Journal
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
Volume 932, Issue -, Pages 1-21Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.05.024
Keywords
Mass spectrometry; Liquid chromatography; Ion mobility; Tandem mass spectrometry; Polymers; Hyphenation
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- Thuringer Ministerium fur Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur [B515-07008, B715-08011]
- National Science Foundations [CHE-1308307]
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This review covers the application of mass spectrometry (MS) and its hyphenated techniques to synthetic polymers of varying architectural complexities. The synthetic polymers are discussed as according to their architectural complexity from linear homopolymers and copolymers to stars, dendrimers, cyclic copolymers and other polymers. MS and tandem MS (MS/MS) has been extensively used for the analysis of synthetic polymers. However, the increase in structural or architectural complexity can result in analytical challenges that MS or MS/MS cannot overcome alone. Hyphenation to MS with different chromatographic techniques (2D x LC, SEC, HPLC etc.), utilization of other ionization methods (APCI, DESI etc.) and various mass analyzers (FT-ICR, quadrupole, time-of-flight, ion trap etc.) are applied to overcome these challenges and achieve more detailed structural characterizations of complex polymeric systems. In addition, computational methods (software: MassChrom2D, COCONUT, 2D maps etc.) have also reached polymer science to facilitate and accelerate data interpretation. Developments in technology and the comprehension of different polymer classes with diverse architectures have significantly improved, which allow for smart polymer designs to be examined and advanced. We present specific examples covering diverse analytical aspects as well as forthcoming prospects in polymer science. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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