(Macro)molecules form History to Future as Revealed by Mass Spectrometry
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 13730
Special Issue Editor
Interests: identification of colorants in natural dyes, textiles and painting layers; application of hyphenated techniques in cultural heritage preservation; mass spectrometry; chemical separation and preconcentration methods
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of analytical methods for identification and structure analyses of molecules possessing a wide range of molecular weights is currently possible due to the use of mass spectrometry (MS) with soft ionization techniques. These techniques are widely used in analytical chemistry, starting from cultural heritage preservation to natural and synthetic polymer science.
This Special Issue is dedicated to the recent advances in MS structural studies of natural and synthetic (macro)molecules with a desired set of properties to match the various requirements of specific applications. Reviews, full papers, and short communications highlighting the current trends in this area are expected. Contributions devoted to the application of hyphenated techniques are also welcome.
Dr. Katarzyna Lech
Prof. Dr. Marek M. Kowalczuk
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- identification
- structure analyses
- food analyses
- medicinal plants
- archeometry
- metabolites
- (macro)molecules
- oligomers of various topology
- bioanalysis
- mass spectrometry
- ionization techniques
- hyphenated techniques