Purdue University Purdue e-Pubs Open Access Dissertations Theses and Dissertations Winter 2015 Instrumentation and development of a mass spectrometry system for the study of gas-phase biomolecular ion reactions Ziqing Lin Purdue University Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations Part of the Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering Commons, and the Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Lin, Ziqing, "Instrumentation and development of a mass spectrometry system for the study of gas-phase biomolecular ion reactions" (2015). Open Access Dissertations. 503. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/503 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact
[email protected] for additional information. INSTRUMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF GAS-PHASE BIOMOLECULAR ION REACTIONS A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Purdue University by Ziqing Lin In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy May 2015 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am deeply thankful to my PhD advisor, Prof. Zheng Ouyang. He is more than a mentor or supervisor, but a kind friend, giving me a fantastic PhD experience at Purdue. His passion, courage and extraordinary vision in scientific research makes him an outstanding scientist and engineer. Prof. Ouyang works hard day and night, while on the other side providing a free and comfortable environment for me and other colleagues in the group to do research and raise opinions without pressure. These precious characteristics no doubt affect me in my professional life. When we first met in Tsinghua, he told me that PhD life is a best opportunity to test our boundary of capabilities.