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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Mass Spectrometry

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  • Conventional ionization methods struggle with certain compound classes.
  • Need for sensitive and selective atmospheric pressure ionization techniques.

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  • Introduce a novel atmospheric pressure ionization method.
  • Evaluate its performance for specific analytes.
  • Compare it with existing ionization techniques.

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  • Utilizing the photoelectric effect to generate thermal electrons.
  • Employing electron capture with oxygen or direct analyte ionization.
  • Performing ionization within the mass spectrometer's transfer capillary.

Main Results:

  • Achieved parts-per-trillion (pptV) detection limits.
  • Demonstrated high selectivity for nitroaromatic compounds and phenols.
  • Minimized neutral radical formation, unlike other methods.
  • Reduced ion transformation due to short transfer times.

Conclusions:

  • The novel method, chemical Atmospheric Pressure Electron Capture Ionization (cAPECI), is a soft and selective ionization technique.
  • cAPECI offers superior selectivity and detection limits over standard methods like proton transfer reaction (PTR) mass spectrometry.
  • Promising applications in explosives detection and atmospheric chemistry.