Optimized thermal desorption for improved sensitivity in trace explosives detection by ion mobility spectrometry

Analyst

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2614-2622

  Najarro, Marcela ^a   Dávila Morris, Melissa E ^a   Staymates, Matthew E ^a   Fletcher, Robert ^a   Gillen, Greg ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84864268970     PISSN: 00032654     EISSN: 13645528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2an16145a     Document Type: Article

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