Atmospheric plasma treatment of pre‐electrospinning polymer solution: A feasible method to improve electrospinnability

The electrospinnability of polyethylene oxide (PEO) was manipulated by atmospheric plasma treatment of pre‐electrospinning solutions. Conductivity, viscosity, and surface tension of PEO solutions increased after plasma treatment, and the plasma effect remained longer when the solution concentrate increased. Both untreated and treated solutions were then electrospun, and the morphology of the resultant nanofibers was observed by SEM. Atmospheric plasma treatment improved the electrospinnability of PEO solutions and led to less beads and finer diameter distribution in the resultant nanofibers. Additionally, plasma treatment of the pre‐electrospinning solutions affected the crystal structure of resultant nanofibers. These results suggest that atmospheric plasma treatment is a feasible approach to improve the electrospinnability of polymer solutions and can used to control the structure of electrospun nanofibers. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys, 2011     

Established and emerging atmospheric pressure surface sampling/ionization techniques for mass spectrometry

The number and type of atmospheric pressure techniques suitable for sampling analytes from surfaces, forming ions from these analytes, and subsequently transporting these ions into vacuum for interrogation by MS have rapidly expanded over the last several years. Moreover, the literature in this area is complicated by an explosion in acronyms for these techniques, many of which provide no information relating to the chemical or physical processes involved. In this tutorial article, we sort this vast array of techniques into relatively few categories on the basis of the approaches used for surface sampling and ionization. For each technique, we explain, as best known, many of the underlying principles of operation, describe representative applications, and in some cases, discuss needed research or advancements and attempt to forecast their future analytical utility. Copyright (c) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Characteristics and origins of common chemical noise ions in negative ESI LC-MS

Ionic chemical background noise in LC-MS has been one of the major problems encountered in trace analysis. In this study, the typical negative background ions in ESI LC-MS are investigated exemplarily. It was carried out using tandem mass spectrometry to study the products and precursors of the major background ions to examine their structures and structure relationship. Various typical LC eluents with different compositions and additives such as ammonium formate/formic acid and ammonium acetate/acetic acid have been studied. Several types of negative noise ions are concluded, which include the cluster chemical background ions only from mobile phase components and additives. Furthermore, there are also abundant clusters resulting from the solvation of some typical individual contaminants (e.g. additives and degradation products from tubing, impurities in the mobile phase, etc.), accompanied by some minor contribution from contaminants. The elemental composition of some selected ions was confirmed using the FT-ICR accurate mass measurement. This work provides us insight into information about the structures and types of common negative background ions and will help to understand their formation and origins. More importantly, it will guide us to prevent chemical noise interference in practice and also contribute to develop methods for noise reduction based on selective ion-molecule reactions.     

α-蒎烯大气化学反应的研究进展

概述了国内外有关α-蒎烯的大气化学反应的研究进展．主要介绍了α-蒎烯与OH自由基、O3分子、NO3自由基的气相反应的机理及其产物以及形成二次有机气溶胶（SOA）的研究现状,还对α-蒎烯未来的研究动向等进行了阐述．     

多溴联苯醚代谢物的色谱保留和质谱特征

研究了多溴联苯醚(PBDEs)代谢物中常见的18种羟基PBDEs(HO-BDEs)、15种甲氧基PBDEs(MeO-BDEs)的气相色谱、反相液相色谱分离和质谱碎片特征。MeO-BDEs在反相液相色谱(RPLC)的保留行为受疏水作用支配,而HO-BDEs则还受到除疏水作用以外的特殊作用影响。LC/MS中大气压化学电离(APCI)源适用于HO-BDEs检测,而APCI源以及电喷雾离子源(ESI)对MeO-BDEs都没有响应。质谱碎片具有显著取代位效应:在LC/APCI-MS中,邻位取代HO-BDEs的碎片离子基峰均为脱一个溴的结构[M-H]--HBr,而对位取代的基峰则为准分子离子[M-H]-;在电子电离(EI)源质谱仪下,邻位取代MeO-BDEs有脱溴甲烷碎片离子(M. -BrCH3),对位取代有特征的脱甲基自由基结构(M. -.CH3),间位取代则无上述两种碎片离子。     

在线气体分析的电晕放电大气压电离质谱

研制了适合在线气体分析的电晕放电大气压电离源(corona discharge atmospheric pressure ionization source)及其与商品质谱仪(LTQ-MS)的接口,对其试剂离子的产生机理进行了研究,以H2O. (H2O)为试剂离子,对乙醇气体进行检测,并分析了该离子的产生机制。实验结果表明:在潮湿氮气中电晕放电产生的主要试剂离子是m/z36、37和55;而在含丙酮的潮湿氮气中则产生m/z59和76等离子。利用静态顶空-电晕放电大气压电离质谱对不同浓度的乙醇水溶液进行分析,结果表明:以m/z64为检测对象,乙醇气体浓度的最低检出限可达2.4×10-7g/L;而以m/z47为检测对象,检出限为5.9×10-6g/L。同时还利用动态顶空-电晕放电大气压电离质谱对栀子花香气成分进行了检测,为生物挥发性物质的在线检测提供了一种新方法。     

表面解吸常压化学电离质谱原位检测萝卜中芥子碱及其含量衰减

采用表面解吸常压化学电离串联质谱（SDAPCI-MSn）技术,直接检测了白萝卜中的芥子碱,并考察了不同环境下芥子碱的衰减规律。 结果表明,常温下（25 ℃）白萝卜中的芥子碱浓度随时间迅速下降,在短时间衰减到一定程度后趋于平稳。 在低温下（≤4 ℃）,白萝卜中的芥子碱衰减速度则非常缓慢,有利于保持白萝卜中芥子碱水平。 萝卜鲜汁中的芥子碱在接触空气后的衰减速度是日常存储条件下的300多倍。 虽然在不同的条件下,芥子碱衰减的速度不同,但均符合一级反应的衰减规律。     

铈和镧对Q345B钢在海洋大气中腐蚀行为的影响

通过周浸实验对普通Q345B钢和含有微量稀土铈(Ce)和镧(La)的Q345 BRE钢在模拟海洋大气腐蚀环境下,进行了耐腐蚀性能比较.利用失重和电化学方法进行两者的腐蚀速率比较,利用SEM和XRD分析了两者腐蚀形貌和锈层的特征.结果表明:加入混合稀土铈和镧的Q345B钢的腐蚀速率小于普通的Q345B钢,且腐蚀形貌也发生...     

Assessment of the various ionization methods in the analysis of metal salen complexes by mass spectrometry

Metal salen complexes are one of the most frequently used catalysts in enantioselective organic synthesis. In the present work, we compare a series of ionization methods that can be used for the mass spectral analysis of two types of metalosalens: ionic complexes (abbreviated as Com⁺X^?) and neutral complexes (NCom). These methods include electron ionization and field desorption (FD) which can be applied to pure samples and atmospheric pressure ionization techniques: electrospray ionization (ESI), atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) and atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI) which are suitable for solutions. We found that FD is a method of choice for recording molecular ions of the complexes containing even loosely bonded ligands. The results obtained using atmospheric pressure ionization methods show that the results depend mainly on the structure of metal salen complex and the ionization method. In ESI spectra, Com⁺ ions were observed, while in APCI and APPI spectra both Com⁺ and [Com + H]⁺ ions are observed in the ratio depending on the structure of the metal salen complex and the solvent used in the analysis. For complexes with tetrafluoroborate counterion, an elimination of BF₃ took place, and ions corresponding to complexes with fluoride counterion were observed. Experiments comparing the relative sensitivity of ESI, APCI and APPI (with and without a dopant) methods showed that for the majority of the studied complexes ESI is the most sensitive one; however, the sensitivity of APCI is usually less than two times lower and for some compounds is even higher than the sensitivity of ESI. Both methods show very high linearity of the calibration curve in a range of about 3 orders of magnitude of the sample concentration. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

大气压光电离技术及其应用研究进展

大气压光电离离子源(APPI)是一种新兴的用于液质联用的软电离离子源,它是利用光化学作用将气相中样品电离的离子化技术,该技术促进了质谱技术对弱极性化合物的分析检测。介绍了液相色谱–质谱/质谱联用技术中大气压光电离的基本原理、应用优点,综述了其在定性、定量分析检测中的应用。