Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2021 - 2023 Improvement of MALDI detection sensitivity by promoting desolvation of matrix clusters
2018 - 2020 Improvement of detection sensitivity of MALDI by one-photon soft ionization using vacuum-ultraviolet laser light
2014 - 2017 Detection and spectroscopic studies on reactive species grown in the discharge jet by using short-pulsed laser ionizatoin
Papers (7):
Tatsuro Shirota; Kennosuke Hoshina. Ionization detection of neutral 2,5-dihydroxy benzoic acid molecules in the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization plume by ultraviolet laser post-ionization: Correlation between internal energy distribution and thermal decomposition rate. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 2023. 490. 117086
Kennosuke Hoshina, Tatsuro Shirota, Masashi Tsuge. Two-Body Metastable Dissociation of n-Pentane and n-Hexane Triplet Dications in Intense Femtosecond-Laser Fields. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2021. 125. 43. 9508-9517
Tatsuro Shirota, Kennosuke Hoshina. Spatiotemporal Distribution Of Neutral Matrix Molecules With High Internal Energy In The MALDI Plume Probed By VUV Laser Ionization. ASMS 2020 Reboot. 2020
Kennosuke Hoshina, Tatsuro Shirota. Discrimination Of Position Isomers Of Benzene Derivatives Based On TOF Mass Spectra Derived Using Femtosecond Laser Ionization. ASMS 2020 Reboot. 2020
2019/05 - The Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan MSSJ AWARD for Excellent Paper Generation and propagation of MALDI ion packets probed by sheet-like nanosecond UV laser light