Li, Gang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-108). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.viii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.xi / ABBREVIATIONS --- p.xii / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI) --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Laser Desorption --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Linear Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Reflectron Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.2.1 --- Linear-field Reflectron --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2.2.2 --- Nonlinear-field Reflectron --- p.12 / Chapter 1.3 --- Structural Analysis Using Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer --- p.13 / Chapter 1.4 --- Project Objectives --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Instrumentation and Experimental / Chapter 2.1 --- Instrumentation --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Laser system --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Flight Tube and Vacuum System --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Ion source --- p.22 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Deflector and Time Ion Selector --- p.24 / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Two-stage Gridless Reflectron --- p.28 / Chapter 2.1.6 --- "Detectors, Digitizer and Computer System" --- p.28 / Chapter 2.2 --- Experimental --- p.31 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Sample preparation --- p.32 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- PSD calibration --- p.32 / Chapter Chapter Three --- "Simulation Studies of Time Ion Selector, Collision cells and Curved-field Reflectron" / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2 --- Time Ion selector --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3 --- Collision cell --- p.46 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Simulation of Collision Induced Dissociation (CID) Conditions --- p.46 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Design and Performance Evaluation of Different Collision Cells --- p.48 / Chapter 3.4 --- Curved-field reflectron (CFR) --- p.58 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Introduction --- p.58 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Derivation of Analytical Equations --- p.58 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Effect of Floating Potential of the Collision Cell --- p.65 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Effect of R and θ Parameters --- p.65 / Chapter 3.4.5 --- Effect of Length of the Reflectron --- p.70 / Chapter 3.5 --- Conclusions --- p.73 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Construction and Performance Evaluation of Modified Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer / Chapter 4.1 --- Benchmark Results for the Origin Reflectron Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer --- p.75 / Chapter 4.2 --- Hardware Modifications of Reflectron Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer --- p.75 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Collision Cell --- p.75 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Curved-field Reflectron --- p.79 / Chapter 4.3 --- Evaluation of the Curved-field Reflectron --- p.81 / Chapter 4.4 --- Evaluation of the field-shaped cylindrical collision cell --- p.85 / Chapter 4.5 --- Conclusions --- p.95 / Chapter Chapter Five --- Concluding Remarks / Chapter 5.1 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.100 / References --- p.101 / Appendix / Appendix 1 User program for time ion selection --- p.108 / Appendix 2 User program for gas collision --- p.111 / Appendix 3 MATHEMATICA program used in calculation for curved-fleld reflectron --- p.114
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326212 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Contributors | Li, Gang., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Chemistry. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xii, 119 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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