Mass spectrometry of synthetic polysiloxanes: From linear models to plasma polymer networks

Abstract

Controlled degradation allowed silicon-based plasma polymers to be fully or partly solubilized and amenable to electrospray ionization (ESI) for their mass analysis. Application of the fragmentation routes defined for polysiloxane standards turned the tandem mass spectrometry behavior of these newly soluble plasma oligomers into pieces of information to further reconstruct the original architecture of the plasma polymer deposits.