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Charge separation in liquid droplets within a strong electric field leads to opposite directed progeny droplet jets. That phenomenon is called field induced droplet ionization (FIDI). The jets contain charged molecules, which enables a mass spectrometric analysis. Acoustic levitation of droplets has matured to a powerful tool for containerless sample handling in micro fluidic systems in order to suppress agglomeration and classic contamination pathways. Herein we present the combination of both: FIDI assisted By Ultra-Sound (FIDIBUS). Compared to FIDI, it felicitates a steady observation of a single droplet during its jet formation. Furthermore, it allows for using different shaped electrodes and a multiple droplet interrogation.
Mass Spectrometry (MS) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) are critical components of every industrial chemical process as they provide information on the concentrations of individual compounds and by-products. These processes are carried out manually and by a specialist, which takes a substantial amount of time and prevents their utilization for real-time closed-loop process control. This paper presents recent advances from two projects that use Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to address the challenges of automation and performance-efficient realizations of MS and NMR. In the first part, a complete toolchain has been developed to develop simulated spectra and train ANNs to identify compounds in MS. In the second part, a limited number of experimental NMR spectra have been augmented by simulated spectra to train an ANN with better prediction performance and speed than state-of-theart analysis. These results suggest that, in the context of the digital transformation of the process industry, we are now on the threshold of a possible strongly simplified use of MS and MRS and the accompanying data evaluation by machine-supported procedures, and can utilize both methods much wider for reaction and process monitoring or quality control.
Climate change and related energy policies, exacerbated by unforeseen geopolitical developments, pose new challenges for gas analytics, such as the use of hydrogen, hydrogen-containing alternative gaseous fuels (NH3, etc.), the use of alternative methane-based energy gases (LNG, LPG, etc.) or decarbonisation via CCSU. In all topics, the quality, i.e. the actual chemical composition of the gases, naturally plays a decisive role. BAM is meeting this strategic importance with the further development of hydrogen analytics and is continuing to develop the methods used in order to support the German economy and research landscape with traceability, reference materials and analytical procedures as quickly as possible.
Mass spectrometry plays an important role for trace analysis in hydrogen matrix. The presentation shows first experimental results from the application of PTR-TOF-MS (Proton Transfer Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry).
Metabolomics
(2024)