Direct Additive Detection in Polymer Films via Platinum-Assisted SALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging
Hideya Kawasaki, Issey Osaka, Ryuichi Arakawa · 2024
Read Direct Additive Detection in Polymer Films via Platinum-Assisted SALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging by Hideya Kawasaki, Issey Osaka, Ryuichi Arakawa (2024) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-11664312.txt.
Description
Hideya Kawasaki, Issey Osaka, and Ryuichi Arakawa image additives inside plastic films with a platinum-aided mass method in two thousand twenty-four. Classic laser mass imaging uses an organic matrix whose own peaks swamp small molecules. Swapping in platinum nanoparticles clears that noise.
Their films were polystyrene laced with an antioxidant, Irganox 1098, and a dye, crystal violet. After ultraviolet light aged the films, the method mapped where each additive sat and how it broke down. The maps track the photodegradation step by step. Such reads help explain how plastics weather outdoors and shed microplastics, a growing environmental worry.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hideya Kawasaki, Issey Osaka, Ryuichi Arakawa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |