O3.2 - Detection of Aromatic/Aliphatic Hydrocarbons and Amines by Laser-Ion Mobility Spectrometry (LIMS)

Autor: C. Oberhuettinger, Andreas Langmeier, Matthias Kessler, H. Oberpriller, J. Goebel, Gerhard J. Mueller
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Proceedings OPTO 2009 & IRS² 2009.
DOI: 10.5162/opto09/o3.2
Popis: Trace detection of hydrocarbons has been investigated using a laser ion mobility spectrometer (LIMS). The LIMS instrument used employs resonant two-photon ionization as a mechanism for the generation of analyte gas ions. We find that LIMS easily ionizes aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons with conjugated and delocalized C-C double bond systems. Another class of organic compounds that could be successfully detected was amines. These latter substances contain double-occupied lone pair electrons localized on basic N atoms. All substances successfully detected feature a sizeable UV absorption within a certain range of photon energies Eph. Two-photon ionization is observed in case the molecule-specific ionization energy EI complies with the energetic condition 2Eph >E I.
Databáze: OpenAIRE