Electron ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: historical review and current applications

This review presents an overview of electron ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy (EITOFMS), beginning with its early development to the employment of modern high-resolution electron ionization sources. The EITOFMS is demonstrated to be ideally suited for analytical and basic chemical physics studies. Studies of the formation of positive ions by electron ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy have been responsible for many of the known ionization potentials of molecules and radicals, as well as accepted bond dissociation energies for ions and neutral molecules. The application of TOFMS has been particularly important in the area of negative ion physics and chemistry. A wide variety of negative ion properties have been discovered and studied by using these methods including: autodetachment lifetimes, metastable dissociation, Rydberg electron transfer reactions and field detachment, SF(6) Scavenger method for detecting temporary negative ion states, and many others.     

Recent trends of capillary electrophoresis‐mass spectrometry in proteomics research

Progress in proteomics research has led to a demand for powerful analytical tools with high separation efficiency and sensitivity for confident identification and quantification of proteins, posttranslational modifications, and protein complexes expressed in cells and tissues. This demand has significantly increased interest in capillary electrophoresis‐mass spectrometry (CE‐MS) in the past few years. This review provides highlights of recent advances in CE‐MS for proteomics research, including a short introduction to top‐down mass spectrometry and native mass spectrometry (native MS), as well as a detailed overview of CE methods. Both the potential and limitations of these methods for the analysis of proteins and peptides in synthetic and biological samples and the challenges of CE methods are discussed, along with perspectives about the future direction of CE‐MS. @ 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev 00:1–16, 2019.     

Aerosol laser time-of-flight mass spectrometer for the on-line measurement of secondary organic aerosol in smog chamber

An aerosol laser time of flight mass spectrometer (ALTOFMS) that can be used for real-time measurement of the size and composition of individual aerosol particles has been designed and utilized to provide on-line measurement of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particles resulted from Cl-initiated oxidation of toluene in smog chamber. Both the size and chemical compositions of individual aerosol particles were obtained in real-time. According to a large number of single aerosol diameters and mass spectra, the size distribution and chemical composition of aerosol were determined statistically. Experimental results indicate that aerosol particles produced from Cl-initiated oxidation of toluene were predominantly in the form of PM 2.5 particles, and nine positive laser desorption/ionization mass spectra peaks: m/z 18, 29, 30, 44, 46, 52, 65, 77, and 94 may come from the fragment ions of the products of the SOA: aromatic aldehydes, aromatic acids, phenolic compounds, and nitrogenated organic compounds. These results were in good agreement with those ones from previous Cl-initiated oxidation of toluene. These were demonstrated that ALTOFMS is a useful tool to reveal the formation and transformation processes of SOA particles in smog chamber.     

负热电离飞行时间质谱仪及其用于硼酸中硼同位素比值的测定

在自行研制的热电离飞行时间质谱仪(TI-TOF-MS)基础上,通过对仪器的重新设计和电源的改造,研制了负离子热电离飞行时间质谱仪(NTI-TOF-MS)。文中介绍NTI-TOF-MS仪器的结构及性能特点,通过对仪器性能进行测试,获得了仪器的分辨率,仪器在m/z为219amu处的分辨率为1369。文中应用NTI-TOF-MS法测量了核纯级硼酸样品中硼的同位素比值,测量的结果为¹⁰B/¹¹B=0.2403±0.0007。     

Emerging trends in paper spray mass spectrometry: Microsampling,storage, direct analysis,and applications

Recent advancements in the sensitivity of chemical instrumentation have led to increased interest in the use of microsamples for translational and biomedical research. Paper substrates are by far the most widely used media for biofluid collection, and mass spectrometry is the preferred method of analysis of the resultant dried blood spot (DBS) samples. Although there have been a variety of review papers published on DBS, there has been no attempt to unify the century old DBS methodology with modern applications utilizing modified paper and paper-based microfluidics for sampling, storage, processing, and analysis. This critical review will discuss how mass spectrometry has expanded the utility of paper substrates from sample collection and storage, to direct complex mixture analysis to on-surface reaction monitoring.     

The mechanisms of collisional activation of ions in mass spectrometry

This article is a review of the mechanisms responsible for collisional activation of ions in mass spectrometers. Part I gives a general introduction to the processes occurring when a projectile ion and neutral target collide. The theoretical background to the physical phenomena of curve‐crossing excitation (for electronic and vibrational excitation), impulsive collisions (for direct translational to vibrational energy transfer), and the formation of long‐lived collision intermediates is presented. Part II highlights the experimental and computational investigations that have been made into collisional activation for four experimental conditions: high (>100 eV) and intermediate (1–100 eV) center‐of‐mass collision energies, slow heating collisions (multiple low‐energy collisions) and collisions with surfaces. The emphasis in this section is on the derived post‐collision internal energy distributions that have been found to be typical for projectile ions undergoing collisions in these regimes. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., Mass Spec Rev 28:608–639, 2009     

电喷雾萃取电离和电喷雾电离所获一价正离子内能差异的比较研究

电喷雾萃取电离（EESI）和电喷雾电离（ESI）均属于软电离技术,但EESI比ESI更温和,能更好地保持蛋白质的构象。本研究以一价正离子为例,分别采用EESI和ESI技术对罗丹明B准分子离子m/z 443的裂解行为进行多级串联质谱研究,考察了不同碰撞能量对裂解行为的影响,建立了这两种离子源产生的离子内能差异（简称内能差异）的定量测定方法,并探讨了该方法的影响因素及适用范围。结果表明,EESI与ESI离子源的内能差异为11.5 eV。该方法可为其他不同离子源产生的离子内能差异比较提供基本思路,也可为深刻理解不同离子源产生离子的质谱行为提供参考。     

Four decades of joy in mass spectrometry

Tremendous developments in mass spectrometry have taken place in the last 40 years. This holds for both the science and the instrumental revolutions in this field. In chemistry the research was heavily focused on organic molecules that upon electron ionization fragmented via complex mechanistic pathways as shown by isotopic labeling experiments. These studies, including ion structure determinations, were performed with use of double focusing mass spectrometers of both conventional and reversed geometry, and equipped with various types of metastable ion scanning and collision-induced dissociation techniques developed by physical and analytical chemists. Time-resolved mass spectrometry by use of the field ionization kinetics method, developed by physical chemists, was another powerful way to unravel details of unimolecular gas phase ion dissociations. Then the development of new ionization methods, such as desorption chemical ionization, field desorption, and fast atom bombardment permitted not only to analyze unvolatile, thermally labile and higher molecular weight compounds, but also to study their chemical behavior in the gas phase, initially with use of double focusing instruments and later on with multisector and hybrid mass spectrometers. These ionization methods also enabled to study organometallic compounds and increasingly the field of medium-sized to large biomolecules, the latter being exploded in the last decade by the development of electrospray- and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization/time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Another area of research concerned the bimolecular chemistry of organic ions with organic molecules in the gas phase. Initially this was performed with use of among others drift-cell ion cyclotron resonance spectroscopy, that later on was replaced by the developed method of ion trapping and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance. Combination of the latter with the afore-mentioned ionization methods has shifted also in this case the research on organic molecules to organometallic/inorganic systems, and predominantly to biomolecules in the last decade. This invited review will describe the research efforts made by the author's group over the last 40 years together with some personal experiences during his career.     

The role of mass spectrometry in the study of non-enzymatic protein glycation in diabetes: an update

Recent studies on non-enzymatic protein glycation are reviewed, and results are critically discussed. Advanced glycation end products (AGE) levels in the body reflect a balance between their formation and catabolism. AGE proteolysis leads to the formation of low-molecular-weight AGE (AGE peptides) that are normally excreted in urine. In the case of diabetic disease and/or renal failure, AGE peptides accumulate in plasma. Because of their high reactivity, these compounds have been thought to play a role in the progression of chronic complications. The structural identification of these compounds is particularly important, and a strategy has been designed for their possible definition. A series of experiments has been devoted to the study of the enzymatic degradation products of in vitro glycated human serum albumin (HSA). This approach, based on different MS methods (LC/ESI/MS, LC/ESI/FTMS, MALDI), led to the detection of the glycated peptides generated by digestion of HSA. A further study was devoted to the possible identification of the peptides identified in the glycated HSA digestion products in the plasma of diabetic and nephropatic subjects. No glycated HSA digestion products were found in plasma samples of the subjects under investigation even if clear differences were found among the LC runs from populations of healthy, diabetic, and nephropatic subjects. Parallel investigations were devoted to the evaluation of glyoxal and methylglyoxal-dicarbonyl compounds that originate at the intermediate stage of the Maillard reaction. This evaluation was performed in diabetic patients, before and after the achievement of good metabolic control, and in nephropatic patients subjected to peritoneal dialysis (PD). In the latter case, results indicated that these dicarbonyl compounds, already present in the dialysis fluids, show a decrease in plasma and in dialysis fluids; those data suggested their reaction at peritoneal membrane level.     

Automated focusing in bright-field microscopy for tuberculosis detection

Pulsed‐laser atom‐probe tomography is used to compare the field‐evaporation mass spectrum and spatial distribution of molecular fragments from various poly(3‐alkylthiophene) films deposited on sharpened aluminium specimen carriers using two different deposition methods. Films deposited via a modified solution‐cast methodology yield small fragments with a uniform structural morphology whereas films deposited via an electrospray ionization methodology yield a wide range of fragments with a very non‐uniform structural morphology. The main field‐evaporated chemical species identified for both deposition types were, in order of typical relative abundance, C₂H₅⁺, CH₃⁺, C₂H₄⁺, followed by C₃H_7,8⁺/SC⁺ and SCH⁺. Thick electrospray depositions allowed investigation of the influence of laser‐pulse energy on the analysis. Evidence is presented supporting the presence of a critical laser‐pulse energy whereby changes in film morphology are signalled by the appearance of a new mass fragment at 190 Da.     

液相色谱-质谱-质谱法检测坯布中残留2,4-滴和2,4-滴丙酸

采用液相色谱-质谱-质谱法对坯布中残留农药2,4-滴和2,4-滴丙酸的检测进行研究。检测样品经甲醇提取,吹干后用流动相溶解,质谱-质谱采用电喷雾负离子化方式电离,多离子反应监测方式检测。优化质谱-质谱参数和液相色谱条件,最低检测限为0.005mg/kg,在0.02~0.5mg/kg范围内平均回收率为85.2%~100.9%,相对标准偏差为2.78%~13.8%。     

Determination of uranium in Egyptian graniteic ore by gamma,alpha, and mass spectrometry

Three methods were employed for the determination of uranium in granitic ore rock samples. Gamma spectrometry is a non-destructive technique while alpha spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) are destructive methods needing application of radiochemical separation before uranium measurement. In gamma spectrometry, the activity concentration of uranium is measured via its daughter (^234mPa) in the decay series, while in alpha spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), the activity concentration of uranium is measured directly. The activity concentrations of uranium in the samples by gamma spectrometry were between 36.7?±?0.5 and 239?±?2.3?Bq g^?1. The activity concentrations of uranium by alpha spectrometry and ICP-MS were from 28.7?±?1 to 145?±?1?Bq g^?1 and 34.3?±?1.4 to 155.9?±?1.6?Bq g^?1, respectively. The ICP-MS and alpha spectrometry methods provided reliable results. The uranium concentrations obtained by gamma spectrometry were, however, systematically too high.     

Generalization of the polar representation in time domain fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy for biological applications: practical implementation

The polar representation or phasor, which provides a fast and visual indication on the number of exponentials present in the intensity decay of the fluorescence lifetime images is increasingly used in time domain fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy experiments. The calculations of the polar coordinates in time domain fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy experiments involve several experimental parameters (e.g. instrumental response function, background, angular frequency, number of temporal channels) whose role has not been exhaustively investigated. Here, we study theoretically, computationally and experimentally the influence of each parameter on the polar calculations and suggest parameter optimization for minimizing errors. We identify several sources of mistakes that may occur in the calculations of the polar coordinates and propose adapted corrections to compensate for them. For instance, we demonstrate that the numerical integration method employed for integrals calculations may induce errors when the number of temporal channels is low. We report theoretical generalized expressions to compensate for these deviations and conserve the semicircle integrity, facilitating the comparison between fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy images acquired with distinct channels number. These theoretical generalized expressions were finally corroborated with both Monte Carlo simulations and experiments.     

区域微电网群两级能量调度策略优化研究

针对现阶段微电网能量管理技术发展趋势,在满足其内部经济调度的基础上,还需要关注微电网间的能量互补机制。对并网型区域微电网群提出了一种两级能量优化调度模型。引入条件风险指标(CVaR)衡量可再生能源与负荷预测误差对调度方案造成的影响,结合微电网运行收益,作为微电网内部能量调度的优化目标;采用多目标粒子群优化算法(MOPSO)进行求解,研究收益风险比作为优化调度策略的筛选指标,提出微电网内部能量优化调度策略;以区域微电网群公共并网点有功功率梯度变化最小化为前提,获得最佳微电网净功率组合方案,由此平抑微电网群对配电网造成的功率波动;考虑电力传输距离制定了微电网间净功率互补机制,提高功率传输效率。算例仿真结果表明,该模型能够合理实现微电网内与微电网间经济运行与功率平衡,为微电网群日前调度计划提供了有效设计流程。     

核电站仪控系统阈值判决及应用

基于物理参数的仪控系统阈值判决是核电站仪控系统的重要功能。常规阚值判决固定单一,缺乏与时间、工况的相关性。通过分析已有阈值判决,提出了在安全前提下采用阈值判决优化,在数据处理、阈值浮动、与工况相关联等方面作出改进,提升了仪控系统的容错、故障诊断能力,降低了停堆次数。