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Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Volume 8, 2015

Ionization Mechanism of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization

Abstract

In past studies, mistakes in determining the ionization mechanism in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) were made because an inappropriate ion-to-neutral ratio was used. The ion-to-neutral ratio of the analyte differs substantially from that of the matrix in MALDI. However, these ratios were not carefully distinguished in previous studies. We begin by describing the properties of ion-to-neutral ratios and reviews early experimental measurements. A discussion of the errors committed in previous theoretical studies and a comparison of recent experimental measurements follow. We then describe a thermal proton transfer model and demonstrate how the model appropriately describes ion-to-neutral ratios and the total ion intensity. Arguments raised to challenge thermal ionization are then discussed. We demonstrate how none of the arguments are valid before concluding that thermal proton transfer must play a crucial role in the ionization process of MALDI.

Keyword(s): ion-to-neutral ratio, ionization mechanism, MALDI, thermal ionization, thermal proton transfer
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Ionization Mechanism of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization
Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry 8, 21 (2015); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anchem-071114-040315
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