Direct detection of explosives on solid surfaces by low temperature plasma desorption mass spectrometry

The Analyst ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Xiaoxiao Ma ◽  
Sichun Zhang ◽  
Chengdui Yang ◽  
Zheng Ouyang ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (15) ◽  
pp. 5463-5471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Albert ◽  
Andrea Kramer ◽  
Simon Scheeren ◽  
Carsten Engelhard

Low-temperature plasma ambient desorption/ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry is validated for quantitative analysis of pesticides in real samples.


The Analyst ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 141 (12) ◽  
pp. 3714-3721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morphy C. Dumlao ◽  
Laura E. Jeffress ◽  
J. Justin Gooding ◽  
William A. Donald

Sensitive, rapid, and direct detection of chemical-warfare agent simulants in urine by solid-phase microextraction low temperature plasma ionisation mass spectrometry.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Kiontke ◽  
Mehrzad Roudini ◽  
Susan Billig ◽  
Amarghan Fakhfouri ◽  
Andreas Winkler ◽  
...  

AbstractMass spectrometry coupled to low-temperature plasma ionization (LTPI) allows for immediate and easy analysis of compounds from the surface of a sample at ambient conditions. The efficiency of this process, however, strongly depends on the successful desorption of the analyte from the surface to the gas phase. Whilst conventional sample heating can improve analyte desorption, heating is not desirable with respect to the stability of thermally labile analytes. In this study using aromatic amines as model compounds, we demonstrate that (1) surface acoustic wave nebulization (SAWN) can significantly improve compound desorption for LTPI without heating the sample. Furthermore, (2) SAWN-assisted LTPI shows a response enhancement up to a factor of 8 for polar compounds such as aminophenols and phenylenediamines suggesting a paradigm shift in the ionization mechanism. Additional assets of the new technique demonstrated here are (3) a reduced analyte selectivity (the interquartile range of the response decreased by a factor of 7)—a significant benefit in non-targeted analysis of complex samples—and (4) the possibility for automated online monitoring using an autosampler. Finally, (5) the small size of the microfluidic SAWN-chip enables the implementation of the method into miniaturized, mobile LTPI probes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Kiontke ◽  
Mehrzad Roudini ◽  
Susan Billig ◽  
Armaghan Fakhfouri ◽  
Andreas Winkler ◽  
...  

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