Citric Acid Capped Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as an Effective MALDI Matrix for Polymers

Autor: Thomas Macher, Carolyn J. Cassady, Qiaoli Liang, Yuping Bao, Jennifer Sherwood, Joseph M. Wilson
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 28:409-418
ISSN: 1044-0305
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1560-4
Popis: A new matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry matrix is proposed for molecular mass determination of polymers. This matrix contains an iron oxide nanoparticle (NP) core with citric acid (CA) molecules covalently bound to the surface. With the assistance of additives, the particulate nature of NPs allows the matrix to mix uniformly with polar or nonpolar polymer layers and promotes ionization, which may simplify matrix selection and sample preparation procedures. Several distinctively different polymer classes (polyethyleneglycol (PEG), polywax/polyethylene, perfluoropolyether, and polydimethylsiloxane) are effectively detected by the water or methanol dispersed NPCA matrix with NaCl, NaOH, LiOH, or AgNO3 as additives. Furtheremore, successful quantitative measurements of PEG1000 using polypropylene glycol 1000 as an internal standard are demonstrated.
Databáze: OpenAIRE