Experimental study on synchrotron radiation photoionization of secondary organic aerosol derived from styrene ozonolysis

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) produced by ozonolysis of styrene and other alkene compounds is a major part of fine particles in urban atmospheres. The atmospheric ozonolysis process of styrene is simulated in a smog chamber, and the formed SOA particles are detected on-line by a synchronous radiation vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometer (VUV-PIMS) in this study. Through molecular ion peaks in the photonionization mass spectra of SOA and the corresponding photoionization efficiency curve, combined with off-line measurement verification of ultraviolet visible and infrared absorption spectra, it is determined that formaldehyde, formic acid, benzene, phenol, benzaldehyde, and benzoic acid are the main constituents of styrene SOA. These provide new information for studying the atmospheric ozonolysis oxidation mechanism of styrene. VUV-PIMS can get over complicated sample preparation procedures, secondary pollution, and other shortcomings of the off-line method and is a useful instrument to measure constituents and unveil the formation process of SOA particles.     

Study on the atmospheric photochemical reaction of CF_3 radicals using ultraviolet photoelectron and photoionization mass spectrometer

A study of the atmospheric photochemical reaction of CF3 radical with CO and O2 was performed by using a homemade ultraviolet photoelectron spectrometer-photoionization mass spectrometer (PES- PIMS). The electronic structures and mechanism of ionization and dissociation of CF3OC(O)OOC(O)- OCF3 were investigated. It was indicated that the two bands on the photoelectron spectrum of CF3OC(O)OOC(O)OCF3 are the result of ionization of an electron from a lone pair of oxygen and a fluo- rine lone pair of CF3 group. The outermost electrons reside in the oxygen lone pair. The experimental and theoretical first vertical ionization energy is 13.21 and 13.178 eV, respectively, with the PES and OVGF method. They are in good agreement. The photo ionization and dissociation processes were discussed with the help of theoretical calculations and PES-PIMS experiment. After ionization, the parent ions prefer the dissociation of the C-O bond and giving the fragments CF3OCO and CF3 . It demonstrated that the ultraviolet photoelectron and photoionization mass spectrometer could be ap- plied widely in the study of atmospheric photochemical reaction.     

ASYMMETRY PARAMETERS AND DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS FOR PHOTOIONIZATION-EXCITATION OF HELIUM

Asymmetry parameter β₂ for photoionization of helium leaving the He⁺ ion in the n=2 level and differential cross sections(DCSs) in the n=2,3,4 levels with photon emission angle θ=90⁰ are provided at photon energies 69-76.8 eV employing the R-matrix method with a 20-term target representation, in which five polarization orbitals \bar{6}l are included. The asymmetry parameter β₂ and the DCS, in the n=2 level in the region of 69-73 eV, are in good agreement with available experimental and theoretical results. Above the n=3 threshold, we present new theoretical results along with measurements. No theoretical and experimental results can be used to compare with the present calculations of the DCSs for photoionization into the He⁺ ion in the n=3,4 levels.     

酪氨酸光电离过程的激光闪光光谱研究:pH效应

运用２４８ｎｍ激光闪光光解瞬态吸收光谱研究了不同ｐＨ值水溶液中酪氨酸光解过程,结果表明,溶液ｐＨ值影响酪氨酸的光电离过程;ｐＨ值增大,通过单光子途径的分子增多,而通过双光子途径的分子减少,反之则反。进一步阐明,酪氨酸光电离的ｐＨ效应源于其酚羟基的电离。     

光电离速率影响大气压空气正流注分支的机理研究

大气压空气中的流注放电有广泛的理论和应用研究价值,包括雷电机理、输变电系统空气绝缘理论以及材料表面改性等.流注是一个快速发展的强电离区域,在传播过程中存在着一种重要的特点—分支现象.光电离为正流注发展提供必要的自由电子,且实验结果表明分支特征与流注头部的光电离速率密切相关.本文基于新的流注分支判据,采用了粒子网格单元与蒙特卡罗碰撞相结合(PIC-MCC)的三维放电模型(Pamdi3D)进行数值仿真验证.为了研究光电离速率对正流注分支的影响,仿真了毫米尺度间隙针-板电极正流注发展,系统研究了不同光电离参数的影响.当减小氮气-氧气比例、光子吸收截面或光电离效率系数后,流注均更早地出现分支现象.这些计算结果表明大气压空气中流注头部光电离速率的降低将导致其发生分支的概率更高.     

An experimental and kinetic modeling study of a premixed nitromethane flame at low pressure

A premixed nitromethane/oxygen/argon flame at low pressure (4.67 kPa) has been investigated using tunable vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization and molecular-beam mass spectrometry. About 30 flame species including hydrocarbons, oxygenated and nitrogenous intermediates have been identified by measurements of photoionization efficiency spectra. Mole fraction profiles of the flame species have been determined by scanning burner position at some selected photon energies. The results indicate that N₂ and NO are the major nitrogenous products in the nitromethane flame. Compared with previous studies on nitromethane combustion, a number of unreported intermediates, including C₃H₄, C₄H₆, C₄H₈, C₂H₂O, C₂H₄O, CH₃CN, H₂CNHO, C₃H₃N and C₃H₇N, are observed in this work. Based on our experimental results and previous modeling studies, a detailed oxidation mechanism including 69 species and 314 reactions has been developed to simulate the flame structure. Despite some small discrepancies, the predictions by the modeling study are in reasonable agreement with the experimental results.     

同步辐射真空紫外光电离质谱研究乙烯扩散火焰

本文利用探针取样法结合同步辐射真空紫外光电离和分子束质谱技术研究了常压下的乙烯扩散火焰.通过测量光电离质谱和光电离效率谱分辨了该火焰中大部分的燃烧中间体及产物;通过改变探针取样位置以及半定量计算得到了其中部分燃烧中间体及产物的摩尔分数曲线.实验结果为探索多环芳烃和烟尘在扩散火焰中形成的最初阶段的反应机理提供了依据.     

Atmospheric pressure photoionization coupled to porous graphitic carbon liquid chromatography for the analysis of globotriaosylceramides. Application to Fabry disease

Globotriaosylceramides (Gb(3)) are biological compounds implicated in Fabry disease, a lysosomal storage disease due to the deficient activity of alpha-D-galactosidase A, which results in an accumulation of Gb(3) in many organs. The naturally occurring samples are composed of mixtures of several molecular species differing by the structure of the alkyl chains and the nature of the sphingoid base. Atmospheric pressure photoionization mass spectrometry (APPI-MS) proved to be an efficient method for the analysis of globotriaosylceramide molecular species, both in direct injection and by coupling with liquid chromatography (LC). In the positive ion mode, in-source fragmentations yield very precious information that can be used to determine the structure of the alkyl chains. In the negative ion mode, the chloroform solvent participates to the analyte ionization by forming an adduct with chloride ions generated in situ. Combination of LC on a Porous Graphitic Carbon stationary phase and APPI-MS allowed the detection of a great number of species from biological samples isolated from Fabry patients. This method could be an interesting analytical tool for the biochemical investigation of (sphingo) lipid metabolism.     

Comparative study of electrospray and photospray ionization sources coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer for olive oil authentication

The use of fast and reliable analytical procedures for olive oil authentication is a priority demand due to its wide consumption and healthy benefits. Olive oil adulteration with other cheaper vegetable oils is a common practice that has to be detected and controlled. Rapid screening methods based on high resolution tandem mass spectrometry constitute today the option of choice due to sample handling simplicity and the elimination of the chromatographic step. The selection of the ionization source is critical and the comparison of their reliability necessary. The possibilities of the direct infusion electrospray ionization (ESI) and the recently introduced atmospheric pressure photospray ionization source (APPI), coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight (QqTOF), have been critically studied and compared to control olive oil adulteration. These techniques are very rapid (approximately 1 min per sample) and have high discrimination power to elucidate key components in the edible oils studied (olive, hazelnut, sunflower and corn). Nevertheless, both sources are complementary, being APPI more sensitive for monoacyl- and diacylglycerol fragment ions and ESI for triacylglycerols. In addition, methods reproducibility's are very high, especially for APPI source. Mixtures of olive oil with the others vegetable oils can be easily discriminated which has been tested by using principal components analysis (PCA) with both ESI-MS and APPI-MS spectra. Analogously, linear discriminant analysis (LDA) confirms methods reproducibility and detection of other oils used as adulterants, in particular hazelnut oil, which is especially difficult given its chemical similarity with olive oil.