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Instrumentation, Applications And Fundamentals Of Plasma Ionization Of Organic Molecules From Surfaces, Joshua Scott Wiley
Instrumentation, Applications And Fundamentals Of Plasma Ionization Of Organic Molecules From Surfaces, Joshua Scott Wiley
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Various aspects of the interaction of low-temperature plasma (LTP) ambient ionization with organic molecules and surfaces are discussed. As an application, LTP-MS has been used for the analysis of pesticides directly from fruits and vegetables revealing low parts per billion limits of detection (LODs). Due to low power and gas requirements, a battery-operated and handheld LTP probe was developed for the point-and-shoot MS analyses. Handheld LTP was compared with large-scale LTP on a benchtop and miniature MS revealing similar LODs for both. Long-distance ion transport up to one meter was also demonstrated with flexible tubing for non-proximate sample interrogation. Fundamentals …