The inorganic matrices such as metal concentrates, steel, cement, glass, clay, coal, graphite,
rocks and sediments, ores etc. play a pivotal role in infrastructure development …

This ASU review focuses on developments in applications of atomic spectrometry to the
characterisation of metals, chemicals and functional materials. While each of these …

The growing use of fluorochemicals has elevated the need for nontargeted detection of
unknown fluorinated compounds and transformation products. Elemental mass spectrometry …

Fluorinated polymer coatings are used to impart durable oil‐and‐water‐repellent properties
on fabrics, potentially offering a persistent fiber characteristic for forensic fiber comparisons …

Fluorinated coatings, often used for oil and water repellency and stain resistance in fabrics,
are potentially persistent forensic fiber markers. However, they have received limited …

Atmospheric-pressure dielectric barrier discharge (AP-DBD) plasma has emerged in recent
years as a versatile plasma for molecular ionization and elemental spectroscopy. However …

Fibers are an important form of forensic evidence, but their evidential value can be severely
limited when the identified characteristics of the fibers are common, such as blue cotton …

Elemental analysis of chlorine using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-
MS) is challenging because of poor ion formation efficiency of Cl+ in the argon plasma, and …

Since the first mass spectrometry (MS) experiments were conducted by Thomson and Aston,
plasmas have been used as ionization sources. Historically, plasma ion sources were used …

We report development of an atmospheric pressure plasma assisted reaction chemical
ionization (PARCI) source with liquid sample introduction, enabling high sensitivity detection …