Analytical Instrument Documents

Edition September 2024

This is a compendium of mass spectrometry imaging applications notes and JEOL News articles based on the data acquired on JEOL ultra-high mass-resolution MALDI-TOFMS JMS-S3000 SpiralTOF™ series.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Fundamentals　P1〜

• Development of JMS-S3000: MALDI-TOF/TOF Utilizing a Spiral Ion Trajectory
  (Takaya Satoh, JEOL News, 45, 34-37, 2010)

• Development of peak extraction method from a high-resolution MALDI-TOF mass spectrum by machine learning focusing on peak shape, and an application to synthetic polymer analysis (MSTips No. 352)

• The Relationship between Crystal Condition and Mass Resolving Power, Mass Accuracy (MSTips No. 206)

Polymers / Oligomers　P15〜

• Assessing UV Degradation of Polymers: A Study of Polyethylene Terephthalate by using MALDI-TOFMS and GC-TOFMS

• EO/PO composition ratio analysis of EO-PO copolymer using JMS-S3000 "SpiralTOF™-plus3.0" and "msRepeatFinder" (MSTips No. 471)

• Structural analysis of EO-PO copolymers using high-resolution MALDI-TOFMS and NMR (MSTips No. 423)

• Differential analysis of UV degradaed polyethylene terephthalate using JMS-S3000 “SpiralTOF™-plus2.0” and “msRepeatFinder” (MSTips No. 422)

• Structural analysis of polyethylene terephthalates with different crystallinity using JMS-S3000 “SpiralTOF™-plus 2.0” (MSTips No. 407)

• End group analysis of poly(methyl methacrylate) using MALDI-TOFMS and GC-TOFMS (MSTips No. 404)

• Analysis of mPEG5K-Phosphate using JMS-S3000 "SpiralTOF™-plus 2.0" (MSTips No. 402)

• Composition analysis of EO-PO copolymers using JMS-S3000 “SpiralTOF™-plus2.0” and “msRepeatFinder V6” (MSTips No. 399)

• Elemental Composition Determination of Polymer End Groups Using Accurate Mass (MSTips No. 357)

• Structural analysis of anionic surfactants in MALDI negative ion mode using "SpiralTOF™-plus" (MSTips No. 333)

• Analysis of degraded polymethyl methacrylate by UV irradiation using high-resolution MALDI-TOFMS and pyrolysis-GC-QMS (MSTips No. 324)

• Analysis of degraded polystyrene by UV irradiation using high-resolution MALDI-TOFMS and pyrolysis-GC-QMS (MSTips No. 322)

• Structural analysis of polyethylene terephthalate combining an on-plate alkaline degradation method and tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MSTips No. 311)

• “Fraction base” KMD plots for a high molecular weight poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) copolyester following its on-plate alkaline degradation and SpiralTOF™ analysis (MSTips No. 284)

• “Fraction base” KMD plots for a high molecular weight poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) polyester following its on-plate alkaline degradation and SpiralTOF™ analysis"(MSTips No. 283)

• Visualizing fragmentation channels of polyethylene oxide with different end groups using the JMS-S3000 SpiralTOF™ with TOF–TOF option (MSTips No. 279)

• “Remainders of KM” plot for polymers using msRepeatFinder: Intuitive display of High energy collision induced dissociation mass spectra acquired by SpiralTOF™/TOF (MSTips No. 270)

• “Remainders of KM” plot for polymers using msRepeatFinder: compositional mapping over a broad mass range (MSTips No. 269)

• Analysis of low molecular weight polyethylene with solvent-free method using JMS-S3000 “SpiralTOF™” (MSTips No. 235)

• Analysis of cyanoacrylate adhesive using the JMS-S3000 “SpiralTOF™”
  ― Application of Kendrick Mass Defect plot analysis ― (MSTips No. 220)

• Measurement of a Dendritic MS Reference Standard

• Analysis of EO-PO Random Copolymer by Using a Conventional HPLC and MALDI SpiralTOF™ MS (MSTips No. 203)

• Analysis of high molecular weight polystyrene standards by using JMS-S3000 SpiralTOF™ with Linear TOF option (MSTips No. 199)

• Measurement of Synthetic Polymers [1]: Polystyrene (MSTips No. 163)

• Measurement of Synthetic Polymers [2]: Polymethyl Methacrylate (MSTips No. 164)

• Measurement of Synthetic Polymers [3]: Polyethylene Glycol (MSTips No. 165)

• Detailed Structural Characterization of Polymers by MALDI-TOFMS with a Spiral Ion Trajectory (Sato, H., JEOL News, 50, 46-52, 2015)

• MALDI SpiralTOF high-resolution mass spectrometry and Kendrick mass defect analysis applied to the characterization of poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) copolymers (Fouquet, T., Nakamura, S. & Sato, H., Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 30, 973 – 981, 2016)

Polymer Additives　P109〜

• Structure analysis of a polymer additive using high-energy collision–induced dissociation mass spectra acquired by JMS-S3000 with TOF/TOF option (MSTips No. 254)

• MALDI for Polymer Analysis: Synthetic Polymers and Additives (MSTips No. 205)