Spatially resolved analysis of liquid crystal displays by laser ablation-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry.
Analytica Chimica Acta(2019)
Abstract
In recent years, liquid crystal displays (LCDs) became more and more popular in industrial and consumer electronics applications. Unevenly distributed liquid crystals (LC) and the presence of organic contaminations in the LC layer, for example from the display sealant, can cause display defects and therefore lower the display quality. This work describes the development of a fast and easy screening method for display samples by laser ablation coupled to atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry (LA-APCI-MS). With this ambient technique, LC components as well as sealant materials, which are one of the main sources for display contaminations, can be detected simultaneously using spatial resolutions down to 100 μm. Minimal sample preparation is needed for this method and exact masses can be acquired by using an Orbitrap mass analyzer. By LA-APCI-MS, nineteen different LCs and five different sealant materials were detected as pure substances as well as on commercially available LCDs. In addition, a principle component analysis (PCA) was used to differentiate between LCs and sealant ions in the complex data matrix.
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Key words
Laser ablation (LA),Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry (APCI-MS),Liquid crystal display (LCD),Principle component analysis (PCA)
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