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 …

Mass spectrometric ionization methods that operate under ambient conditions and require
minimal or no sample pretreatment have attracted much attention in such fields as …

A low-temperature plasma (LTP) probe has been developed for ambient desorption
ionization. An ac electric field is used to induce a dielectric barrier discharge through use of …

Without any sample pretreatment, trace amounts of melamine in various milk products were
rapidly detected noting the characteristic fragments (ie, m/z 110, 85, and 60) in the MS/MS …

Coupling solid-phase microextraction (SPME) with ambient mass spectrometry using
surface coated wooden-tip probe was achieved for the first time and applied in the analysis …

Chemical reactions conducted in different media (liquid phase, gas phase, or surface) drive
developments of versatile techniques for the detection of intermediates and prediction of …

Mass spectrometry imaging is a powerful tool for directly determining the distribution of
proteins, peptides, lipids, neurotransmitters, metabolites and drugs in neural tissue sections …

Protein analysis provides abundant information crucial to understanding mechanisms and
giving insight into life on the molecular level. Because of its unparalleled sensitivity and …

An ambient ionization tandem mass spectrometric approach was developed to rapidly
screen multiresidue pesticides on fruits and vegetables without sample preparation and …

The internal energy deposited into analytes during the ionization process largely influences
the extent of fragmentation, thus the appearance of the resulting mass spectrum. The …