO3 optical parametric oscillator (OPO) which is tuned to the wavelength of bulk water. First results obtained with this new laser system are described in this report.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European journal of mass spectrometry. - Chichester :
Publication
Chichester : : IM Publications, , 1999
ISSN
1469-0667
DOI
10.1255/EJMS.251
Volume/pages
5 :2 (1999) , p. 71-76
ISI
000081507000001
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Web of Science
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