Performance of stacked, flow-through micropreconcentrators for portable trace detection

International Journal for Ion Mobility Spectrometry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 109-119

  Martin, Michael D ^a   Roussel, Thomas J ^a   Cambron, Scott ^a   Aebersold, Julia ^a   Jackson, Douglas ^a   Walsh, Kevin ^a   Lin, Ji Tzuoh ^a   O'Toole, Martin G ^a   Keynton, Robert ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion mobility spectroscopy; MEMS; Micro preconcentrator; Preconcentrator; Trace detection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; CONSTANT VOLTAGE; DEAD VOLUMES; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; FLOWTHROUGH; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER; ION MOBILITY SPECTROSCOPY; LARGE SCALE MANUFACTURE; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MEMS TECHNOLOGY; MICROFABRICATED DEVICES; MICROFABRICATED PRECONCENTRATOR; PRE-CONCENTRATION; PRE-CONCENTRATOR; PRE-TREATMENT; PRECONCENTRATORS; REAL-TIME CONTROLLERS; SORBENT POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE MODES; TRACE DETECTION; TRACE SAMPLING; VAPOR PLUGS;

DESORPTION; ECONOMICS; HEATING; IONS; MICROFABRICATION; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 78649903543     PISSN: 14356163     EISSN: 18654584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12127-010-0048-3     Document Type: Article

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