ナノ粒子のMALDI-TOF質量スペクトロメトリは,断片化されていない:Au25 (((SCH2CH2Ph) 18と混合単層Au25 (((SCH2CH2Ph) 18-x) (((L) (((x)

Amala Dass1, Anthony Stevenson, George R Dubay

  • 1Kenan Laboratories of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, USA.

まとめ

この研究は,MALDI-TOF質量スペクトロメトリーを使用して,無傷な金のナノ粒子を観察するための新しい方法を示しています. この技術は,断片化を防止し,ナノ粒子組成の正確な分析を可能にします.

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