Efficiency of Gas-Phase Ion Formation in Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization with 2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid as Matrix 


Vol. 34,  No. 3, pp. 907-911, Mar.  2013
10.5012/bkcs.2013.34.3.907


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Numbers of matrix- and analyte-derived ions and their sum in matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) of a peptide were measured using 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHB) as matrix. As for MALDI with α-cyano-4-hydroxy cinnamic acid as matrix, the sum was independent of the peptide concentration in the solid sample, or was the same as that of pure DHB. This suggested that the matrix ion was the primary ion and that the peptide ion was generated by matrix-to-peptide proton transfer. Experimental ionization efficiencies of 10−5-10−4 for peptides and 10−8-10−7 for matrices are far smaller than 10−3-10−1 for peptides and 10−5-10−3 for matrices speculated by Hillenkamp and Karas. Number of gas-phase ions generated by MALDI was unaffected by laser wavelength or pulse energy. This suggests that the main role of photo-absorption in MALDI is not in generating ions via a multi-photon process but in ablating materials in a solid sample to the gas phase.

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K. M. Park, S. H. Ahn, Y. J. Bae, M. S. Kim, "Efficiency of Gas-Phase Ion Formation in Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization with 2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid as Matrix," Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 907-911, 2013. DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2013.34.3.907.

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Kyung Man Park, Sung Hee Ahn, Yong Jin Bae, and Myung Soo Kim. 2013. Efficiency of Gas-Phase Ion Formation in Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization with 2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid as Matrix. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 34, 3, (2013), 907-911. DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2013.34.3.907.

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