Laser desorption
From Mass Spec Terms
| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 | 
| Laser desorption (LD) | 
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| Formation of gas-phase species from a solid or liquid sample surface upon activation using a short pulse of photons from a laser. | 
| Related Term(s): laser ablation | 
| Reference(s): J. M. Chen, C. C. Chang. J. Appl. Phys. 43, 3884 (1972). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1661832 ) | 
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. | 
