Issue 15, 2005
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Chemical Communications

Direct, trace level detection of explosives on ambient surfaces by desorption electrospray ionizationmass spectrometry

Zoltán Takáts,a   Ismael Cotte-Rodriguez,a   Nari Talaty,a   Huanwen Chena  and  R. Graham Cooks*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

Abstract

Desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) mass spectrometry is used to detect trace amounts of explosives present on a variety of ambient surfaces in 5-second analysis times without any sample preparation.

Graphical abstract: Direct, trace level detection of explosives on ambient surfaces by desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B418697D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Dec 2004
Accepted
26 Jan 2005
First published
07 Feb 2005

Chem. Commun., 2005, 1950-1952

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Direct, trace level detection of explosives on ambient surfaces by desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Z. Takáts, I. Cotte-Rodriguez, N. Talaty, H. Chen and R. G. Cooks, Chem. Commun., 2005, 1950 DOI: 10.1039/B418697D

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