MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION WITH HIGH IONIZATION YIELD

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13029778

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Analyte ions are generated in an ion source by matrix-assisted laser desorption (MALDI) in which laser light pulses have significantly less than one nanosecond duration, focal diameters of less than twenty micrometers and energy densities such that only about one picogram of sample is desorbed per pulse of laser light and per laser spot. An unexpectedly high degree of ionization of analyte molecules is produced for selected matrix substances. Many laser spots can be generated side-by-side from a single laser light pulse for use with MALDI time-of-flight mass spectrometers. Applying pulses with a repetition rate of around 50 kilohertz and moving the sample or guiding the laser light beam so each laser light pulse impinges on a cool sample spot allows the ion source to be used with spectrometers that require a constant ion current.

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BRUKER DALTONIK GMBH28359 BREMEN

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Höhndorf, Jens Bremen, DE 9 5
Haase, Andreas Bremen, DE 49 362

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