One Step Further in the Characterization of Synthetic Polymers by Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry: Evaluating the Contribution of End-groups

Several families of polymers possessing various end-groups are characterized by ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMMS). A significant contribution of the end-groups to the ion collision cross section (CCS) is observed, although their role is neglected in current fitting models described in literature...

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Published in:Polymers 2019-04, Vol.11 (4), p.688
Main Authors: Duez, Quentin, Liénard, Romain, Moins, Sébastien, Lemaur, Vincent, Coulembier, Olivier, Cornil, Jérôme, Gerbaux, Pascal, De Winter, Julien
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acids
Atomic collisions
Atomic properties
Cold
Degree of polymerization
Experiments
Ionic mobility
Ions
Mass spectrometry
Polyester resins
Polyethers
Polymerization
Polymers
Scientific imaging
Spectroscopy
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Summary:Several families of polymers possessing various end-groups are characterized by ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMMS). A significant contribution of the end-groups to the ion collision cross section (CCS) is observed, although their role is neglected in current fitting models described in literature. Comparing polymers prepared from different synthetic procedures might thus, be misleading with the current theoretical treatments. We show that this issue is alleviated by comparing the CCS of various polymer ions (polyesters and polyethers) as a function of the number of atoms in the macroion instead of the usual representation involving the degree of polymerization. Finally, we extract the atom number density from the spectra which gives us the possibility to evaluate the compaction of polymer ions, and by extension to discern isomeric polymers.
ISSN:2073-4360
2073-4360
DOI:10.3390/polym11040688