TY - JOUR
T1 - Desorption ionization by charge exchange (DICE) for sample analysis under ambient conditions by mass spectrometry
AU - Chan, Chang Ching
AU - Bolgar, Mark S.
AU - Miller, Scott A.
AU - Attygalle, Athula B.
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - An ambient pressure ionization technique for mass spectrometric analysis of substances present on solid surfaces was developed. A nebulized spray containing molecular ions of a solvent such as toluene can be generated by passing the solvent through a stainless steel capillary held at a high voltage. When the stream of charged droplets produced in this way is directed onto a solid surface, the analytes present on the surface are desorbed and ionized by a charge exchange process. This technique was shown to desorb and generate positively charged molecular ions from compounds that are not readily ionized by some other ambient methods, under positive-ion generation mode. For example, intense signals representing radical cations of 1,4-hydroquinone, limonene, thymol, and several other compounds were observed when the analytes were deposited on a metal surface and exposed to a toluene spray nebulized from the metal capillary maintained at a potential of about +5 kV. In contrast, when the same samples were exposed to a spray of water/methanol/formic acid under customary DESI-like (positive-ion mode) conditions, no peaks representing the analytes were observed.
AB - An ambient pressure ionization technique for mass spectrometric analysis of substances present on solid surfaces was developed. A nebulized spray containing molecular ions of a solvent such as toluene can be generated by passing the solvent through a stainless steel capillary held at a high voltage. When the stream of charged droplets produced in this way is directed onto a solid surface, the analytes present on the surface are desorbed and ionized by a charge exchange process. This technique was shown to desorb and generate positively charged molecular ions from compounds that are not readily ionized by some other ambient methods, under positive-ion generation mode. For example, intense signals representing radical cations of 1,4-hydroquinone, limonene, thymol, and several other compounds were observed when the analytes were deposited on a metal surface and exposed to a toluene spray nebulized from the metal capillary maintained at a potential of about +5 kV. In contrast, when the same samples were exposed to a spray of water/methanol/formic acid under customary DESI-like (positive-ion mode) conditions, no peaks representing the analytes were observed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jasms.2010.04.020
DO - 10.1016/j.jasms.2010.04.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 20542709
AN - SCOPUS:77955922555
SN - 1044-0305
VL - 21
SP - 1554
EP - 1560
JO - Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
JF - Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
IS - 9
ER -