Publications by authors named "Mahendra Bhujel"
Despite the impacts - both positive and negative - of atmospheric ozone for life on Earth, there remain significant gaps in our knowledge of the products, mechanisms and rates of some of its most fundamental gas phase reactions. This incomplete understanding is largely due to the experimental challenges involved in the study of gas-phase reactions of ozone and, in particular, the identification of short-lived reaction intermediates. Here we report direct observation of the stepwise reaction of the halide anions iodide (I-) and bromide (Br-) with ozone to produce XO3- (where X = I and Br, respectively).
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- The study addresses the complex challenge of identifying isomeric lipids using mass spectrometry, specifically focusing on triacylglycerol (TG) isomers with different fatty acyl chain patterns.
- Utilizing a combination of collision-induced dissociation (CID) and ozone-induced dissociation (OzID), researchers can effectively determine the arrangement of fatty acids on the glycerol backbone.
- This innovative method not only differentiates complex TG isomers but is also compatible with chromatographic techniques, which allows for the analysis of unique triglycerides found in Drosophila.