TY - CONF A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana T1 - Polymer characterisation by multidimensional techniques with focus on LC - MALDI/ESI-TOF-MS N2 - Since the first LC/ ESI-MS experiment of the Nobel prize winner John B. Fenn in 1984, the coupling of liquid chromatographic to mass spectrometric techniques gained a continuous rapid development. The lecture will give a general survey of different LC separation techniques as size exclusion chromatography (SEC), liquid adsorption chromatography (LAC), liquid chromatography at critical conditions (LCCC) and gradient elution liquid chromatography (GELC) combined with Matrix assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) respectively Electrospray Ionization (ESI) Time of Flight (TOF) mass spectrometry. Often the deficiencies of stand-alone methods can be bridged. LC, blind to structural information needs mass spectrometry as one of the most powerful detectors able to give detailed information on e.g. the repeat units, functionalization or copolymer composition of the chromatographic separated constituents. A separation prior to MS reduces the polydispersity which is one of the reasons for failing of MS. Also problems with different ionization probabilities in complex mixtures can partly be overcame. On the basis of different examples on- and offline coupling principles will be compared and the pros and cons of both mass spectrometric techniques will be discussed. Recently, MALDI imaging techniques in coupling with chromatography have become interesting e.g. for visualization of copolymer composition. T2 - International Symposium GPC/SEC and Related Techniques CY - Amsterdam, The Netherlands DA - 26.09.2016 KW - Polymers KW - Liquid chromatography KW - MALDI-TOF-MS KW - ESI-TOF-MS PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-37629 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -