Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization: Difference between revisions

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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization
DRAFT DEFINITION
The formation of gas-phase ions from molecules that are present in a solid or solvent matrix that is irradiated with a pulsed laser. See also laser desorption/ionization.
Considered between 2004 and 2006 but not included in the 2006 PAC submission
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-This term is used to describe the formation of ionized species in the gas phase from analytes that are present in a solid or solvent matrix which is irradiated with a laser beam of which wavelength is absorbed by the matrix. See also [[LDI|laser desorption/ionization]].
+The formation of gas-phase ions from molecules that are present in a solid or solvent matrix that is irradiated with a pulsed laser. See also [[LDI|laser desorption/ionization]].
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