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    ELUCIDATING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF LASER ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPOSITE EXPLOSIVES AND CLASSIFICATION OF SMOKELESS POWDER AND ITS RESIDUE USING MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

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    Thesis/Dissertation
    Date
    2016
    Author
    Perez, Johnny Joe
    Advisor
    Levis, Robert J.
    Committee member
    Strongin, Daniel R.
    Zdilla, Michael J., 1978-
    Lagalante, Anthony
    Department
    Chemistry
    Subject
    Chemistry, Analytical
    Biochemistry
    Bioanalytical
    Explosives
    Femtosecond Laser
    Solubility
    Ultrafast Laser
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/3398
    
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/3380
    Abstract
    This dissertation expounds growing insight of the electrospray droplet ionization mechanism following ablation of dried hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules using femtosecond laser pulses and mass analysis of the gas phase ions. Both hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules were laser vaporized into an electrospray solvent opposite in polarity revealing appreciable ion intensity for all samples in contrast to ESI-MS and DESI measurements were solubility of the analyte in the spray solvent is a prerequisite. Quantitative analysis of equimolar protein solutions was established using LEMS reporting over three decades of quantitave response with little evidence of ion suppression. In contrast, ESI-MS measurements of similar equimolar protein solutions revealed severe ion suppression eliminating ion current from one of the protein analytes. Finally, the nature of an analyte following nonresonant laser vaporization has been the subject of debate. Aqueous trypsin was laser vaporized into an electrospray solvent containing either buffer or acid with substrate. LEMS measurements using buffer revealed enzyme-substrate intermediate charge states and continued enzymatic activity while the lack of enzyme-substrate intermediates and stymied enzymatic activity observed using acid suggests nonresonant laser vaporization preserves solution phase structure. This dissertation also extends considerably the use of LEMS for identification and characterization of energetic materials in their pre- and post-blast forms without sample preparation. The use of mulivarate analysis for the classification of large sample sets was also demonstrated showing high fidelity assignment of commercial formulations to their manufacturer. Five unburnt smokeless powders investigated using LEMS revealed unique combinations of organic molecules such as stabilizers and plasticizers using a simple electrospray solvent. Principal component analysis (PCA) provided exact classification of the mass spectra with respect to the manufacturer of the ordinance. LEMS measurements were then obtained from five commercial gunshot residue samples, or post-blast smokeless powder, revealing trace amounts of organics such as the stabilizers and large quantities of inorganic barium originating from the primer. Principal component analysis (PCA) again provided exact classification of the gunshot residue mass spectra with respect to the manufacturer of the ordinance. The use of a common transition metal complexation agent enabled full characterization of eight gunshot residue samples to include the heavy metals contained in the primer and the organics such as the stabilizers and plasticizers without any sample preparation or pre-concentration procedures. Principal component analysis (PCA) again provided high fidelity classification of the gunshot residue mass spectra with respect to the manufacturer of the ordinance after mass analysis with LEMS. Finally, highly energetic formulations such as composition 4 (C-4) and detonation cord subjected to nonresonant femtosecond laser vaporization enabled full characterization of these complex compositions identifying binders, stabilizers, the explosive ingredient and age-related decomposition derivative signature molecules with appreciable ion current detected using both positive and negative ion modes.
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