Background Metabolomics aims to identify the changes in endogenous metabolites of
biological systems in response to intrinsic and extrinsic factors. This is accomplished …

Although the coupling of GC/MS with atmospheric pressure ionization (API) has been
reported in 1970s, the interest in coupling GC with atmospheric pressure ion source was …

The use of atmospheric pressure ionization (API) sources has become very popular for gas
chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) determinations. GC-API-MS shows important …

A recent development in ion source research are the so-called low temperature plasmas
based on dielectric barrier discharges. As the name comprises, a feature of these ion …

Dielectric-barrier-discharge ionization is an ambient-ionization technique. Since its first
description in 2007, it has attracted much attention in such fields as biological analysis, food …

The application of atmospheric pressure ionization (API) sources in gas chromatography-
mass spectrometry (GC-MS) determinations is becoming more popular since they have …

In this study, a gas chromatography (GC) system was interfaced to a high-resolution Orbitrap
mass spectrometer by means of an active capillary plasma ionization source, based on …

Dielectric barrier discharge ionization (DBDI) sources, employing low‐temperature plasma,
have emerged as sensitive and efficient ionization tools with various atmospheric pressure …

Although electrospray ionization (ESI) remains the gold standard ionization source for LC-
MS, it exhibits two main limitations: the occurrence of matrix effects and the limited ionization …

Low temperature plasma (LTP) jets enable the ambient ionization and desorption of
molecules from solid, liquid, and gaseous materials. Employed in ambient ionization mass …