From solution to the gas phase: stepwise dehydration and kinetic trapping of substance P reveals the origin of peptide conformations

JA Silveira, KL Fort, DY Kim, KA Servage… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Past experimental results and molecular dynamics simulations provide evidence that, under
some conditions, electrospray ionization (ESI) of biomolecules produces ions that retain …

Disintegration mechanisms of charged nanodroplets: novel systems for applying methods of activated processes

S Consta, A Malevanets - Molecular Simulation, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We review recent advances in the understanding of ejection mechanisms of solvated ions
and charged macromolecules from highly charged nanodroplets. While the physical basis …

Chain ejection model for electrospray ionization of unfolded proteins: evidence from atomistic simulations and ion mobility spectrometry

H Metwally, Q Duez, L Konermann - Analytical chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
The ion evaporation model (IEM) and the charged residue model (CRM) represent
cornerstones of any discussion related to the mechanism of electrospray ionization (ESI) …

Toward a molecular understanding of the surface composition of atmospherically relevant organic particles

Y Qin, LM Wingen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Many mass spectrometry methods using various ionization sources provide bulk
composition of airborne particles, but little is known about the surface species that play a …

Ions from solution to the gas phase: a molecular dynamics simulation of the structural evolution of substance P during desolvation of charged nanodroplets generated …

D Kim, N Wagner, K Wooding… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are used to model changes in the conformational
preferences of a model peptide during the transition from a hydrated environment (charged …

Atomistic modeling of jet formation in charged droplets

S Consta - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022 - ACS Publications
The first atomistic simulations that reveal the mechanism of Rayleigh fission are presented. It
is demonstrated that simple ion or macroion ejection takes place through droplet …

Electrospray ionization mechanisms for large polyethylene glycol chains studied through tandem ion mobility spectrometry

C Larriba, JF De La Mora… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) is used to investigate the abundance pattern, nz
(m) of Poly-(ethyleneglycol)(PEG) electrosprayed from water/methanol as a function of mass …

Variation of droplet acidity during evaporation

A Malevanets, S Consta - The Journal of chemical physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Variation of acidity and associated chemical changes of macromolecules in evaporating
droplets is of central importance in electrosprayed aerosols. We study changes in acidity …

High-throughput characterization of small and large molecules using only a matrix and the vacuum of a mass spectrometer

DW Woodall, B Wang, ED Inutan, SB Narayan… - Analytical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Matrix assisted ionization vacuum (MAIV) rapidly generates gas-phase analyte ions from
subliming solid-phase matrix: analyte crystals for analysis by mass spectrometry (MS) …

Where do the ions reside in a highly charged droplet?

V Kwan, A Malevanets, S Consta - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Aqueous droplets in atmospheric and electrosprayed aerosols are charged due to presence
of multiple ionic species. We examine the ion spatial distribution and the surface electric …