title: Contribution of synchrotron radiation to photoactivation studies of biomolecular ions in the gas phase.
abstract: Photon activation of ions in the visible and ultraviolet range attracts a growing interest, partly for its promising applications in tandem mass spectrometry. However, this task is not trivial, as it requires notably high brilliance photon sources. Hence, most of the work in that field has been performed using lasers. Synchrotron radiation is a source continuously tunable over a wide photon energy range and which possesses the necessary characteristics for ion activation. This review focuses on the array of applications of synchrotron radiation in photon activation of ions ranging from near UV to soft X-rays.
authors.affiliation: Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin, 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette, France; UAR1008 CEPIA, INRA, 44316, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: Aleksandar R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Milosavljević
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Canon
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nahon
mesh_terms: D001704:Biopolymers / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004867:Equipment Design; D005740:Gases / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D007477:Ions / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D044367:Phase Transition / Q000528:radiation effects; D017785:Photons; D017356:Synchrotrons / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014965:X-Rays
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D005740:Gases; D007477:Ions
keywords: ion trap, biomolecules; photon activation; synchrotron radiation; tandem mass spectrometry