Most research and all publications in mass spectrometry address either applications or practical questions of procedure. This book, in contrast, discusses the fundamentals of mass spectrometry. Since these basics (physics, chemistry, kinetics, and thermodynamics) were worked out in the 20th century, they are rarely addressed nowadays and young scientists have no opportunity to learn them. This book reviews a number of useful methods in mass spectrometry and explains not only the details of the methods but the theoretical underpinning.

Zusammenfassung

1. Collision Theory: Basic explanation for collisions in mass spectrometry
   Prof. S. Hayakawa hayakawa@c.s.osakafu-u.ac.jp

2. Unimolecular dissociations in mass spectrometry
   Prof. T. Nishimura linne300@hotmail.co.jp

3. Fundamental aspects of the photoionization of molecules
   (1) K. Tanaka (main author) kentanaka@spring8.or.jp
   (2) I. Koyanono email available)

4. Chemical reactions induced by core electron excitations
   Prof. S. Wada (main author) swada@sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
   Prof. K. Tanaka (same author of chapter 3)

5. Superexcited states of molecules
   Prof. N. Kouchi nkouchi@chem.titech.ac.jp

6. Ion Mobility Spectrometry with Mass Spectrometry
   Prof. T. Sugai sugai@chem.sci.toho-u.ac.jp

7. Gas Phase Ion/Molecule Reactions
   Prof. K. Hiraoka
   hiraoka@yamanashi.ac.jp

8. Fundamentals of electrospray
   Prof. K. Hiraoka
   hiraoka@yamanashi.ac.jp

9. MALDI
   Prof. Rosa Erra-Balsells
   erra@agr.ehime-u.ac.jp
   erra@qo.fcen.uba.ar

10. Cluster SIMS
    Prof. K. Hiraoka
    hiraoka@yamanashi.ac.jp

Inhalt
Basic Explanation for Collisions in Mass Spectrometry.- Super-excited States of Molecules.- Fundamental Aspects of Photoionization of Molecules.- Chemical Reaction by Core Electron Excitation.- Ion Mobility Spectrometry.- Gas Phase Ion Molecule Reactions.- Fundamentals of Electrospray.- Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry.- Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry.- Theory of Ion Fragmentation.