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Hu W, Niu J, Bao R, Dong C, Girmay HS, Xu C, Han Y. Selective Characterization of Olefins by Paternò-Büchi Reaction with Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2023; 95:15342-15349. [PMID: 37728182 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
Abstract
Petroleum olefins play important roles in various secondary processing procedures and are important feedstocks for the modern organic chemical industry. It is quite challenging to analyze petroleum olefins beyond the gas chromatography (GC)-able range using mass spectrometry (MS) due to the difficulty of soft ionization and the matrix complexity. In this work, a Paternò-Büchi (PB) reaction combined with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry (APCI-UHRMS) was developed for selective analysis of olefins. Through the PB reaction, C═C bonds were transformed into four-membered rings of oxetane with improved polarity so that soft ionization of olefins could be achieved. The systematic optimization of PB reaction conditions, as well as MS ionization conditions, ensured a high reaction yield and a satisfied MS response. Furthermore, a sound scheme was set up to discriminate the coexisting unsaturated alkanes in complex petroleum, including linear olefins, nonlinear olefins, cycloalkanes, and aromatics, making use of their different behaviors during the PB reaction and chemical ionization. The developed strategy was successfully applied to the analysis of olefins in fluid catalytic cracking oil slurry, a complex heavy oil sample. This method extended the characterization of petroleum olefins from lower to higher with high efficiency and selectivity to provide a comprehensive molecular library for heavy petroleum samples and process optimization.
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- Wenya Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, P. R. China
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Dang M, Liu R, Dong F, Liu B, Hou K. Vacuum ultraviolet photoionization on-line mass spectrometry: instrumentation developments and applications. Trends Analyt Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Li H, Jiang J, Hua L, Chen P, Xie Y, Fan Z, Tian D, Li H. Photoionization-induced NO + chemical ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry for rapid measurement of aldehydes and benzenes in vehicles. Talanta 2021; 235:122722. [PMID: 34517590 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In-vehicle air pollution has become a major concern to public health in recent years. The traditional analytical methods for detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) pollutants in air are based on gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) or high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), including complicated pretreatment and separation procedures, which are not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also incapable of simultaneously measuring both aldehydes and benzenes. In this work, a new photoionization-induced NO+ chemical ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PNCI-TOFMS) was developed for real-time and continuous measurement of aldehydes and benzenes in vehicles. High-intensity NO+ reactant ions could be generated by photoionization of NO reagent gas, and efficient chemical ionization between NO+ reactant ions and analyte molecules occurred to produce adduct ions M·NO+ at an elevated ion source pressure of 800 Pa. Consequently, the achieved LODs for aldehydes and benzenes were down to sub-ppbv within 60 s. The analytical capacity of this system was demonstrated by continuous and online monitoring of in-vehicle VOCs in a used car, exhibiting broad potential applications of the PNCI-TOFMS in air pollutants monitoring and in-vehicle air quality analysis.
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- Hanwei Li
- College of Instrumentation & Electrical Engineering, Jilin University, 938 Ximinzhu Road, Changchun, Jilin, 130061, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China; Dalian Key Laboratory for Online Analytical Instrumentation, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China; Dalian Key Laboratory for Online Analytical Instrumentation, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China; Dalian Key Laboratory for Online Analytical Instrumentation, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China; Dalian Key Laboratory for Online Analytical Instrumentation, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- College of Instrumentation & Electrical Engineering, Jilin University, 938 Ximinzhu Road, Changchun, Jilin, 130061, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China; Dalian Key Laboratory for Online Analytical Instrumentation, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China
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Wan N, Jiang J, Hu F, Chen P, Zhu K, Deng D, Xie Y, Wu C, Hua L, Li H. Nonuniform Electric Field-Enhanced In-Source Declustering in High-Pressure Photoionization/Photoionization-Induced Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Operando Catalytic Reaction Monitoring. Anal Chem 2021; 93:2207-2214. [PMID: 33410328 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Photoionization mass spectrometry (PI-MS) is a powerful and highly sensitive analytical technique for online monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). However, due to the large difference of PI cross sections for different compounds and the limitation of photon energy, the ability of lamp-based PI-MS for detection of compounds with low PI cross sections and high ionization energies (IEs) is insufficient. Although the ion production rate can be improved by elevating the ion source pressure, the problem of generating plenty of cluster ions, such as [MH]+·(H2O)n (n = 1 and 2) and [M2]+, needs be solved. In this work, we developed a new nonuniform electric field high-pressure photoionization/photoionization-induced chemical ionization (NEF-HPPI/PICI) source with the abilities of both HPPI and PICI, which was accomplished through ion-molecule reactions with high-intensity H3O+ reactant ions generated by photoelectron ionization (PEI) of water molecules. By establishing a nonuniform electric field in a three-zone ionization region to enhance in-source declustering and using 99.999% helium as the carrier gas, not only the formation of cluster ions was significantly diminished, but the ion transmission efficiency was also improved. Consequently, the main characteristic ion for each analyte both in HPPI and PICI occupied more than 80%, especially [HCOOH·H]+ with a yield ratio of 99.2% for formic acid. The analytical capacity of this system was demonstrated by operando monitoring the hydrocarbons and oxygenated VOC products during the methanol-to-olefins and methane conversion catalytic reaction processes, exhibiting wide potential applications in process monitoring, reaction mechanism research, and online quality control.
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- Ningbo Wan
- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People's Republic of China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Medical Instruments Testing Institute, 79 Xiongerhe Road, Zhengzhou 450018, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People's Republic of China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People's Republic of China
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Chen X, Hua L, Jiang J, Hu F, Wan N, Li H. Multi-capillary column high-pressure photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and its application for online rapid analysis of flavor compounds. Talanta 2019; 201:33-39. [PMID: 31122430 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.03.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Revised: 03/23/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
High-pressure photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HPPI-TOFMS) is a versatile and highly sensitive analytical technique for online and real-time analysis of trace volatile organic compounds in complex mixtures. However, discrimination of isomers is usually a great challenge for the soft ionization method, and matrix effect is also inevitable under high pressure in the HPPI source. In this work, we describe a first attempt to develop a two-dimensional (2D) hyphenated instrument by coupling of a multi-capillary column (MCC) with a HPPI-TOFMS to overcome these problems. The capability of the MCC-HPPI-TOFMS for discrimination of isomeric compounds and elimination of the matrix effect was demonstrated by analyzing flavor mixtures. With the merits of fast separation, soft ionization and high detection sensitivity, satisfactory effects in the 2D analysis were achieved, despite the relatively low chromatographic resolution of MCC. As a result, three isomers, eucalyptol, l-menthone and linalool, in a flavor mixture were successfully categorized within 90 s, and the matrix effect caused by solvent ethanol was significantly eliminated as well. The limits of detection (LODs) down to sub-ppbv level were achieved for the investigated five flavor compounds without any enrichment process, and an excellent repeatability was obtained with the relative standard deviations (RSDs) of signal intensities ≤5%. The MCC-HPPI-TOFMS system was preliminarily applied for rapid and online analysis of flavor compounds in the exhaled gas of a volunteer after mouth rinsing with a gargle product. The rapid changes of the three flavor compounds, as well as the steady endogenous metabolite acetone, in the exhaled gas were successfully determined with a time-resolution of only 1.5 min.
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- Xuan Chen
- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Province Medical Instrument Testing Institute, 79 Xiongerhe Road, Zhengzhou, 450018, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, People's Republic of China
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Research and Application of Mass Spectrometry with Low Energy Electron Impact Ionization Source. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2040(19)61159-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Direct and comprehensive analysis of dyes based on integrated molecular and structural information via laser desorption laser postionization mass spectrometry. Talanta 2017; 176:116-123. [PMID: 28917730 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.07.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2017] [Revised: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Laser desorption laser postionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LDPI-TOFMS) was employed for direct analysis and determination of typical basic dyes. It was also used for the analysis and comprehensive understanding of complex materials such as blue ballpoint pen inks. Simultaneous emergences of fragmental and molecular information largely simplify and facilitate unambiguous identification of dyes via variable energy of 266nm postionization laser. More specifically, by optimizing postionization laser energy with the same energy of desorption laser, the structurally significant results show definite differences in the fragmentation patterns, which offer opportunities for discrimination of isomeric species with identical molecular weight. Moreover, relatively high spectra resolution can be acquired without the expense of sensitivity. In contrast to laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (LDI-MS), LDPI-MS simultaneously offers valuable molecular information about dyes in traces, solvents and additives about inks, thereby offering direct determination and comprehensive understanding of blue ballpoint inks and giving a high level of confidence to discriminate the complicated evidentiary samples. In addition, direct analysis of the inks not only allows the avoidance of the tedious sample preparation processes, significantly shortening the overall analysis time and improving throughput, but allows minimized sample consumption which is important for rare and precious samples.
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Luo Z. Deep Ultraviolet Single‐Photon Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Mass Spectrom (Tokyo) 2017. [DOI: 10.5772/68072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Jiang J, Wang Y, Hou K, Hua L, Chen P, Liu W, Xie Y, Li H. Photoionization-Generated Dibromomethane Cation Chemical Ionization Source for Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry and Its Application on Sensitive Detection of Volatile Sulfur Compounds. Anal Chem 2016; 88:5028-32. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b00428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jichun Jiang
- Key
Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan
Road, Dalian, 116023, People’s Republic of China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100039, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan
Road, Dalian, 116023, People’s Republic of China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100039, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan
Road, Dalian, 116023, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan
Road, Dalian, 116023, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan
Road, Dalian, 116023, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan
Road, Dalian, 116023, People’s Republic of China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100039, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan
Road, Dalian, 116023, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan
Road, Dalian, 116023, People’s Republic of China
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