A recently developed prototype mobile laboratory mass spectrometer, incorporating an
atmospheric pressure ionization (API) interface, is described. This system takes advantage …

The first coupling of atmospheric pressure ionization methods, electrospray ionization (ESI)
and desorption electrospray ionization (DESI), to a miniature hand-held mass spectrometer …

Ambient surfaces are examined by mass spectrometry at distances of up to 3 m from the
instrument without any prior sample preparation. Non-proximate versions of the desorption …

The key concepts and technologies developed in our laboratories in Purdue University for
the miniaturization of mass spectrometry analysis systems are introduced. Mass analyzers of …

A wireless-controlled miniature rectilinear ion trap mass spectrometer system, total weight
with batteries 5.0 kg, consuming less than 35 W of power, and having dimensions of 22 cm …

A miniature cylindrical ion trap mass spectrometer featuring an atmospheric pressure
interface allowing atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and electrospray ionization is …

Forensic application of DART (direct analysis in real time) mass spectrometry Page 203 7 Forensic
Application of DARTTM (Direct Analysis in Real Time) Mass Spectrometry * James A. Laramée …

Mass Spectrometry (MS) is one of the fastest-growing areas in analytical instrumentation.
The use of mass spectrometry in support of synthetic, organic, and pharmaceutical chemistry …

Ambient ionization is a set of mass spectrometric ionization techniques performed under
ambient conditions that allows the direct analysis of sample surfaces with little or no sample …

Two relatively new ambient ionization sources, direct analysis in real time (DART) and the
flowing atmospheric-pressure afterglow (FAPA), use direct current, atmospheric-pressure …