A review of recent, unconventional applications of ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) |
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Authors: | Armenta Sergio Alcala Manel Blanco Marcelo |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain |
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Abstract: | The applications of ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) have grown exponentially beyond its uses for explosive, illicit drug and chemical warfare agent monitoring in recent years. Instrumental developments including new drift tube materials and ionization sources have enabled the manufacturing of more sophisticated and affordable IMS equipment for the advantageous analysis of samples with no pretreatment. The most recent applications of IMS include quality control and cleaning validation procedures in the pharmaceutical industry; determinations of contaminants in food samples; clinical analyses of biological fluids; environmental analyses of contaminants in gaseous, liquid and solid samples; and (bio)process quality control monitoring. Coupling IMS with MSn has enabled the analysis of very complex samples and the extraction of knowledge unavailable from isolated MS measurements, especially in the polymer and petroleomic industries. |
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Keywords: | Ion mobility spectrometry Pharmaceuticals Food analysis Environmental analysis Clinical analysis Process control |
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