Abstract
The manual interpretation of tandem mass spectra of synthetic polymers is very time-consuming. Therefore, a new software tool was developed to accelerate the interpretation of spectra obtained without requiring any further knowledge about the polymer class or the fragmentation behavior under high-energy collision-induced dissociation (CID) conditions. The software only requires an alphabetical list of elements and a peak list of the measured substance as an xml file for the evaluation of the chosen mass spectrum. Tandem mass spectra of different homopolymers, like poly(2-oxazoline)s, poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(styrene), were interpreted by the new software tool. This contribution describes a fast and automated software tool for the rapid analysis of homopolymers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1765-1778 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |