MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry:

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• provides absolute mass measurements

• does not require polymer reference materials

• is highly accurate

• generates fast results from extremely small sample sizes

• is independent of polymer structure e.g. it can

          analyse rigid rods which are difficult by GPC

• is particularly effective in ranges at masses lower

          than 4 kDa, where GPC typically falls short

• useful for determining MMD (molecular mass distributions)       and the polydispersity of polymers