Abstract
Room temperature ionic liquids, or RTILs, based on tetraalkylphosphonium (PR4+) cations were used as the basis of a platform that enables separation of dyes from textiles, extraction of dyes from aqueous solution, and identification of the dyes by MALDI-MS in a single experimental step for forensic purposes. Ionic liquids were formed with PR4 + cations and ferulate (FA), α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate (CHCA), and 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate (DHB) anions. The use of tetraalkylphosphonium-based ionic liquids in MALDI-MS allowed detection of small molecule dyes without addition of a traditional solid MALDI matrix.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2921-2930 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Analytical Chemistry |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| State | Published - Apr 15 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry