| Methanol (ACS reagent grade; e.g., Sigma 65543)
|
5.4 mL |
30% (v/v) |
| H2O, sterile, ultrapure (18.2 MΩ·cm resistivity) (MilliQ or Barnstead)
|
12.6 mL |
|
| Formic acid (Sigma-Aldrich F0507)
|
20 μL |
0.1% (v/v) |
|
| DIMS solvent is used as both the solvent for mass spectrometry (MS) samples and as the MS flowing solvent. Formic acid aids
in the ionization of amino acids.
|
| Scale the volumes up appropriately for the number of samples. |