Abstract
The role of the counter anion in positive-ion matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) has been investigated. When PMMA was analyzed by MALDI in the presence of different alkali metal halides, A+X-, ion yields decreased on changing X- from I- to Br- to Cl-. The effects of changing the alkali metal cation A+ were greater when X- was chloride than when X- was iodide. With a mixture of two different alkali metal cations, PMMA showed different affinities for the cations, dependent upon which counter anion was present.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 435-440 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | European Journal of Mass Spectrometry |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 1998 |