Two-color laser desorption mass spectrometry using a single laser.
A Nd: YAG laser has been used to perform IR desorption of analytes followed by UV ionization, all within the same laser pulse. At moderate laser powers, mass spectra recorded using this method are dominated by molecular ions.
Appling
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Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, U.S.A.
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