Highly oxygenated fullerenes, C(60)O(n) with 1 ≤ n ≤ 13, have been prepared by the Mo(O)(2)(acac)(2) catalysed oxidation of C(60) with (t)BuOOH. Increasing the catalyst : C(60) ratio or increasing the reaction temperature increases the yield as well shifting the product distribution to higher oxygenated products, in contrast, increasing the (t)BuOOH concentration shifts the product distribution...

We compare characteristics of electron impact ionization (EI) and multiphoton ionization (MPI) of doped superfluid helium droplets using the same droplet source. Selected dopant ion fragments from the two ionization schemes demonstrate different dependence on the doping pressure, which could be attributed to the different ionization mechanisms. While EI directly ionizes helium atoms in a drople...

In a high-resolution MALDI-TOF mass spectrum, a peptide produces multiple peaks, corresponding to the isotopic variants of the molecules. An overlap occurs when two peptides appear in the vicinity of the mass coordinate, resulting in the difficulty of quantifying the relative abundance and the exact masses of these peptides. To address the problem, two factors need to be considered: (1) the var...

Every modern high vacuum and ultrahigh vacuum system relies on some form of ionization gauge for pressure measurements under 10 Torr. There are currently two competing ionization gauge technologies to choose from the hot cathode gauge (HCG) and the cold cathode gauge (CCG). This application note is designed to help vacuum users choose between the two competing ionization technologies. Each gaug...

The first use of MALDI-TOF MS in the study of the products of RLi (R = Me, Bu) initiated oligomerisation of P[double bond, length as m-dash]C bonds is reported. These studies may be considered as models for analogous polymerisation reactions. The detected linear products with R-P and C-H end-groups are consistent with a chain growth mechanism similar to that known for olefins. Interestingly, th...