Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization: Difference between revisions
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| Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization | 
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| Formation of gas-phase ions from molecules present in a solid or liquid matrix that is irradiated with a laser. The matrix is a material that absorbs the laser energy and promotes ionization. | 
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| Reference(s): M. Karas, D. Bachman, U. Bahr, F. Hillenkamp. Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes 78, 53 (1987). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(87)87041-6 ) | 
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. | 
