The roots of mass spectrometry (MS) can be traced to the early 20th century when in the
Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, UK, JJ Thomson performed his first …

In principle mass spectral imaging has enormous potential for discovery applications in
biology. The chemical specificity of mass spectrometry combined with spatial analysis …

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 …

Recent developments in desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry techniques have made
their application to biological analysis a realistic and successful proposition. Developments …

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 …

In time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), the choice of the primary ion
used for analysis can influence the resulting mass spectrum. This is because different …

The surface sensitivity of Binq+ (n= 1, 3, 5, q= 1, 2) and C60q+ (q= 1, 2) primary ions in static
time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) experiments were investigated …

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 …

The ion beam-induced removal of thin water ice films condensed onto Ag and bombarded
by energetic Au, Au 2, Au 3, and C 60 projectiles is examined both experimentally and with …

The total sputtering yields for water ice due to kiloelectronvolt cluster bombardment have
been measured and compared to the predictions made by the mesoscale energy deposition …