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Search for a synthetic polymer MALDI method from our list of recipes culled from the literature.


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A public library of polymer mass spectra for testing  the effectiveness of data analysis algorithms


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NIST Special Publication 960-21, Molecular Mass Distribution Measurement by Mass Spectrometry


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MassSpectator automated data analysis tool MassSpectator Automated Data Analysis Tool

MassSpectator is a mathematical method that locates, and calculates the area beneath, peaks from mass spectra using only reproducible mathematical operations and no user-selected parameters.


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Link to MALDI Publication Selected Publications

"Quantitative Measurement of the Extent of Functionalization of Ethylpyrrolidine Modified C60 Fullerene", E.S. Park, W.E. Wallace, C.M. Guttman, K.M. Flynn, M.C. Richardson, G.A. Holmes,  Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 20 (2009) 1638

"Quantitative Mass Spectrometry and Polydisperse Materials: Creation of an Absolute Molecular Mass Distribution Polymer Standard", C.M. Guttman, K.M. Flynn, W.E. Wallace, A.J. Kearsley, Macromolecules 42 (2009) 1695

"Numerical Optimization of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: Application to Synthetic Polymer Molecular Mass Distribution Measurement", W.E. Wallace, C.M. Guttman, K.M. Flynn, A.J. Kearsley, Analytica Chimica Acta 604 (2007) 62

"2,5 Dihydroxybenzoic Acid: Laser Desorption/Ionization as a Function of Temperature"  W.E. Wallace, M.A. Arnould, R. Knochenmuss, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 242 (2005) 13

"An Operator Independent Approach to Mass Spectral Peak Identification and Integration", W.E. Wallace, A.J. Kearsley, C.M. Guttman, Analytical Chemistry 76 (2004) 2446

"Optimizing the Covalent Cationization Method for the Mass Spectrometry of Polyolefins" S. Lin Gibson, L. Brunner, D.L. Vanderhart, B.J. Bauer,  B.M. Fanconi, C.M. Guttman, W.E. Wallace, Macromolecules 35 (2002) 7149

"Molecular Structure of Silsesquioxanes Determined by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry", W.E. Wallace, C.M. Guttman, J.M. Antonucci, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 10 (1999) 224


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