Mass spectrometry in materials synthesis

J Ghosh, RG Cooks - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Mass spectrometry (MS), a century-old analytical technique, is now emerging as a
preparative method. Electrospray deposition (ESD) of charged droplets generated by …

From isolated ions to multilayer functional materials using ion soft landing

J Laskin, GE Johnson, J Warneke… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to deposit intact polyatomic ions with well‐defined composition, charge state, and
kinetic energy onto surfaces makes preparative mass spectrometry, also called ion soft …

Fabrication of a new, low-cost, and environment-friendly laccase-based biosensor by electrospray immobilization with unprecedented reuse and storage …

MC Castrovilli, E Tempesta, A Cartoni… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The fabrication of enzyme-based biosensors has received much attention for their selectivity
and sensitivity. In particular, laccase-based biosensors have attracted a lot of interest for …

Electrospray deposition for single nanoparticle studies

GS Jagdale, MH Choi, NP Siepser, S Jeong… - Analytical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Single entity electrochemical (SEE) studies that can probe activities and heterogeneity in
activities at nanoscale require samples that contain single and isolated particles. Single …

Facile Synthesis of Triazoles using Electrospray‐Deposited Copper Nanomaterials to Catalyze Azide‐Alkyne Cycloaddition (AAC) Click Reactions

J Ghosh, RG Cooks - ChemPlusChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospray deposition of copper salt‐containing microdroplets onto the liquid surface of an
electrically grounded reaction mixture leads to the formation of Cu nanoclusters, which then …

Characterization of atmospheric-pressure spark generated atomic silver and gold clusters by time-of-flight mass spectrometry

A Maisser, K Barmpounis, S Holm, M Attoui… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2021 - Elsevier
The potential of using atmospheric-pressure spark ablation for production of atomic clusters
has been shown in the recent past. In this study we used this method to produce atomic …

Preparation of gas phase naked silver cluster cations outside a mass spectrometer from ligand protected clusters in solution

M Jash, AC Reber, A Ghosh, D Sarkar, M Bodiuzzaman… - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Gas phase clusters of noble metals prepared by laser desorption from the bulk have been
investigated extensively in a vacuum using mass spectrometry. However, such clusters have …

Reaction between Ag 17+ and acetylene outside the mass spectrometer: dehydrogenation in the gas phase

M Jash, RRJ Methikkalam, M Bodiuzzaman… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We present the first example of acetylide protected silver clusters by a reaction between
Ag17+ and acetylene, conducted around atmospheric pressure. The products were obtained …

Mechanistic Elucidation of the Structure and Reactivity of Bare and Hydride-Protected Ag17+ Clusters

A Baksi, M Jash, S Bag, SK Mudedla… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report an approach to create bare silver cluster Ag17+ and hydride-rich Ag17H14+
separately, as pure species uncontaminated with other entities, in the gas phase starting …

What Determines If a Ligand Undergoes Coordination or Catalytic Activation on a Metal Cluster?

W Gan, B Huang, K Hansen, Z Luo - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report a joint experimental and theoretical study on the reactivity of Ag n+ clusters with
H2S, D2O, and NH3. Complete dehydrogenation products are observed for Ag n+ reacting …