Facile formation of bare silver clusters in electrospray ionization multi-stage mass spectrometry

T. Tabarin (1) , R. Antoine (1) , M. Broyer (1) , P. Dugourd (1)

1 LASIM - Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Ionique et Moléculaire

We report the observation of bare silver cluster cations obtained by electrospray ionization from a solution containing a metal salt and tryptophan. Multiple step collision-induced dissociation in a quadrupole ion trap of Ag₉ ⁺ is reported.

T. Tabarin, R. Antoine, M. Broyer, P. Dugourd. Facile formation of bare silver clusters in electrospray ionization multi-stage mass spectrometry. The European Physical Journal D : Atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics, 2006, 37 (2), pp.237-239. ⟨10.1140/epjd/e2005-00310-7⟩. ⟨hal-00142173⟩