Thermal desorption and pyrolysis direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry for qualitative characterization of polymers and polymer additives.
Robert B CodyThierry N J FouquetChikako TakeiPublished in: Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM (2020)
In comparison with direct analysis by positioning sample directly in the heated DART gas stream, TDPy DART provides a more versatile sampling method and provides thermal separation and profiling of polymer additives, intact short polymer chains, and pyrolysis fragments.