This review discusses advances in the field of ambient sampling/ionization mass
spectrometry (“ambient MS” for short) with a focus on mechanistic and instrumentation …

Flavonoids have elicited significant attention as a result of their importance in plants, their
influence on the properties of natural-product derived commodities and especially as a …

Abstract Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) spectroscopy technology is widely
used in materials analysis, environmental monitoring, biomedical, food security and other …

Historical and archaeological textiles are among the most crucial and vulnerable records of
our social and cultural history. Analysis of organic colorants found in these materials is …

Online coupling of in-tube solid phase microextraction (IT-SPME) with direct analysis in real
time mass spectrometry (DART-MS) was realized for the first time and applied in the analysis …

The study of painted artworks using scientific methods is fundamental for understanding the
techniques used in their creation and their appropriate conservation. The ethical constraints …

This study focuses on the analysis of 61 samples taken from wool fabric specimens present
in the appendix of the book “A Manual of Dyeing: For the Use of Practical Dyers …

A desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) source was built and attached to a Bruker 7T
SolariX FT-ICR-MS for the in situ analysis of 14 early synthetic dyestuffs. Optimization using …

The swatches present in the popular book “The Coal Tar Colours of the Farbwerke vorm.
Meister Lucius & Brüning, Höchst on the Main, Germany–A General Part”, published in …

After ingestion, products containing Chinese star anise (Illicium verum) contaminated or
adulterated with Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum) or other Illicium species, can cause …