The possibility of exploiting the analytical power of mass spectrometry to image the
chemistry of biological and similarly complex materials without the use of tags and with good …

Over the last 10 or so years, developments in molecular se-condary ion mass spectrometry
(SIMS) have taken its capability into areas previously only demonstrated in dynamic SIMS …

Surface based mass spectrometric approaches fill an important niche in the mass analysis
portfolio of tools. The particular niche depends on both the underlying physics and chemistry …

With the implementation of focused primary ion beams, secondary ion mass spectrometry
(SIMS) has become a significant technique in the rapidly emerging field of mass spectral …

Significant events driving the development of SIMS over the last 50 years are reviewed. The
discussion includes recollections of dynamic and static SIMS from the 1970s, of the …

Although the benefits of decreased sample temperature for the molecular profiling of organic
materials with time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) have been …

Primary-ion-induced fragmentation in organic molecules can strongly influence the results in
secondary-ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) of organic and biomolecular samples. In order to …

The early stages of C60 bombardment of octane and octatetraene crystals are modeled
using molecular dynamics simulations with incident energies of 5− 20 keV. Using the …

This study focuses on the microscopic modeling of 0–25 keV Bi1–3–5 and C60 cluster
impacts on three different targets (Au crystal, adsorbed Au nanoparticle, and organic solid) …

Molecular dynamics simulations are performed to model milling via a focused ion beam
(FIB). The goal of this investigation is to examine the fundamental dynamics associated with …