Soft cluster-induced desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: How soft is soft?
André PortzKarolin BomhardtMarcus RohnkePascal SchneiderArndt AspergerChristoph R GebhardtMichael DürrPublished in: Biointerphases (2020)
Desorption/ionization induced by neutral clusters (DINeC) is used as an ultrasoft desorption/ionization method for the analysis of fragile biomolecules by means of mass spectrometry (MS). As a test molecule, the glycopeptide vancomycin was measured with DINeC-MS, and resulting mass spectra were compared to the results obtained with electrospray ionization (ESI), matrix assisted laser desorption ionization, and time-of-flight secondary ion MS. Of the desorption-based techniques, DINeC spectra show the lowest abundance of fragments comparable to ESI spectra. The soft desorption nature of DINeC was further demonstrated when applied to MS analysis of teicoplanin.
Keyphrases
- mass spectrometry
- gas chromatography
- ms ms
- liquid chromatography
- high performance liquid chromatography
- multiple sclerosis
- capillary electrophoresis
- high resolution
- density functional theory
- tandem mass spectrometry
- oxidative stress
- drug induced
- high glucose
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- endothelial cells
- diabetic rats
- molecular dynamics