MALDI Mass Spectrometry for Synthetic Polymer Analysis

MALDI Mass Spectrometry for Synthetic Polymer Analysis helps readers acquire the skills necessary for selecting the optimal methods, handling samples, analyzing the data, and interpreting the results of the mass spectrometry of polymers. This guide describes the principles of polymer MS and best practices in polymer characterization. It discusses different approaches, including MALDI, ESI, TOF MS, and FT-MS. It provides a guide to developing appropriate sample preparation protocols for different polymers. Complete with examples of applications and experiments, this is an excellent reference for scientists, researchers, graduate students, and others.

PREFACE vii CONTRIBUTORS ix CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW OF MS AND MALDI MS FOR POLYMER ANALYSIS 1 Liang Li CHAPTER 2 IONIZATION PROCESSES AND DETECTION IN MALDI-MS OF POLYMERS 9 Renato Zenobi CHAPTER 3 TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION 27 Liang Li and Randy M. Whittal CHAPTER 4 POLYMER ANALYSIS WITH FOURIER TRANSFORM MASS SPECTROMETRY 53 Sabine Borgmann and Charles L. Wilkins CHAPTER 5 TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY AND POLYMER ION DISSOCIATION 85 Michael J. Polce and Chrys Wesdemiotis CHAPTER 6 CONVENTIONAL MALDI SAMPLE PREPARATION 129 Kevin G. Owens and Scott D. Hanton CHAPTER 7 SOLVENT-FREE MALDI SAMPLE PREPARATION 159 Sarah Trimpin CHAPTER 8 MALDI MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR THE QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF POLYMER MOLECULAR MASS DISTRIBUTION 187 Charles M. Guttman and William E. Wallace CHAPTER 9 NEW APPROACHES TO DATA REDUCTION IN MASS SPECTROMETRY 205 William E. Wallace, Anthony J. Kearsley, and Charles M. Guttman CHAPTER 10 MALDI-MS/MS FOR POLYMER STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION ANALYSIS 219 Anthony T. Jackson CHAPTER 11 LC-MALDI MS FOR POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION 247 Steffen M. Weidner and Jana Falkenhagen CHAPTER 12 MALDI MS APPLICATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL POLYMERS 267 Scott D. Hanton and Kevin G. Owens INDEX 289