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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Chemometrics

Background:

  • Complete chemical separation in complex mixtures remains a challenge for techniques like GC-MS.
  • Existing deconvolution methods, such as AMDIS, offer ease of use but have limitations in approximation methods for multivariate curve resolution (MCR).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an accessible deconvolution tool for GC-MS data utilizing the MCR approach.
  • To implement a non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) based spectral deconvolution tool as a free web platform.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of an NMF-based spectral deconvolution tool as a free web platform, named GC Mixture Touch.
  • Investigation of parameter effects (smoothing, rank number, NMF algorithm) for deconvolution.
  • Application to a real-world road dust sample spiked with chemical standards.

Main Results:

  • Recommended parameter settings for chromatogram smoothing, rank determination, and NMF algorithm were established.
  • GC Mixture Touch correctly identified all test compounds in the road dust sample.
  • The tool demonstrated superior compound identification performance compared to AMDIS.

Conclusions:

  • GC Mixture Touch provides an easy-to-use, web-based solution for NMF-based deconvolution of GC-MS data.
  • The tool is accessible to users without programming expertise, promoting wider adoption of NMF deconvolution.
  • It effectively aids in discovering compounds within complex mixtures that are challenging to detect with conventional methods.