A Simple Scan- and Display-Control for Magnetic Sector Mass Spectrometers

Abstract

Magnetically scanned sector mass spectrometers yield excellent spectra, covering a wide mass range. The spectral display is most reproducible if the magnet is cycled continuously in order to establish a constant hysteresis history.

We have adapted a single sweep spectrometer to continuous cycling. A simple and flexible control initiates and times the magnetic up- and down-sweep, erases and triggers a storage oscilloscope, advances and arrests the photographic recording chart and actuates an event marker on the recorder of the associated gas chromatograph.     

Thermal Dissociation of CdO and CdFe2O4

Knudsen effusion mass spectrometry has been applied to two identical alumina cells inside a revolving molybdenum cylinder. The one cell was filled with cadmium ferrite and the other with cadmium oxide, and the ionic current intensities of Cd⁺ and O₂⁺ were measured above both samples. The ratio between the intensities above the ferrite and above the oxide was found to be approx. 0.6, for both Cd⁺ and O₂⁺. From this ratio and from calorimetric data the Gibbs energy of the reaction CdO + Fe₂O₃ → CdFe₂O₄ could be derived. The endothermic ferrite is stable above 677 K. Its normal enthalpy, H°₂₉₈ is - 1 065 kJ/mol, and its normal entropy, S°₂₉₈ is 168 J/K mol. The non-stoichiometry of CdO is discussed.     

Temperature and pH dual-responsive coatings of oligoperoxide-graft-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide): Wettability, morphology, and protein adsorption

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) coatings attached to glass with novel approach involving polymerization from oligoperoxide grafted to surface with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane exhibit not only temperature- but also pH-dependence of wettability and protein adsorption. Wettability and composition of coatings, fabricated with different polymerization times, were determined using contact angle measurements and Time Of Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS), respectively. Thermal response of wettability, measured between 20 and 40 °C, was prominent at pH 9 and 7 and diminished or absent at pH 5 and 3. This indicates a transition between hydrated loose coils and hydrophobic collapsed chains that is blocked at low pH. Higher surface roughness and dramatically increased adsorption of model protein (lentil lectin labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate) were observed with AFM and fluorescence microscopy to occur in hydrophobic phases (at pH 3, for pH varied at constant temperature of 22 °C and at ∼33 °C, for temperature varied at constant pH 9). Protein adsorption response to pH was confirmed by TOF-SIMS and Principal Component Analysis.     

有机异构体的质谱分析简介

本文介绍了用于有机异构体辨析的几种质谱方法，并综述了它们在五类异构体中的应用。     

A Simple and Rapid Method for the Identification of Amphetamine and Metamphetamine Hydrochlorides by Mass Spectrometry

Abstract

In order to determine amphetamine and metamphetamine, we have used a method never used before in the legal practice. The aim of our work was to optimize the measurement conditions for the rapid and accurate determination of amphetamine and metamphetamine. We have developed a method which makes possible the unambiguous identification of the hydrochlorides of the hallucinogens amphetamine and metamphetamine, even when these two are present simultaneously. In our work we have used the ammonium salt technique. The information available from the mass spectra (molecular ion, appearance of characteristic fragments) are dependent on the temperature of the direct sample and the ionisation energy. As a consequence, we have primarily studied the influence of the above two parameters upon the mass spectra.     

High performance liquid chromatographic–mass spectrometric detection of giant fullerenes

Fullerene-rich soot generated by resistive heating of graphite has been gently extracted with toluene, in order to remove some C₆₀ and C₇₀ compounds, followed by extraction with boiling 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene at 214°C. After filtration and removal of the solvent, the residue was re-dissolved in dichloromethane and characterized by non-aqueous reversed phase liquid chromatography coupled on-line with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Several novel fullerenes were detected, including C₇₂, C₈₀, C₈₆, and C₈₈ as well as other fullerenes up to C₁₀₈ and higher. The results indicate that chromatographic separation of large fullerene molecules can be achieved with low boiling point solvents and conventional liquid chromatographic techniques.     

A Chemical Approach to Protein Design—Template-Assembled Synthetic Proteins (TASP)

Advances in methodology in both chemistry and molecular biology allow us to take a fresh look at protein science. Chemical synthesis of peptides and site-directed mutagenesis are now standard research tools, paving the way for the construction of new proteins with tailor-made structural and functional properties. The decisive hurdle on the way lies not in the synthesis of the molecules proper but rather in a better understanding of the complex folding pathways of polypeptide chains into spatially well-defined structures. Can the chemist use his synthetic tools to bypass the notorious “folding problem?” In this article, we present a new approach developed in our laboratory, which opens a chemical route to artificial proteins with predetermined three-dimensional structures, allowing a first step towards the synthesis of new proteins with functional properties.