THE ORIGIN AND ION SPECTRA OF NONCOVALENT PEPTIDE DIMERS OBSERVED IN LIQUID SECONDARY-ION MASS-SPECTROMETRY EXPLAINED VIA FIRST-ORDER GAS-PHASE KINETICS
Static liquid secondary ion mass spectra were generated for a variety of dipeptides dissolved in common liquid secondary ion mass spectrometric matrices. The relationship of the ion intensities of the monomer and non-covalent dimers was examined in order to determine the origin of non-covalent dimerization. The results demonstrate that the ion intensities are independent of solution equilibria and are indicative of first-order gas-phase kinetics.