Use of ion-mobility mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) to map polyoxometalate Keplerate clusters and their supramolecular assemblies.
We present the high-resolution (HRES-MS) and ion-mobility (IMS-MS) mass spectrometry studies of icosahedral nanoscale polyoxometalate-based {L(30)}{(Mo)Mo(5)} Keplerate clusters, and demonstrate the use of IMS-MS to resolve and map intact nanoclusters, and its potential for the discovery of new structures, in this case the first gas phase observation of 'proto-clustering' of higher order Keplerate supramolecular aggregates.
WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK.
Philip J
PJ
Robbins
Andrew J
AJ
Surman
Johannes
J
Thiel
De-Liang
DL
Long
Leroy
L
Cronin