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Schmidt-Ott F, Maisser A, Biskos G. Mass and Mobility of Ions Produced by Radioactive Sources and Corona Discharges. Anal Chem 2024. [PMID: 39185750 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/27/2024]
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Positive and negative ions produced by radioactive sources and corona discharges in gases find a number of applications, including charging aerosol particles prior to their measurement by electrical and/or electrical mobility techniques. The degree to which these ions can charge aerosol particles depends on their mobility and mass; properties that are strongly affected by the composition of the carrier gas and the impurities that it contains. We show that when the purity of the carrier gas is increased, the mobility of both positive and negative ions increases by more than 50%, whereas the respective masses reduce by more than 50%. In most cases, the dominant positive species is N4+, whereas NO2- and NO3- prevail for the negative polarity. Differences in ion mobility and mass resulting from the two ionization methods (i.e., radioactive source and corona discharges) remain limited. When volatile methyl siloxanes (VMS) are introduced deliberately to the gas, the mobility of the cations decreases by 39% and their mass increases by 385%, while the dominant mobility and mass peaks of the negative ions remains almost unaffected. Interestingly, introduction of VMS also leads to consistent and reproducible positive ion properties across all variations of the experiments, which can be especially relevant for charging aerosol particles in a reproducible manner. Taken together, the new measurements we report in this paper corroborate prior knowledge that the composition and purity of the carrier gas strongly influence the properties of positive and negative ions generated in aerosol neutralizers, and provide new evidence regarding their evolution in the presence of impurities.
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- Fabian Schmidt-Ott
- Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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- Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
- Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft CN 2628, The Netherlands
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Lübbert C, Supper M, Kaspereit M, Walter J, Peukert W. Single-Molecule Pycnometry and Shape Analysis of Ions in the Gas Phase. Anal Chem 2023; 95:13010-13017. [PMID: 37602575 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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The analysis of ions and clusters by mobility-classified mass spectrometry provides information on the mobility of analytes in the drift gas and the analyte mass. Mass equivalent and mobility equivalent diameters of globular analytes, such as ions, poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), and ionic liquid nanodroplets, can be correlated with good accuracy by the Stokes-Millikan mobility model. A prerequisite to such an analysis is, however, the assumption of a globular analyte shape, which then allows determination of material density for globular ions. We show that the analyte density can be evaluated with high precision, independent of any assumptions on the analyte shape, by careful analysis of analyte-PEG-cluster ions following the concept of classical pycnometry. In particular, the analyte is entrapped in a globular PEG-analyte droplet. Based on the now independently derived mobility diameter and volume equivalent diameter, it is possible to attribute two parameters, size and shape, to the analyte molecule. We demonstrate the approach for lysozyme, cyano-cobalamin (vitamin B12), and glucose, which cover two orders of magnitude in analyte mass (180···14 300 Da). The derived densities for these analytes are highly accurate, i.e., they deviate less than 1% from literature values. Our method can be applied to newly synthesized molecules, supramolecular assemblies, isolated biomolecules, and molecular clusters, where only minor amounts of materials are available. The obtained shape parameters of lysozyme and cyano-cobalamin agree well with the expected molecular shapes. Data evaluation relies only on locations of the species in the mass-mobility plane and is in principle independent of any mobility theory. Our approach is thus robust with respect to experimental uncertainties and produces identical results irrespective of the type of mobility classification and drift gas.
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- Christian Lübbert
- Institute of Particle Technology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg, Interdisciplinary Center for Functional Particle Systems (FPS), Haberstr. 9a, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Separation Science and Technology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Separation Science and Technology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Particle Technology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg, Interdisciplinary Center for Functional Particle Systems (FPS), Haberstr. 9a, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Particle Technology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg, Interdisciplinary Center for Functional Particle Systems (FPS), Haberstr. 9a, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Skyttä A, Gao J, Cai R, Ehn M, Ahonen LR, Kurten T, Wang Z, Rissanen MP, Kangasluoma J. Isomer-Resolved Mobility-Mass Analysis of α-Pinene Ozonolysis Products. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:5040-5049. [PMID: 35862553 PMCID: PMC9358649 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c03366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs) are important sources of atmospheric aerosols. Resolving the molecular-level formation mechanisms of these HOMs from freshly emitted hydrocarbons improves the understanding of aerosol properties and their influence on the climate. In this study, we measure the electrical mobility and mass-to-charge ratio of α-pinene oxidation products using a secondary electrospray-differential mobility analyzer-mass spectrometer (SESI-DMA-MS). The mass-mobility spectrum of the oxidation products is measured with seven different reagent ions generated by the electrospray. We analyzed the mobility-mass spectra of the oxidation products C9-10H14-18O2-6. Our results show that acetate and chloride yield the highest charging efficiencies. Analysis of the mobility spectra suggests that the clusters have 1-5 isomeric structures (i.e., ion-molecule cluster structures with distinct mobilities), and the number is affected by the reagent ion. Most of the isomers are likely cluster isomers originating from binding of the reagent ion to different sites of the molecule. By comparing the number of observed isomers and measured mobilities and collision cross sections between standard pinanediol and pinonic acid to the values observed for C10H18O2 and C10H16O3 produced from oxidation of α-pinene, we confirm that pinanediol and pinonic acid are the only isomers for these elemental compositions in our experimental conditions. Our study shows that the SESI-DMA-MS produces new information from the first steps of oxidation of α-pinene.
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- Aurora Skyttä
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Tampere University, 33720 Tampere, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.,Karsa Ltd., A. I. Virtasen aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
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Perez-Lorenzo LJ, Fernandez de la Mora J. Exceeding a resolving power of 50 for virus size determination by differential mobility analysis. JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE 2021; 151:105658. [PMID: 32952209 PMCID: PMC7486871 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2020.105658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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A recently described DMA designed for high resolution viral particle analysis (Perez-DMA; Perez-Lorenzo et al, 2020) is modified to decrease the relative peak full width at half maximum (FWHM) below previously achieved ≈3.3%. The electrode radii at the outlet slit (R 1 = 1.01 cm; R 2 = 2 cm) and the working length are almost unchanged (L = 114.9 vs. 116 mm). The laminarization trumpet and the radius of the curve merging the trumpet to the working section are both considerably widened to improve gas flow laminarization. DMA evaluation with salt clusters is improved by reducing the flow resistance at the gas outlet, to reach substantially larger sheath gas flow rates Q near 1700 L/min. Tests with tetraheptylammonium bromide clusters with a center rod diverging at 3° demonstrate FWHM<2.7%, without indications of performance loss due to turbulence even at 1700 L/min. Correcting these high flow rate data for diffusive broadening reveals a maximal DMA FWHM in the limit of non-diffusing particles and zero sample flow, FWHM∞ = 1.8%. An uncorrected peak width approaching 2% is independently demonstrated at much lower flow rates of sheath gas with two recently described bee virus particle standards having singularly narrow size distributions at mean diameters of 38 and 17 nm. Correcting raw 38 nm particle peak widths for broadening due to diffusion and aerosol to sheath gas flow rate ratio q/Q shows an even more ideal response with FWHM∞<1%, where this value includes nonidealities in the DMA as well as possible lack of monodispersity in the viral particles.
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- Luis Javier Perez-Lorenzo
- Yale University, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences, New Haven, CT, 06520-8286, United States
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- Yale University, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences, New Haven, CT, 06520-8286, United States
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Fernandez de la Mora J, Perez-Lorenzo LJ, Wick D. Singularly Narrow Viral Size and Mobility Standards from the 38.3 nm Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus and Its 17.5 nm Satellite. Anal Chem 2020; 92:13896-13903. [PMID: 32969651 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV), extracted from sick or dead bees, was studied by mobility measurements via electrospray charge reduction with a differential mobility analyzer (DMA) of unusually high resolution. Three different particles are observed. The most abundant one contributes a mobility peak at 38.3 nm, approximately as expected for CBPV. The peak is very sharp in spite of the nonisometric nature of CBPV. We also observe a previously unreported weaker well-resolved shoulder 4.8% more mobile, perhaps due to empty (genome-free) particles. Another sharp peak appearing at approximately 17.51 nm is likely associated with the known icosahedral CBPV satellite (CBPVS). The 17.51 and 38.3 nm peaks offer size and mobility standards much narrower than previously reported at any size above 5 nm, with relative full peak width at half-maximum (FWHM) in mobility approaching 2% (∼1% in diameter). Slight but clear imperfections in the DMA response and the electrospraying process suggest that the real width of the viral mobility distribution is less than 2%.
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- Juan Fernandez de la Mora
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- BVS, Inc., Stevensville, Montana 59870, United States
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Larriba-Andaluz C, Prell JS. Fundamentals of ion mobility in the free molecular regime. Interlacing the past, present and future of ion mobility calculations. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2020.1826708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Carlos Larriba-Andaluz
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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Piñero MY, Amo-González M, Ballesteros RD, Pérez LR, de la Mora GF, Arce L. Chemical Fingerprinting of Olive Oils by Electrospray Ionization-Differential Mobility Analysis-Mass Spectrometry: A New Alternative to Food Authenticity Testing. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:527-537. [PMID: 32126778 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.9b00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Recently, the olive oil industry has been the subject of harsh criticism for false labeling and even adulterating olive oils. This situation in which both the industry and the population are affected leads to an urgent need to increase controls to avoid fraudulent activities around this precious product. The aim of this work is to propose a new analytical platform by coupling electrospray ionization (ESI), differential mobility analysis (DMA), and mass spectrometry (MS) for the analysis of olive oils based on the information obtained from the chemical fingerprint (nontargeted analyses). Regarding the sample preparation, two approaches were proposed: (i) sample dilution and (ii) liquid-liquid extraction (LLE). To demonstrate the feasibility of the method, 30 olive oil samples in 3 different categories were analyzed, using 21 of them to elaborate the classification model and the remaining 9 to test it (blind samples). To develop the prediction model, principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least-squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) were used. The overall success rate of the classification to differentiate among extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), virgin olive oil (VOO), and lampante olive oil (LOO) was 89% for the LLE samples and 67% for the diluted samples. However, combining both methods, the ability to differentiate EVOO from lower-quality oils (VOO and LOO) and the edible oils (EVOO and VOO) from nonedible oil (LOO) was 100%. The results show that ESI-DMA-MS can become an effective tool for the olive oil sector.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemistry and Nanochemistry, International Agrifood Campus of Excellence (ceiA3), University of Córdoba, Campus of Rabanales, Marie Curie Annex Building, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain
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McCulloch RD, Amo-González M. Rapid detection of explosive vapors by thermal desorption atmospheric pressure photoionization differential mobility analysis tandem mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2019; 33:1455-1463. [PMID: 31141621 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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RATIONALE The increased frequency in the number of international terror threats has led to a corresponding increase in demand for fast, sensitive and reliable screening methods suitable for the detection of airborne explosive vapors. We demonstrate herein a workflow suitable for the determination of nitrogen-based explosives at the picogram level in just minutes. METHODS A method is described that combines Thermal Desorption (TD) sample introduction with Differential Mobility Analysis (DMA) Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS), enabling a sensitive and accurate workflow suitable for the rapid detection of trace nitroaromatic, nitroester and nitramine explosive vapors. The methods are bridged using a novel low-flow, field-free Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization (APPI) source, intended specifically for the analysis of gas-phase analytes and airborne particles. RESULTS Limits of detection within or below the picogram range were determined for the analysis of a range of explosives standards including 2,6-DNT, TNT, TATB, Tetryl, RDX, EGDN, PETN, HMX, and NG. Practical application of the TD-APPI-DMA-MS/MS workflow was demonstrated for the detection of real trace explosive vapors produced from the volatilization of solid explosive samples stored within a sealed cardboard box. A single complete analysis was performed in less than 2 min. CONCLUSIONS The highly sensitive and accurate detection of a variety of common nitrogen-based explosive vapors has been demonstrated, at levels suitable for practical, high-throughput security screening applications.
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- Ross D McCulloch
- Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Sociedad Europea de Analisis Diferencial de Movilidad SL, Boecillo, Spain
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Amo-González M, Pérez S, Delgado R, Arranz G, Carnicero I. Tandem Ion Mobility Spectrometry for the Detection of Traces of Explosives in Cargo at Concentrations of Parts Per Quadrillion. Anal Chem 2019; 91:14009-14018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- SEADM, Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo 205, Valladolid, Spain
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- SEADM, Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo 205, Valladolid, Spain
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- SEADM, Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo 205, Valladolid, Spain
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- SEADM, Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo 205, Valladolid, Spain
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Chen X, Raab SA, Poe T, Clemmer DE, Larriba-Andaluz C. Determination of Gas-Phase Ion Structures of Locally Polar Homopolymers Through High-Resolution Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2019; 30:905-918. [PMID: 30993642 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-019-02184-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The strong synergy arising from coupling two orthogonal analytical techniques such as ion mobility and mass spectrometry can be used to separate complex mixtures and determine structural information of analytes in the gas phase. A tandem study is performed using two systems with different gases and pressures to ascertain gas-phase conformations of homopolymer ions. Aside from spherical and stretched configurations, intermediate configurations formed by a multiply charged globule and a "bead-on-a-string" appendix are confirmed for polyethylene-glycol (PEG), polycaprolactone (PCL), and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). These intermediate configurations are shown to be ubiquitous for all charge states and masses present. For each charge state, configurations evolve in two distinctive patterns: an inverse evolution which occurs as an elementary charge attached to the polymer leaves the larger globule and incorporates itself into the appendage, and a forward evolution which reduces the globule without relinquishing a charge while leaving the appendix relatively constant. Forward evolutions are confirmed to form self-similar family shapes that transcend charge states for all polymers. Identical structural changes occur at the same mass over charge regardless of the system, gas or pressure strongly suggesting that conformations are only contingent on number of charges and chain length, and start arranging once the ion is at least partially ejected from the droplet, supporting a charge extrusion mechanism. Configurational changes are smoother for PDMS which is attributed to the larger steric hindrance caused by protruding pendant groups. This study has implications in the study of the configurational space of more complex homopolymers and heteropolymers. Graphical Abstract.
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- Xi Chen
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, 723 W Michigan st, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue Universiy, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, 723 W Michigan st, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, 723 W Michigan st, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
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Amo-González M, Carnicero I, Pérez S, Delgado R, Eiceman GA, Fernández de la Mora G, Fernández de la Mora J. Ion Mobility Spectrometer-Fragmenter-Ion Mobility Spectrometer Analogue of a Triple Quadrupole for High-Resolution Ion Analysis at Atmospheric Pressure. Anal Chem 2018; 90:6885-6892. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- SEADM, Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo 205, Valladolid, Spain 47151
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- SEADM, Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo 205, Valladolid, Spain 47151
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- SEADM, Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo 205, Valladolid, Spain 47151
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
- Chemistry Department, Loughborough University, Loughborough, U.K. LE11 3TU
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, United States
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