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Synthetic polymers are most often observed in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectra as cationized molecules. The means by which such ions are created and brought into the gas phase are reviewed, with particular focus on preformed ions and cation-pickup reactions in the desorption plume.
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Knochenmuss et al. (1998) studied this question.
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