TY - CONF A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana T1 - 30 years LC-MS of synthetic macromolecules – an old story or something left to discover? N2 - Structure elucidation of complex synthetic copolymers still represents a challenge. A one-dimensional separation technique cannot give the answer to the question: What are the molar mass distribution (MMD), the functionality distribution (FTD), the chemical composition distribution (CCD), the monomer sequence distribution (MSD), the topology differences within a single broad distributed polymer sample? Is the coupling of liquid chromatographic separation techniques to mass spectrometry able to fill the gaps to a certain degree? 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 are able to give information which otherwise are completely inaccessible. In some cases, CID tandem mass spectrometry is applied. Fragmentation of suitable precursor ions resulted in typical fragment ion patterns. This technique enables an additional information on e.g. sequences, structural defects and topology of complex polymer mixtures. 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 radical the dispersity which is one of the reasons for failing of MS. Also problems with different ionization probabilities in complex mixtures can partly be overcame. The lecture will provide a series of examples where LC-MS has been applied to evaluate complex macromolecules and mixtures of these. On- and offline coupling principles will be compared and the pros and cons of both mass spectrometric techniques will be discussed. T2 - SCM-8; International Symposium on the CY - Amsterdam, The Netherlands DA - 30.01.2017 KW - Characterization of polymers KW - HPLC KW - UPLC/ESI-TOF-MS KW - LC/MALDI-TOF-MS KW - Coupling techniques PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-39276 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -