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Review on ion mobility spectrometry. Part 1: current instrumentation

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Cumeras, R., Figueras, E., Davis, C. E., Baumbach, J. I., Gràcia, I.·2015·The Analyst

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Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) is a widely used and 'well-known' technique of ion separation in the gaseous phase based on the differences in ion mobilities under an electric field. All IMS instruments operate with an electric field that provides space separation, but some IMS instruments also operate with a drift gas flow that provides also a temporal separation. In this review we will summarize the current IMS instrumentation. IMS techniques have received an increased interest as new instrumentation and have become available to be coupled with mass spectrometry (MS). For each of the eight types of IMS instruments reviewed it is mentioned whether they can be hyphenated with MS and whether they are commercially available. Finally, out of the described devices, the six most-consolidated ones are compared. The current review article is followed by a companion review article which details the IMS hyphenated techniques (mainly gas chromatography and mass spectrometry) and the factors that make the data from an IMS device change as a function of device parameters and sampling conditions. These reviews will provide the reader with an insightful view of the main characteristics and aspects of the IMS technique.

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Authors
Cumeras, R., Figueras, E., Davis, C. E., Baumbach, J. I., & Gràcia, I.
Affiliations
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
  • Reutlingen University (DE)
Corresponding author
Figueras, E.
Venue
The Analyst
Published
2015
Volume
140
Issue
5
Pages
1376-1390
ISSN
  • 0003-2654 (ISSN-L)
  • 1364-5528
OpenAlex
W2135378461
Cited by
459
References
132
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 60 · 2020: 47 · 2019: 55 · 2018: 51 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 1
FWCI
2.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Analyst (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • Reutlingen University Academic Bibliography (Reutlingen University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Science Foundation (1255915)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
Keywords
ion mobility spectrometry, ion mobility, electrostatic separation
MeSH terms
Humans, Ions, Mass Spectrometry

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