Cluster-induced desorption/ionization mass spectrometry of highlighter ink: unambiguous identification of dyes and degradation processes based on fragmentation-free desorption.

Autor: Bomhardt K; Institut für Angewandte Physik and Zentrum für Materialforschung, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Giessen, Germany. michael.duerr@ap.physik.uni-giessen.de., Schneider P; Institut für Angewandte Physik and Zentrum für Materialforschung, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Giessen, Germany. michael.duerr@ap.physik.uni-giessen.de., Rohnke M; Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut and Zentrum für Materialforschung, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany., Gebhardt CR; Bruker Daltonik GmbH, Fahrenheitstr. 4, D-28359 Bremen, Germany., Dürr M; Institut für Angewandte Physik and Zentrum für Materialforschung, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Giessen, Germany. michael.duerr@ap.physik.uni-giessen.de.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Analyst [Analyst] 2022 Jan 17; Vol. 147 (2), pp. 333-340. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 17.
DOI: 10.1039/d1an01588e
Abstrakt: Highlighter inks were analyzed by means of soft Desorption/Ionization induced by Neutral SO 2 clusters (DINeC) in combination with mass spectrometry (MS). The dye molecules of the different inks were directly desorbed from dots of ink drawn on arbitrary substrates. Fragmentation free spectra were observed and the dyes used in the dye mixtures of the different highlighter inks were unambiguously identified. The soft nature of cluster-induced desorption was used to investigate the decomposition of the dye molecules induced by either heat or UV-light. The two processes lead to different decomposition products which are clearly distinguished in the DINeC spectra. The two different degradation processes can thus be discriminated using DINeC-MS.
Databáze: MEDLINE