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- Title
End group analysis of poly(methylmethacrylate)s using the most abundant peak in electrospray ionization‐ion mobility spectrometry‐tandem mass spectrometry and Fourier transform–based noise filtering.
- Authors
Omae, Mizuki; Ozeki, Yuka; Kitagawa, Shinya; Ohtani, Hajime
- Abstract
Rationale: We recently developed the characterization method for synthetic polymers weighing more than a few tens of kilodalton using electrospray ionization‐ion mobility spectrometry‐tandem mass spectrometry, in which the m/z value of the most abundant peak was used for characterization. However, the identification of the most abundant peak from the isotopic peaks was often difficult due to the background noise. Methods: Here, we employed a noise reduction method using Fourier transform (FT) filtering. In the power spectrum obtained using FT of the mass spectrum of the multiple charged analytes, the significant signals in the low‐frequency region and at frequency z are observed for the analytes of z charges. When the signals in both regions were used for inversed FT (i.e., the signals in other regions were zero padded), a noise‐filtered mass spectrum was obtained. Results: In the analysis of poly(methylmethacrylate)s weighing 13–17 kDa, mass spectra without noise filtering with relatively high‐intensity noise (than signal) were complicated to identify the most abundant peak. On the contrary, the most abundant peak was clearly identified from the mass spectra after FT‐based noise filtering, and end group composition was estimated successfully. Conclusions: The proposed FT‐based noise filtering for the mass spectrum is effective to characterize multiply charged synthetic polymers weighing more than a few tens of kilodalton using electrospray ionization‐ion mobility spectrometry‐tandem mass spectrometry.
- Subjects
ION mobility spectroscopy; MASS spectrometry; METHYL methacrylate; NOISE control; NOISE; POWER spectra
- Publication
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry: RCM, 2021, Vol 35, Issue 20, p1
- ISSN
0951-4198
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/rcm.9176