Abstract
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization combined with collision-induced dissociation (CID) has been applied to the structural determination of synthetic polymers. Post-source decay/CID experiments on a time-of-ftight (TOF) instrument have been compared with CID data from a hybrid sector-TOF mass spectrometer. Fragmentation spectra of polymers, with molecular weights of up to 4500 Da, have been shown to aid structural and end-group determination. The polymers studied were poly(methyl methacrylate), poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(ethylene terephthalate).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1668-1674 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 13 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1996 |