Volume 12 Issue 6 (2006)

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Pages 345–358
doi: 10.1255/ejms.820
Electron transfer reactions in laser desorption/ionization and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization: factors influencing matrix and analyte ion intensities
Andrew J. Hoteling,a,* William F. Nichols,a David J. Giesen,a Jerome R. Lenharda and Richard Knochenmussb,*
aResearch & Development, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY 14650-2132, USA
bNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 4056 Basel, Switzerland

Pages 359–367
doi: 10.1255/ejms.821
Equilibrium conditions in laser-desorbed plumes: thermodynamic properties of α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid and protonation of amino acids
Gary R. Kinsel,a,* Daqing Yao,b Faten H. Yassinc and Dennis S. Marynickd
aSouthern Illinois University Carbondale, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1245 Lincoln Dr, Carbondale, IL 62901-4409, USA
bIRIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Analytical R&D Laboratory, 101 Technology Place, Florence, SC 29501, USA
cThe University of Michigan, Department of Chemistry, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA
dThe University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 502 Yates St, Arlington, TX 76019-0065, USA

Pages 369–383
doi: 10.1255/ejms.822
Gas-phase ionization/desolvation processes and their effect on protein charge state distribution under matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization conditions
Sandra Alves,a Françoise Fournier,b Carlos Afonso,a Franck Windb and Jean-Claude Tabeta,*
aLaboratoire de Chimie Structurale Organique et Biologique, UMR 7613, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Bat F, BP 45, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France. E-mail: tabet@ccr.jussieu.fr
bCentre d’Etudes du Bouchet, BP 3, 91710 Vert-le Petit, France

Pages 385–396
doi: 10.1255/ejms.823
Theoretical investigation of the proton affinity and gas-phase basicity of neutral x,y-dihydroxybenzoic acid and its derivatives
Brandon L. Rebber, J. Anthony Halfacre and Kyle A. Beran*
Department of Science & Mathematics, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX 79762 USA. E-mail: beran_k@utpb.edu
Nicholas R. Beller, Mario Gomez and Sajid Bashir§
Chemical Biology Research Group, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA
Anastassios E. Giannakopulos and Peter J. Derrick
Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

Pages 397–408
doi: 10.1255/ejms.824
Application and evaluation of solvent-free matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry for the analysis of derivatized fullerenes
Sotirios G. Kotsiris,a Yury V. Vasil’ev,a,b Alexey V. Streletskii,a Ming Han,a Lewis P. Mark,a Olga V. Boltalina,c Nikos Chronakis,d Michael Orfanopoulos,e Hartmut Hungerbühlerf and Thomas Drewelloa,*
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. E-mail: T.Drewello@warwick.ac.uk
bDepartment of Physics, Bashkir State Agricultural University, Ufa, Russia
cDepartment of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
dDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus
eDepartment of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion 71409, Crete, Greece
fFachbereich II Pharma- und Chemietechnik, Technische Fachhochschule Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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