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Wesdemiotis C, Williams-Pavlantos KN, Keating AR, McGee AS, Bochenek C. Mass spectrometry of polymers: A tutorial review. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2024; 43:427-476. [PMID: 37070280 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Ever since the inception of synthetic polymeric materials in the late 19th century, the number of studies on polymers as well as the complexity of their structures have only increased. The development and commercialization of new polymers with properties fine-tuned for specific technological, environmental, consumer, or biomedical applications requires powerful analytical techniques that permit the in-depth characterization of these materials. One such method with the ability to provide chemical composition and structure information with high sensitivity, selectivity, specificity, and speed is mass spectrometry (MS). This tutorial review presents and exemplifies the various MS techniques available for the elucidation of specific structural features in a synthetic polymer, including compositional complexity, primary structure, architecture, topology, and surface properties. Key to every MS analysis is sample conversion to gas-phase ions. This review describes the fundamentals of the most suitable ionization methods for synthetic materials and provides relevant sample preparation protocols. Most importantly, structural characterizations via one-step as well as hyphenated or multidimensional approaches are introduced and demonstrated with specific applications, including surface sensitive and imaging techniques. The aim of this tutorial review is to illustrate the capabilities of MS for the characterization of large, complex polymers and emphasize its potential as a powerful compositional and structural elucidation tool in polymer chemistry.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA
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Sun A'B, Li S, Kou X. Applications of MALDI-TOF-MS in structural characterization of synthetic polymers. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2023; 15:868-883. [PMID: 36745057 DOI: 10.1039/d2ay01583h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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In recent years, matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) has been utilized to rapidly and precisely characterize the detailed molecular structures of synthetic polymers. This review summarizes recent progress regarding MALDI-TOF-MS for the characterization of synthetic polymers with a focus on specific important experimental aspects including sample preparation, the choice of matrix, the effects of cationizing agents and solvents, data processing and various applications. Finally, the recent trend of MALDI-TOF-MS development is discussed. We hope this review will be instructive for graduate students and junior users who need to use MALDI-TOF-MS as a necessary characterization technique for new synthetic polymers.
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- A 'Bin Sun
- Shandong Provincial Education Department, Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Shandong Provincial Education Department, Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Shandong Provincial Education Department, Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
- Analyses and Testing Center, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
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Telaretti Leggieri MR, Kaldéus T, Johansson M, Malmström E. PDMAEMA from α to ω chain ends: tools for elucidating the structure of poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate). Polym Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1039/d2py01604d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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An in-depth characterization of PDMAEMA prepared by ATRP was conducted, with a focus on end group analysis. This work discusses analytical tools providing essential information about the extent of control over DMAEMA polymerization and chain extension.
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- Maria Rosella Telaretti Leggieri
- Division of Coating Technology, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Engineering Science in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56–58, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Coating Technology, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Engineering Science in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56–58, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56–58, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Coating Technology, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Engineering Science in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56–58, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56–58, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Coating Technology, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Engineering Science in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56–58, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56–58, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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Nguyen TPT, Barroca-Aubry N, Costa L, Bourdreux Y, Doisneau G, Roger P. Cu(0)-mediated RDRP as new alternative for controlled synthesis of poly(pentafluorophenyl methacrylate). POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.124924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chiarcos R, Antonioli D, Ospina V, Laus M, Perego M, Gianotti V. Quantification of molecular weight discrimination in grafting to reactions from ultrathin polymer films by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Analyst 2021; 146:6145-6155. [PMID: 34487131 DOI: 10.1039/d1an01329g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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In the present study, a reliable and robust method was developed to quantify the molecular weight discrimination that can occur in grafting to reactions via indirect MALDI-TOF quantification of the molecular weights of grafted chains by comparing the characteristics of the polymeric material before the grafting reaction with those of the unreacted material recovered after grafting. Two polystyrene samples with different molecular weights and narrow molecular weight distributions were employed to prepare model blends that were grafted to silicon wafers and an analytical method was developed and validated to assess and quantify the modification of the molecular weight distribution that takes place during the grafting to process. Particular attention was paid to the standardization of the sample treatment and to find the best data collection and calibration methodologies in order to have statistically significant data even in the presence of a very scarce amount of the sample. Furthermore, to evaluate the accuracy of the analytical procedure, the lack of suitable standard and certified materials required a further experiment to be carried out by comparing the new optimized MALDI-TOF method and direct measurements using TGA-GC-MS on a model blend containing deuterated and hydrogenated polystyrene samples with appropriate molecular weights and distributions. The optimized method was applied on samples obtained by a thermally induced grafting to reaction from ultrathin polymer films and, for the first time, to our knowledge, an enrichment effect occurring in the ultrathin grafted layer obtained from a melt was evidenced.
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- Riccardo Chiarcos
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica (DISIT), Universitá del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Viale T. Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica (DISIT), Universitá del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Viale T. Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica (DISIT), Universitá del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Viale T. Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica (DISIT), Universitá del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Viale T. Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.
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- Laboratorio MDM, IMM-CNR, Via C. Olivetti 2, 20864 Agrate Brianza, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica (DISIT), Universitá del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Viale T. Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.
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Velázquez A, Grande D, Elizalde LE. Evaluation of halogen chain-end functionality in 2-bromo-2-methylpropanoate esters of poly(oxyalkylene) polymers by MALDI-TOF spectroscopy. Polym Bull (Berl) 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-020-03391-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Fouilloux H, Qiang W, Robert C, Placet V, Thomas CM. Multicatalytic Transformation of (Meth)acrylic Acids: a One‐Pot Approach to Biobased Poly(meth)acrylates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202106640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Hugo Fouilloux
- PSL University Chimie ParisTech CNRS Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris 75005 Paris France
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- PSL University Chimie ParisTech CNRS Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris 75005 Paris France
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- PSL University Chimie ParisTech CNRS Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris 75005 Paris France
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- FEMTO-ST Institute CNRS/UFC/ENSMM/UTBM Department of Applied Mechanics Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté Besançon France
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- PSL University Chimie ParisTech CNRS Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris 75005 Paris France
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Fouilloux H, Qiang W, Robert C, Placet V, Thomas CM. Multicatalytic Transformation of (Meth)acrylic Acids: a One-Pot Approach to Biobased Poly(meth)acrylates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:19374-19382. [PMID: 34152679 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202106640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Shifting from petrochemical feedstocks to renewable resources can address some of the environmental issues associated with petrochemical extraction and make plastics production sustainable. Therefore, there is a growing interest in selective methods for transforming abundant renewable feedstocks into monomers suitable for polymer production. Reported herein are one-pot catalytic systems, that are active, productive, and selective under mild conditions for the synthesis of copolymers from renewable materials. Each system allows for anhydride formation, alcohol acylation and/or acid esterification, as well as polymerization of the formed (meth)acrylates, providing direct access to a new library of unique poly(meth)acrylates.
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- Hugo Fouilloux
- PSL University, Chimie ParisTech, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, 75005, Paris, France
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- PSL University, Chimie ParisTech, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, 75005, Paris, France
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- PSL University, Chimie ParisTech, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, 75005, Paris, France
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- FEMTO-ST Institute, CNRS/UFC/ENSMM/UTBM, Department of Applied Mechanics, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- PSL University, Chimie ParisTech, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, 75005, Paris, France
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Murray KK. Lasers for matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2021; 56:e4664. [PMID: 33819368 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) was introduced 35 years ago and has advanced from a general method for producing intact ions from large biomolecules to wide use in applications ranging from bacteria identification to tissue imaging. MALDI was enabled by the development of high energy pulsed lasers that create ions from solid samples for analysis by mass spectrometry. The original lasers used for MALDI were ultraviolet fixed-wavelength nitrogen and Nd:YAG lasers, and a number of additional laser sources have been subsequently introduced with wavelengths ranging from the infrared to the ultraviolet and pulse widths from nanosecond to femtosecond. Wavelength tunable sources have been employed both in the IR and UV, and repetition rates have increased from tens of Hz to tens of kHz as MALDI has moved into mass spectrometry imaging. Dual-pulse configurations have been implemented with two lasers directed at the target or with a second laser creating ions in the plume of desorbed material. This review provides a brief history of the use of lasers for ionization in mass spectrometry and describes the various types of lasers and configurations used for MALDI.
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- Kermit K Murray
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Hatanaka T, Narusaka M, Uraji M, Yamaji Y, Narusaka Y. Identification of an anti-plant-virus molecule in Alpinia zerumbet. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2021; 8:17. [PMID: 38650184 PMCID: PMC10991656 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-021-00371-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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In plants, viral diseases are second only to fungal diseases in terms of occurrence, and cause substantial damage to agricultural crops. The aqueous extracts of shell ginger, Alpinia zerumbet exhibit inhibitory effects against virus infections in belonging to the Solanaceae family. In this study, we isolated an anti-plant-virus molecule from the extracts using a conventional method involving a combination of reversed phase column chromatography, dialysis, and lyophilization. The anti-plant-virus molecule was identified as proanthocyanidin, which mostly consisted of epicatechin and exhibited more than 40 degrees of polymerization.
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- Tadashi Hatanaka
- Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Research Institute for Biological Sciences (RIBS), 7549-1 Kibichuo-cho, Kaga-gun, Okayama, 716-1241, Japan.
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- Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Research Institute for Biological Sciences (RIBS), 7549-1 Kibichuo-cho, Kaga-gun, Okayama, 716-1241, Japan
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- Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Research Institute for Biological Sciences (RIBS), 7549-1 Kibichuo-cho, Kaga-gun, Okayama, 716-1241, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Research Institute for Biological Sciences (RIBS), 7549-1 Kibichuo-cho, Kaga-gun, Okayama, 716-1241, Japan
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Kim K, Lee J, Cho HY, Lee EH, Lee SH, Chang T, Jeon HB, Paik HJ. Molecular Weight Distribution of Two Types of Living Chains Formed during Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization of Styrene. Macromol Rapid Commun 2021; 42:e2000624. [PMID: 33543520 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Different types of polymer chains generated during the nitroxide-mediated polymerization of styrene are separated for the first time, and their molecular weight distribution (MWD) is investigated. Living and dead chains are monitored during the reaction; specifically, two types of living chains derived from the initiation of the alkoxyamine (RT) and the self-initiation of styrene and dead chains present in the as-prepared polystyrene (PS). To distinguish between each polymer species, different numbers of hydroxyl groups are introduced onto the T and R groups of the alkoxyamine (one and two groups, respectively). Each living and dead chains is resolved according to the distinct number of hydroxyl groups on its chain-end using high-performance liquid chromatography. Molecular structures of the fractionated PS are characterized using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and the results of which show two distinct initiation paths: one originating from RT and the other from the self-initiation of styrene. Molecular weight and MWD are measured using size-exclusion chromatography and reveal a narrow MWD for the living chains derived from RT. Contrastingly, a broad and skewed MWD is observed for the other living chains derived from the self-initiation of styrene and the dead chains.
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- Kyoungho Kim
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, 01897, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Division of Advanced Materials, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, 01897, Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Korea
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Ribeiro AH, Haven J, Buckinx AL, Beuchel M, Philipps K, Junkers T, Michels JJ. Direct synthesis of light-emitting triblock copolymers from RAFT polymerization. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py01358g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We introduce a straightforward and clean method to synthesize semiconducting triblockcopolymers (tri-BCPs) using RAFT polymerization.
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- Polymer Reaction Design Group
- School of Chemistry
- Monash University
- Clayton
- Australia
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- Polymer Reaction Design Group
- School of Chemistry
- Monash University
- Clayton
- Australia
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
- 55128 Mainz
- Germany
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- Polymer Reaction Design Group
- School of Chemistry
- Monash University
- Clayton
- Australia
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Philipps K, Junkers T, Michels JJ. The block copolymer shuffle in size exclusion chromatography: the intrinsic problem with using elugrams to determine chain extension success. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py00210d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Is an increase in hydrodynamic volume always expected in block copolymer synthesis? Why SEC is sometimes not the last word.
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- Kai Philipps
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
- 55128 Mainz
- Germany
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- Polymer Reaction Design Group
- School of Chemistry
- Monash University
- Clayton
- Australia
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Yoo HJ, Kim DH, Shin D, Oh Y, Lee S, Lee JY, Choi YJ, Lee SH, Lee KS, Kim Y, Cho K. Recent developments in pre-treatment and analytical techniques for synthetic polymers by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2020; 12:5767-5800. [PMID: 33241791 DOI: 10.1039/d0ay01729a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A great deal of effort has been expended to develop accurate means of determining the properties of synthetic polymers using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry (MS). Many studies have focused on the importance of sample pre-treatment to obtain accurate analysis results. This review discusses the history of synthetic polymer characterization and highlights several applications of MALDI-TOF MS that recognize the importance of pre-treatment technologies. The subject area is of significance in the field of analytical chemistry, especially for users of the MALDI technique. Since the 2000s, many such technologies have been developed that feature improved methods and conditions, including solvent-free systems. In addition, the recent diversification of matrix types and the development of carbon-based matrix materials are described herein together with the current status and future directions of MALDI-TOF MS hardware and software development. We provide a summary of processes used for obtaining the best analytical results with synthetic polymeric materials using MALDI-TOF MS.
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- Hee-Jin Yoo
- Center for Research Equipment, Korea Basic Science Institute, 162, Yeongudanji-ro, Ochang-eup, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do 28119, Korea.
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Ishitsuka K, Kakiuchi T, Sato H, Fouquet TNJ. An arsenal of tools based on Kendrick mass defects to process congested electrospray ionization high-resolution mass spectra of polymers with multiple charging. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2020; 34 Suppl 2:e8584. [PMID: 31517411 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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RATIONALE Electrospray ionization (ESI) favors the multiple charging of high molecular weight polymer samples and allows their high-resolution mass analysis in the low-mass range. It also induces the detection of numerous ion series at different charge states with different adducts complicating the interpretation of the mass spectrum which should be facilitated by an appropriate data processing. METHODS An arsenal of tools based on the Kendrick mass defect (KMD) is proposed to process congested ESI high-resolution mass spectra of poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) samples. The combination of regular, charge-dependent, and resolution-enhanced KMD plots in addition to a "remainders" plot and a new three-dimensional plot offers unrivaled capabilities of filtering for any minor series among thousands of points. The sequential data processing is conducted using Kendo, a spreadsheet developed in-house for an advanced KMD analysis. RESULTS The charge-state distribution is easily evaluated by counting the parallel lines in a regular KMD plot. A charge-dependent resolution-enhanced KMD plot instantly reveals the variation of adducted ions at a given charge state, helping the user to choose the best analytical conditions. Ion series at different charge states from PPO oligomers carrying different end-groups are also efficiently extracted using several combinations of KMD and remainders plots and assigned using a new simulator tool. CONCLUSIONS The innovative combination of existing and new KMD-related plots, selection tools, and simulator all combined in a single spreadsheet dramatically facilitates the processing and interpretation of complex ESI mass spectral data. The presented tools may be extended to any other class of homo-, co- and terpolymers.
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- Kei Ishitsuka
- Analytical Science Team, Common Base Technology Division, Innovative Technology Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama, Japan
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- Analytical Science Team, Common Base Technology Division, Innovative Technology Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama, Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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Weidner SM, Kricheldorf HR. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization behavior of neat linear and cyclic poly(L-lactide)s and their blends. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2020; 34 Suppl 2:e8673. [PMID: 31760663 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- Steffen M Weidner
- Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing-BAM, Richard Willstätter Str. 11, D-12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Technical und Macromolecular Chemistry, Bundesstrasse 45, D-20146, Hamburg, Germany
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Charles L, Chendo C, Poyer S. Ion mobility spectrometry - Mass spectrometry coupling for synthetic polymers. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2020; 34 Suppl 2:e8624. [PMID: 31658387 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This review covers applications of ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) hyphenated to mass spectrometry (MS) in the field of synthetic polymers. MS has become an essential technique in polymer science, but increasingly complex samples produced to provide desirable macroscopic properties of high-performance materials often require separation of species prior to their mass analysis. Similar to liquid chromatography, the IMS dimension introduces shape selectivity but enables separation at a much faster rate (milliseconds vs minutes). As a post-ionization technique, IMS can be hyphenated to MS to perform a double separation dimension of gas-phase ions, first as a function on their mobility (determined by their charge state and collision cross section, CCS), then as a function of their m/z ratio. Implemented with a variety of ionization techniques, such coupling permits the spectral complexity to be reduced, to enhance the dynamic range of detection, or to achieve separation of isobaric ions prior to their activation in MS/MS experiments. Coupling IMS to MS also provides valuable information regarding the 3D structure of polymer ions in the gas phase and regarding how to address the question of how charges are distributed within the structure. Moreover, the ability of IMS to separate multiply charged species generated by electrospray ionization yields typical IMS-MS 2D maps that permit the conformational dynamics of synthetic polymer chains to be described as a function of their length.
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- Laurence Charles
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, 13397, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, 13397, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, 13397, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Town JS, Gao Y, Hancox E, Liarou E, Shegiwal A, Atkins CJ, Haddleton D. Automatic peak assignment and visualisation of copolymer mass spectrometry data using the 'genetic algorithm'. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2020; 34 Suppl 2:e8654. [PMID: 31721321 PMCID: PMC7507196 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Copolymer analysis is vitally important as the materials have a wide variety of applications due to their tunable properties. Processing mass spectrometry data for copolymer samples can be very complex due to the increase in the number of species when the polymer chains are formed by two or more monomeric units. In this paper, we describe the use of the genetic algorithm for automated peak assignment of copolymers synthesised by a variety of polymerisation methods. We find that in using this method we are able to easily assign copolymer spectra in a few minutes and visualise them into heat maps. These heat maps allow us to look qualitatively at the distribution of the chains, by showing how they alter with different polymerisation techniques, and by changing the initial copolymer composition. This methodology is simple to use and requires little user input, which makes it well suited for use by less expert users. The data outputted by the automatic assignment may also allow for more complex data processing in the future.
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- James S. Town
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of WarwickWarwick, UK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of WarwickWarwick, UK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of WarwickWarwick, UK
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Antoine R. Weighing synthetic polymers of ultra-high molar mass and polymeric nanomaterials: What can we learn from charge detection mass spectrometry? RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2020; 34 Suppl 2:e8539. [PMID: 31353622 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Advances in soft ionization techniques for mass spectrometry (MS) of polymeric materials make it possible to determine the masses of intact molecular ions exceeding megadaltons. Interfacing MS with separation and fragmentation methods has additionally led to impressive advances in the ability to structurally characterize polymers. Even if the gap to the megadalton range has been bridged by MS for polymers standards, the MS-based analysis for more complex polymeric materials is still challenging. Charge detection mass spectrometry (CDMS) is a single-molecule method where the mass and the charge of each ion are directly determined from individual measurements. The entire molecular mass distribution of a polymer sample can be thus accurately measured. Described in this perspective paper is how molecular weight distribution as well as charge distribution can provide new insights into the structural and compositional studies of synthetic polymers and polymeric nanomaterials in the megadalton to gigadalton range of molecular weight. The recent multidimensional CDMS studies involving couplings with separation and dissociation techniques will be presented. And, finally, an outlook for the future avenues of the CDMS technique in the field of synthetic polymers of ultra-high molar mass and polymeric nanomaterials will be provided.
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- Rodolphe Antoine
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, UMR 5306, F-69622, Lyon, France
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Ye S, Cheng S, Pollit AA, Forbes MW, Seferos DS. Isolation of Living Conjugated Polymer Chains. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:11244-11251. [PMID: 32460487 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c04379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Living polymerizations currently play a central role in polymer chemistry. However, one feature of these polymerizations is often overlooked, namely, the isolation of living polymer chains. Herein we report the isolation of living π-conjugated polymer chains, synthesized by catalyst-transfer polycondensation. Successful preservation of the nickel complex at polymer chain ends is evidenced by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, end group analysis, and chain extension experiments. When characterizing living chains by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, we discovered a unique photoionization-photodissociation fragmentation process for polymers containing a nickel phosphine end group. Living chains are isolated for several types of conjugated polymers as well as discrete living oligomers. Additionally, we are able to recycle the catalysts from the isolated polymer chains. Catalyst recycling after π-conjugated polymerization has previously been impossible without chain isolation. This strategy not only exhibits general applicability to different monomers but also has far-reaching potential for other catalytic systems.
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- Shuyang Ye
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.,Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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Nicolas C, Zhang W, Choppé É, Fontaine L, Montembault V. Polynorbornene‐
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‐poly(ethylene oxide) Through the Combination of ROMP and Nitroxide Radical Coupling Reactions. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20190183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Clémence Nicolas
- Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM) ‐ UMR 6283 CNRSLe Mans Université Le Mans France
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- Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM) ‐ UMR 6283 CNRSLe Mans Université Le Mans France
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- Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM) ‐ UMR 6283 CNRSLe Mans Université Le Mans France
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- Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM) ‐ UMR 6283 CNRSLe Mans Université Le Mans France
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- Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM) ‐ UMR 6283 CNRSLe Mans Université Le Mans France
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Wang Y, Clay A, Nguyen M. ATRP by continuous feeding of activators: Limiting the end-group loss in the polymerizations of methyl methacrylate and styrene. POLYMER 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.122097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Fouquet TNJ. The Kendrick analysis for polymer mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2019; 54:933-947. [PMID: 31758605 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The mass spectrum of a polymer often displays repetitive patterns with peak series spaced by the repeating unit(s) of the polymeric backbones, sometimes complexified with different adducts, chain terminations, or charge states. Exploring the complex mass spectral data or filtering the unwanted signal is tedious whether performed manually or automatically. In contrast, the now 60-year-old Kendrick (mass defect) analysis, when adapted to polymer ions, produces visual two-dimensional maps with intuitive alignments of the repetitive patterns and favourable deconvolution of features overlaid in the one-dimensional mass spectrum. This special feature article reports on an up-to-date and theoretically sound use of Kendrick plots as a data processing tool. The approach requires no prior knowledge of the sample but offers promising dynamic capabilities for visualizing, filtering, and sometimes assigning congested mass spectra. Examples of applications of the approach to polymers are discussed throughout the text, but the same tools can be readily extended to other applications, including the analysis of polymers present as pollutants/contaminants, and to other analytes incorporating a repetitive moiety, for example, oils or lipids. In each of these instances, data processing can benefit from the application of an updated and interactive Kendrick analysis.
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- Thierry N J Fouquet
- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry (RISC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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Kulai I, Voitenko Z, Mazières S, Destarac M. Enhanced Control of Phosphinoylcarbodithioate-Mediated RAFT Polymerization: Key Role of Substituents at the Phosphorus Center. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ihor Kulai
- IMRCP, UMR 5623, Université de Toulouse, 118, route de Narbonne F-31062 Cedex 9 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 64/13, Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine
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- IMRCP, UMR 5623, Université de Toulouse, 118, route de Narbonne F-31062 Cedex 9 Toulouse, France
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- IMRCP, UMR 5623, Université de Toulouse, 118, route de Narbonne F-31062 Cedex 9 Toulouse, France
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Metternich JB, Czar MF, Mirabelli MF, Bartolomeo GL, Zouboulis KCM, Zenobi R. Mechanistic Studies on Cationization in MALDI-MS Employing a Split Sample Plate Set-up. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2019; 30:2392-2397. [PMID: 31392698 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-019-02291-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the analysis of polymers by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS), a commonly observed ionization pathway is cation-adduct formation, as polymers often lack easily ionizable (basic/acidic) functional groups. The mechanism of this process has been hypothesized to involve gas-phase cation attachment. In previous experiments, a split sample plate set-up has been introduced, enabling separate deposition of the components on individual MALDI plates. The plates are divided by a small gap of a few micrometers, allowing simultaneous laser irradiation from both plates, while precluding the possibility of any other interactions prior to ablation. Here, we extend on these studies by using different polymer-salt combinations to test the generalizability of a gas-phase ionization process. Clear evidence for in-plume ionization is presented for the model polymers poly (methyl methacrylate) and polystyrene. Furthermore, the contribution of in-plume processes to the overall ion formation by cationization is gauged, providing a first estimate for the importance of this pathway.
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- Jonas B Metternich
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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End Group Stability of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP)-Synthesized Poly( N-isopropylacrylamide): Perspectives for Diblock Copolymer Synthesis. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:polym11040678. [PMID: 31013945 PMCID: PMC6523552 DOI: 10.3390/polym11040678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Studies on the end group stability of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) during the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) process are presented. Polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide was conducted in different solvents using a copper(I) chloride/Me6Tren catalyst complex. The influence of the ATRP solvent as well as the polymer purification process on the end group stability was investigated. For the first time, mass spectrometry results clearly underline the loss of ω end groups via an intramolecular cyclization reaction. Furthermore, an ATRP system based on a copper(I) bromide/Me6Tren catalyst complex was introduced, that showed not only good control over the polymerization process, but also provided the opportunity of block copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide with acrylates and other N-substituted acrylamides. The polymers were characterized using 1H-NMR spectroscopy and size exclusion chromatography. Polymer end groups were determined via ESI-TOF mass spectrometry enhanced by ion mobility separation (IMS).
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Jovic K, Nitsche T, Lang C, Blinco JP, De Bruycker K, Barner-Kowollik C. Hyphenation of size-exclusion chromatography to mass spectrometry for precision polymer analysis – a tutorial review. Polym Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9py00370c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Herein we demonstrate how SEC-ESI-MS can be used to analyze complex polymers, a significant challenge in contemporary polymer chemistry.
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- Kristina Jovic
- School of Chemistry
- Physics and Mechanical Engineering
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry
- Physics and Mechanical Engineering
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry
- Physics and Mechanical Engineering
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry
- Physics and Mechanical Engineering
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry
- Physics and Mechanical Engineering
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry
- Physics and Mechanical Engineering
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Brisbane
- Australia
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Bergerbit C, Farías-Mancilla B, Seiler L, Monteil V, Harrisson S, D'Agosto F, Destarac M. Synthesis of PMMA-based block copolymers by consecutive irreversible and reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerizations. Polym Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9py01181a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Xanthate and dithiocarbamate functionalized PMMAs obtained by free radical polymerization in the presence of xanthogen and dithiuram disulfide were used for chain extension with less activated monomers such as vinyl acetate and ethylene.
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- Cédric Bergerbit
- Université de Lyon
- Université Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS UMR 5265
- 69616 Villeurbanne CEDEX
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- Laboratoire des IMRCP
- Université Paul Sabatier
- CNRS UMR 5623
- 31062 Toulouse
- France
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- Université de Lyon
- Université Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS UMR 5265
- 69616 Villeurbanne CEDEX
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- Laboratoire des IMRCP
- Université Paul Sabatier
- CNRS UMR 5623
- 31062 Toulouse
- France
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- Université de Lyon
- Université Lyon 1
- CPE Lyon
- CNRS UMR 5265
- 69616 Villeurbanne CEDEX
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- Laboratoire des IMRCP
- Université Paul Sabatier
- CNRS UMR 5623
- 31062 Toulouse
- France
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De Bruycker K, Krappitz T, Barner-Kowollik C. High Performance Quantification of Complex High Resolution Polymer Mass Spectra. ACS Macro Lett 2018; 7:1443-1447. [PMID: 35651225 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Modern soft ionization mass spectrometry provides chemical information on various polymers with unparalleled resolution and sensitivity. However, the interpretation of the resulting highly complex mass spectra is hampered by the sheer amount of contributing macromolecular species. For example, state-of-the-art reversible deactivation radical polymerization techniques, which are generally considered to be highly controlled, can still generate tens or even hundreds of species in a narrow mass window. Moreover, the multitude of species typically leads to partially overlapping isotopic patterns, further complicating the data evaluation. Herein, a rapid and powerful three-step methodical approach is introduced that enables the successful identification and quantification of the contributing species. The approach is subsequently implemented in "pyMacroMS", a high performance algorithm that allows for ultrafast processing of high resolution polymer mass spectra with varying complexities. The power of our algorithm is demonstrated on the example of a photochemical atom transfer radical polymerization (photoATRP) of three monomers, ultimately leading to 908 identified species. pyMacroMS is available free of charge under a GNU General Public License v3.0.
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- Kevin De Bruycker
- School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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Fouquet TNJ, Cody RB, Ozeki Y, Kitagawa S, Ohtani H, Sato H. On the Kendrick Mass Defect Plots of Multiply Charged Polymer Ions: Splits, Misalignments, and How to Correct Them. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2018; 29:1611-1626. [PMID: 29752598 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-018-1972-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The Kendrick mass defect (KMD) analysis of multiply charged polymeric distributions has recently revealed a surprising isotopic split in their KMD plots-namely a 1/z difference between KMDs of isotopes of an oligomer at charge state z. Relying on the KMD analysis of actual and simulated distributions of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), the isotopic split is mathematically accounted for and found to go with an isotopic misalignment in certain cases. It is demonstrated that the divisibility (resp. indivisibility) of the nominal mass of the repeating unit (R) by z is the condition for homolog ions to line up horizontally (resp. misaligned obliquely) in a KMD plot. Computing KMDs using a fractional base unit R/z eventually corrects the misalignments for the associated charge state while using the least common multiple of all the charge states as the divisor realigns all the points at once. The isotopic split itself can be removed by using either a new charge-dependent KMD plot compatible with any fractional base unit or the remainders of KM (RKM) recently developed for low-resolution data all found to be linked in a unified theory. These original applications of the fractional base units and the RKM plots are of importance theoretically to satisfy the basics of a mass defect analysis and practically for a correct data handling of single stage and tandem mass spectra of multiply charged homo- and copolymers. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Thierry N J Fouquet
- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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Ryumin P, Cramer R. The composition of liquid atmospheric pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization matrices and its effect on ionization in mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2018; 1013:43-53. [PMID: 29501091 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.01.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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New liquid atmospheric pressure (AP) matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) matrices that produce predominantly multiply charged ions have been developed and evaluated with respect to their performance for peptide and protein analysis by mass spectrometry (MS). Both the chromophore and the viscous support liquid in these matrices were optimized for highest MS signal intensity, S/N values and maximum charge state. The best performance in both protein and peptide analysis was achieved employing light diols as matrix support liquids (e.g. ethylene glycol and propylene glycol). Investigating the influence of the chromophore, it was found that 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid resulted in a higher analyte ion signal intensity for the analysis of small peptides; however, larger molecules (>17 kDa) were undetectable. For larger molecules, a sample preparation based on α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnammic acid as the chromophore was developed and multiply protonated analytes with charge states of more than 50 were detected. Thus, for the first time it was possible to detect with MALDI MS proteins as large as ∼80 kDa with a high number of charge states, i.e. m/z values below 2000. Systematic investigations of various matrix support liquids have revealed a linear dependency between laser threshold energy and surface tension of the liquid MALDI sample.
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- Pavel Ryumin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AD, United Kingdom.
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Town JS, Jones GR, Haddleton DM. MALDI-LID-ToF/ToF analysis of statistical and diblock polyacrylate copolymers. Polym Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8py00928g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report the use of MALDI-LID-ToF/ToF utilising the laser induced dissociation (LID) fragmentation technique, which has been almost exclusively applied to protein/peptide analysis to date.
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- James S. Town
- Department of chemistry
- University of Warwick
- Coventry
- UK
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- Department of chemistry
- University of Warwick
- Coventry
- UK
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Fouquet T, Charles L, Sato H. Negative Ion Mode Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry of Hydroxy-Terminated Polydimethylsiloxanes Formed upon in situ Methanolysis. Mass Spectrom (Tokyo) 2017. [PMID: 28630810 PMCID: PMC5469726 DOI: 10.5702/massspectrometry.a0057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ethoxy-, methoxy- and hydroxy-terminated polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS) are formed as the result of the methanolysis of diethoxy-ended PDMS during its infusion in electrospray ionization. The negative ion mode permits only hydroxy-ended products to be detected, and isomeric interference is avoided in single stage and tandem mass spectrometry. The routes for the fragmentation of (ethyl, hydroxy)-, (methyl, hydroxy)- and (hydro, hydroxy)-ended PDMS upon collision activated dissociation (CAD) were explored in the negative ion mode using either formate or acetate anion adduction. Symmetrical (hydro, hydroxy)-ended PDMS decomposed to product ions carrying one of the hydroxy terminations through the abstraction of an acidic hydrogen and depolymerization (expulsion of cyclic neutral species) regardless of the adducted anion. Asymmetric (ethyl, hydroxy)-ended (resp. (methyl, hydroxy)-ended) PDMS yielded both ethoxy-ended (resp. methoxy-ended) fragment ions through the abstraction of the only acidic hydrogens and linear product ions carrying both terminations still interacted with the anion. The production of information-rich ethoxy-ended (resp. methoxy-ended) fragment ions was limited by formate but favored when acetate (higher proton affinity) was used in a CAD fingerprint complementary to the positive ion mode.
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- Thierry Fouquet
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, ICR, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry
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Atmospheric pressure photo-ionization mass spectrometry for the detection of labile end groups in poly(styrene). Eur Polym J 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2017.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Yu X, Yao ZP. Chiral recognition and determination of enantiomeric excess by mass spectrometry: A review. Anal Chim Acta 2017; 968:1-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Revised: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Pospiech D, Jehnichen D, Eckstein K, Scheibe P, Komber H, Sahre K, Janke A, Reuter U, Häußler L, Schellkopf L, Friedel P, Voit B. Semifluorinated PMMA Block Copolymers: Synthesis, Nanostructure, and Thin Film Properties. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201600599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Doris Pospiech
- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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Fouquet T, Sato H. Improving the Resolution of Kendrick Mass Defect Analysis for Polymer Ions with Fractional Base Units. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 6:A0055. [PMID: 28580221 PMCID: PMC5447562 DOI: 10.5702/massspectrometry.a0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The concept of a fractional base unit for the Kendrick mass defect (KMD) analysis of polymer ions is introduced for the first time. A fraction of the ethylene oxide (EO) repeat unit (namely EO/8) has been used for the KMD analysis of a poly(ethylene oxide) and found to amplify the variations of KMD between monoisotopic and 13C isotopes, producing an isotopically resolved KMD plot at full scale when the KMD plot computed with EO is fuzzy. The expansion of the KMD dimension using a fractional base unit has then been successfully used to unequivocally discriminate all the distributions from a blend of poly(ethylene oxide)s in a high resolution KMD plot calculated with EO/3 as base unit. Extending the concept of fractional base units to other repeat units, the visualization of the co-oligomers from a poly(ethylene oxide-b-propylene oxide-b-ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer has been dramatically improved using a fraction of the propylene oxide repeat unit (namely PO/3) in an oligomer and isotope resolved plot. High resolution KMD plots were eventually calculated from tandem mass spectra of poly(dimethylsiloxane) ions using a fraction of the dimethylsiloxane (DMS) unit (namely DMS/6) with clearer point alignments and a discrimination of all the product ion series, out of reach of the KMD analysis using DMS. Versatile and producing high resolution KMD plots, the introduction of fractional base units is believed to be a major step towards the implementation of the KMD analysis as a routine data mining tool for mass spectrometry in polymer chemistry.
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- Thierry Fouquet
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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Elliott AG, Merenbloom SI, Chakrabarty S, Williams ER. Single Particle Analyzer of Mass: A Charge Detection Mass Spectrometer with a Multi-Detector Electrostatic Ion Trap. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 414:45-55. [PMID: 29129967 PMCID: PMC5676562 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2017.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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A new charge detection mass spectrometer that combines array detection and electrostatic ion trapping to repeatedly measure the masses of single ions is described. This instrument has four detector tubes inside an electrostatic ion trap with conical electrodes (cone trap) to provide multiple measurements of an ion on each pass through the trap resulting in a signal gain over a conventional trap with a single detection tube. Simulations of a cone trap and a dual ion mirror trap design indicate that more passes through the trap per unit time are possible with the latter. However, the cone trap has the advantages that ions entering up to 2 mm off the central axis of the trap are still trapped, the trapping time is less sensitive to the background pressure, and only a narrow range of energies are trapped so it can be used for energy selection. The capability of this instrument to obtain information about the molecular weight distributions of heterogeneous high molecular weight samples is demonstrated with 8 MDa polyethylene glycol (PEG) and 50 and 100 nm amine modified polystyrene nanoparticle samples. The measured mass distribution of the PEG sample is centered at 8 MDa. The size distribution obtained from mass measurements of the 100 nm nanoparticle sample is similar to the size distribution obtained from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images, but most of the smaller nanoparticles observed in TEM images of the 50 nm nanoparticles do not reach a sufficiently high charge to trigger the trap on a single pass and be detected by the mass spectrometer. With the maximum trapping time set to 100 ms, the charge uncertainty is as low as ±2 charges and the mass uncertainty is approximately 2% for PEG and polystyrene ions.
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- Andrew G. Elliott
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720-1460
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720-1460
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720-1460
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720-1460
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Fouquet T, Sato H. Extension of the Kendrick Mass Defect Analysis of Homopolymers to Low Resolution and High Mass Range Mass Spectra Using Fractional Base Units. Anal Chem 2017; 89:2682-2686. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b05136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Thierry Fouquet
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
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Chen C, Xiao L, Goto A. Comprehensive Study on Chain-End Transformation of Polymer–Iodides with Amines for Synthesizing Various Chain-End Functionalized Polymers. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Chen Chen
- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry,
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry,
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry,
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371 Singapore
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Kermagoret A, Gigmes D. Combined nitroxide mediated radical polymerization techniques for block copolymer synthesis. Tetrahedron 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2016.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Fouquet T, Torimura M, Sato H. Multi-stage Mass Spectrometry of Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) and Its Vinyl Succinimide Copolymer Formed upon Exposure to Sodium Hypochlorite. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 5:A0050. [PMID: 27800293 DOI: 10.5702/massspectrometry.a0050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The degradation routes of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) exposed to sodium hypochlorite (bleach) have been previously investigated using chemical analyses such as infrared spectroscopy. So far, no reports have proposed mass spectrometry (MS) as an alternative tool despite its capability to provide molecular and structural information using its single stage electrospray (ESI) or matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) and multi stage (MS n ) configurations, respectively. The present study thus reports on the characterization of PVP after its exposure to bleach by high resolution MALDI spiralTOF-MS and Kendrick mass defect analysis providing clues as to the formation of a vinyl pyrrolidone/vinyl succinimide copolymeric degradation product. A thorough investigation of the fragmentation pathways of PVP adducted with sodium and proton allows one main route to be described-namely the release of the pyrrolidone pendant group in a charge remote and charge driven mechanism, respectively. Extrapolating this fragmentation pathway, the oxidation of vinyl pyrrolidone into vinyl succinimide hypothesized from the single stage MS is validated by the detection of an alternative succinimide neutral loss in lieu of the pyrrolidone release in the ESI-MS n spectra of the aged PVP sample. It constitutes an example of application of multi-stage mass spectrometry for the characterization of the degradation of polymeric samples at a molecular level.
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- Thierry Fouquet
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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Chendo C, Le D, Phan TNT, Gigmes D, Charles L. Multidimensional mass spectrometry to characterize degradation products generated during MALDI of polystyrenes prepared by controlled radical polymerization techniques. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.28229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Christophe Chendo
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Institut De Chimie Radicalaire; Marseille 13397 France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Institut De Chimie Radicalaire; Marseille 13397 France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Institut De Chimie Radicalaire; Marseille 13397 France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Institut De Chimie Radicalaire; Marseille 13397 France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Institut De Chimie Radicalaire; Marseille 13397 France
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Florczak M, Michalski A, Kacprzak A, Brzeziński M, Biedroń T, Pająk A, Kubisa P, Biela T. MALDI-TOF analysis of lactide oligomers with functional end groups. REACT FUNCT POLYM 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2016.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Fouquet T, Nakamura S, Sato H. MALDI SpiralTOF high-resolution mass spectrometry and Kendrick mass defect analysis applied to the characterization of poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) copolymers. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2016; 30:973-81. [PMID: 26969940 PMCID: PMC4787217 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Revised: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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RATIONALE Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) copolymers - usually referred to as EVA - are first class industrial polymers used for applications ranging from padding to photovoltaics as encapsulant for the silicon solar cells. Various techniques have been used for their characterization but the analysis of intact EVA chains using mass spectrometry (MS) has not been reported so far. METHODS Three copolymers containing 18, 25 and 40 wt% vinyl acetate (VA) have been characterized using an off-line coupling of size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) spiral-time-of-flight (TOF) high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). The representativeness of those results for the entire samples has been checked using (13) C NMR spectroscopy. Lastly, Kendrick mass defect analysis has been proposed as an alternative and user-friendly data treatment method. RESULTS The shortest chains isolated by SEC fractionation and mass-analyzed by HRMS have been thoroughly described in terms of end-groups (found to be hydrogens) and co-monomeric composition. The VA content was successfully derived from the peak assignments in MS spectra for the EVA 40 wt% and 25 wt% while it tended to be overestimated for the latest EVA 18 wt% (increasing poly(ethylene) character). Similar results have been found using a faster data treatment method relying on the Kendrick mass defect analysis of the MS data. CONCLUSIONS EVA low molecular weight intact oligomers have been extensively characterized by MS for the first time and the structural features confidently extended to the full sample according to NMR data. The Kendrick mass analysis finally constituted an efficient method for a fast evaluation of their VA content with no need for manual assignment. © 2016 The Authors. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- Thierry Fouquet
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Environmental Measurement Technology Group, Environmental Management Research Institute (EMRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Environmental Measurement Technology Group, Environmental Management Research Institute (EMRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Environmental Measurement Technology Group, Environmental Management Research Institute (EMRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Kowalczuk M, Adamus G. Mass spectrometry for the elucidation of the subtle molecular structure of biodegradable polymers and their degradation products. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2016; 35:188-198. [PMID: 25869251 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Contemporary reports by Polish authors on the application of mass spectrometric methods for the elucidation of the subtle molecular structure of biodegradable polymers and their degradation products will be presented. Special emphasis will be given to natural aliphatic (co)polyesters (PHA) and their synthetic analogues, formed through anionic ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of β-substituted β-lactones. Moreover, the application of MS techniques for the evaluation of the structure of biodegradable polymers obtained in ionic and coordination polymerization of cyclic ethers and esters as well as products of step-growth polymerization, in which bifunctional or multifunctional monomers react to form oligomers and eventually long chain polymers, will be discussed. Furthermore, the application of modern MS techniques for the assessment of polymer degradation products, frequently bearing characteristic end groups that can be revealed and differentiated by MS, will be discussed within the context of specific degradation pathways. Finally, recent Polish accomplishments in the area of mass spectrometry will be outlined.
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- Marek Kowalczuk
- Polish Academy of Sciences, Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, 34. M. Curie-Skłodowska St., Zabrze, 41-800, Poland
- School of Biology, Chemistry and Forensic Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SB, UK
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, 34. M. Curie-Skłodowska St., Zabrze, 41-800, Poland
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Albergaria Pereira BDF, Tardy A, Monnier V, Guillaneuf Y, Gigmes D, Charles L. Elucidation of a side reaction occurring during nitroxide-mediated polymerization of cyclic ketene acetals by tandem mass spectrometric end-group analysis of aliphatic polyesters. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2015; 29:2302-2308. [PMID: 26522324 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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RATIONALE In order to prevent side reactions while developing new polymerization processes, their mechanism has to be understood and one first key insight is the structure of the end-groups in polymeric by-products. The synthetic method scrutinized here is the nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP) of a cyclic ketene acetal, a promising alternative process to the production of polyesters. METHODS Polymer end-group characterization was performed by mass spectrometry (MS), combining elemental composition information derived from accurate mass data in the MS mode with fragmentation features recorded in the MS/MS mode. Electrospray was used as the ionization method to ensure the integrity of original chain terminations and a quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF) instrument was employed for high-resolution mass measurements in both MS and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) modes. RESULTS Occurrence of side reactions in the studied polymerization method, first evidenced by an unusual increase in dispersity with conversion, was confirmed in MS with the detection of two polymeric impurities in addition to the expected species. Fragmentation rules were first established for this new polyester family in order to derive useful structural information from MS/MS data. In addition to a usual NMP by-product, the initiating group of the second polymeric impurities revealed the degradation of the nitroxide moiety. CONCLUSIONS Unambiguous MS/MS identification of end-groups in by-products sampled from the polymerization medium allowed an unusual side reaction to be identified during the NMP preparation of polyesters. On-going optimization of the polymerization method aims at preventing this undesired process.
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7273, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, FR 1739, Fédération des Sciences Chimiques de Marseille, Spectropôle, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7273, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7273, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7273, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire, Marseille, France
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Veloso A, García W, Agirre A, Ballard N, Ruipérez F, de la Cal JC, Asua JM. Determining the effect of side reactions on product distributions in RAFT polymerization by MALDI-TOF MS. Polym Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5py00838g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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RAFT polymerization has emerged as one of the most versatile reversible deactivation radical polymerization techniques and is capable of polymerizing a wide range of monomers under various conditions.
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- Antonio Veloso
- POLYMAT
- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
- Joxe Mari Korta R&D Ctr
- Donostia-San Sebastián 20018
- Spain
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- POLYMAT
- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
- Joxe Mari Korta R&D Ctr
- Donostia-San Sebastián 20018
- Spain
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- POLYMAT
- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
- Joxe Mari Korta R&D Ctr
- Donostia-San Sebastián 20018
- Spain
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- POLYMAT
- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
- Joxe Mari Korta R&D Ctr
- Donostia-San Sebastián 20018
- Spain
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- POLYMAT
- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
- Joxe Mari Korta R&D Ctr
- Donostia-San Sebastián 20018
- Spain
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- POLYMAT
- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
- Joxe Mari Korta R&D Ctr
- Donostia-San Sebastián 20018
- Spain
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- POLYMAT
- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
- Joxe Mari Korta R&D Ctr
- Donostia-San Sebastián 20018
- Spain
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Mazières S, Kulai I, Geagea R, Ladeira S, Destarac M. Phosphinoyl and Thiophosphinoylcarbodithioates: Synthesis, Molecular Structure, and Application as New Efficient Mediators for RAFT Polymerization. Chemistry 2014; 21:1726-34. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Revised: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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