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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 24.
Published in final edited form as: Anal Chem. 2008 Feb 27;80(7):2564–2573. doi: 10.1021/ac702380w

Table 4.

Significant loadings from PCA for both positive ion and negative ion ToF-SIMS data from pure NTA and mixed NTA/OEG monolayers.

PC 1 (60%) positive ion ToF-SIMS data
Positively loaded peaks 15: CH3+ (a); 19: H3O+ (b); 28: C2H4+ (d);
29: CHO+ (e); 31: CH3O+ (h); 42: C3H6+ (k);
43: C2H3O+ (l); 45: C2H5O+ (o);
59: C3H7O+ (r); 73: C3H5O2+ (t);
87: C4H7O2+ (u); 89: C4H9O2+ (v);
133: Cs (w); 225: AuC2H4+ (x).
Negatively loaded peaks 28: CH2N+ (c); 29: C2H5+ (f); 30: CH4N+ (g);
39: C3H3+ (i); 42: C2H4N+ (j);
43: C2H5N+ (m); 44: C2H6N+ (n);
55: C3H3O+ (p); 57: C4H9+ (q);
73: C4H11N+ (s).

PC 1 (70%) negative ion ToF-SIMS data

Positively loaded peaks 13: CH (a); 17: OH (c); 25: C2H (d);
33: SH (f); 41: C2HO (h); 43: C2H3O (j);
59: C2H3O2 (l); 61: C2H5O2 (m); 127: I (p);
197: Au (q); 199: AuH2 (r)
Negatively loaded peaks 16: O (b); 26: CN (e); 35: Cl (g);
42: CNO (i); 45: CHO2 (k); 80: SO3 (n);
97: HSO4 (O); 230: AuSH (s)