Molecular imaging by Mid-IR laser ablation mass spectrometry |
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Authors: | Akos Vertes Peter Nemes Bindesh Shrestha Alexis A Barton Zhaoyang Chen Yue Li |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Chemistry, George Washington University, 725 21st Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20052, USA |
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Abstract: | Mid-IR laser ablation at atmospheric pressure (AP) produces a mixture of ions, neutrals, clusters, and particles with a size
distribution extending into the nanoparticle range. Using external electric fields the ions can be extracted and sampled by
a mass spectrometer. In AP infrared (IR) matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) experiments, the plume was shown
to contain an appreciable proportion of ionic components that reflected the composition of the ablated target and enabled
mass spectrometric analysis. The detected ion intensities rapidly declined with increasing distance of sampling from the ablated
surface to ∼4 mm. This was rationalized in terms of ion recombination and the stopping of the plume expansion by the background
gas. In laser ablation electrospray ionization (LAESI) experiments, the ablation plume was intercepted by an electrospray.
The neutral particles in the plume were ionized by the charged droplets in the spray and enabled the detection of large molecules
(up to 66 kDa). Maximum ion production in LAESI was observed at large (∼15 mm) spray axis to ablated surface distance indicating
a radically different ion formation mechanism compared to AP IR-MALDI. The feasibility of molecular imaging by both AP IR-MALDI
and LAESI was demonstrated on targets with mock patterns.
Presented at the 9-th International Conference on Laser Ablation, 2007 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
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Keywords: | PACS" target="_blank">PACS 52 38 Mf 79 20 Ds 82 80 Ms |
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