Overcoming the PEG-addiction: well-defined alternatives to PEG, from structure–property relationships to better defined therapeutics

M Barz, R Luxenhofer, R Zentel, MJ Vicent - Polymer Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic methods in polymer chemistry have evolved tremendously during the last decade.
Nowadays more and more attention is devoted to the application of those tools in the …

MALDI time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry of synthetic polymers

MWF Nielen - Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Mass spectrometry of intact synthetic polymers has been limited to field desorption (FD) MS
for many years. More recently, soft ionization techniques such as electrospray (ESI) and …

Mass spectrometry in polymer chemistry: a state-of-the-art up-date

T Gruendling, S Weidner, J Falkenhagen… - Polymer …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Two decades after the introduction of matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI)
and electrospray ionization (ESI), soft ionization mass spectrometry represents a powerful …

Field effect transport and trapping in regioregular polythiophene nanofibers

JA Merlo, CD Frisbie - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2004 - ACS Publications
We report the electrical characterization of field effect transistors based on regioregular poly
(3-hexylthiophene)(RRP3HT) nanofibers fabricated using nanostencil shadow masks …

Solution properties of polysarcosine: from absolute and relative molar mass determinations to complement activation

B Weber, A Birke, K Fischer, M Schmidt, M Barz - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polysarcosine (pSar) was one of the first polymers synthesized in a controlled living manner,
but it was only recently when it was reconsidered as a promising alternative for poly …

Characterization of heavy hydrocarbons by chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods: An overview

AA Herod, KD Bartle, R Kandiyoti - Energy & Fuels, 2007 - ACS Publications
This paper reviews analytical methods that have been developed for characterizing complex
liquid mixtures derived from fossil fuels. The analysis of fractions with masses up to∼ 400 …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mechanism revisited

WC Chang, LCL Huang, YS Wang, WP Peng… - Analytica chimica …, 2007 - Elsevier
Although matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) was developed more than a
decade ago and broad applications have been successfully demonstrated, detailed …

Mass discrimination in the analysis of polydisperse polymers by MALDI time-of-flight mass spectrometry. 2. Instrumental issues

DC Schriemer, L Li - Analytical Chemistry, 1997 - ACS Publications
Mass discrimination is generally observed in the analysis of polydisperse polymers by matrix-
assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry. Using …

The limitations of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in the analysis of wide polydisperse polymers

HCM Byrd, CN McEwen - Analytical chemistry, 2000 - ACS Publications
Average molecular weight determination of polymers with polydispersities greater than 1.2 is
an ongoing challenge in the field of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass …

Quantitative LC− MS of polymers: determining accurate molecular weight distributions by combined size exclusion chromatography and electrospray mass …

T Gruendling, M Guilhaus… - Analytical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We report on the successful application of size exclusion chromatography (SEC) combined
with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and refractive index (RI) detection …