The field of point-of-care (POC) diagnostics offers the tantalizing possibility of providing
rapid diagnostic results in nonlaboratory settings. Here, we review progress in this research …

Dried blood spots (DBS) typically consist in the deposition of small volumes of capillary
blood onto dedicated paper cards. Comparatively to whole blood or plasma samples, their …

A benchtop miniature mass spectrometer system, Mini 12, with ambient ionization source
and tandem mass spectrometry capabilities has been developed and characterized. This …

Coated blade spray (CBS) is a technology based on solid‐phase microextraction (SPME)
that has been designed for the quick extraction/cleanup of analytes from complex matrices …

In recent years, mass spectrometry (MS) is increasingly attracting interests for clinical
applications, which also calls for technical innovations to make a transfer of MS from …

Recent advancements in the sensitivity of chemical instrumentation have led to increased
interest in the use of microsamples for translational and biomedical research. Paper …

Images and droplet size measurements show that paper spray operates in two distinct spray
modes. Mode 1 occurs in solvent-rich systems in which multiple Taylor conejets are created …

In this review we highlight the general change in perception in the field of ambient mass
spectrometry that it is the immediacy of sample preparation that differentiates the ambient …

Forensic laboratory backlogs are replete with suspected drug samples. Shifting analysis
toward the point of seizure would save significant time and public funds. Moreover, a two …

Within this paper a sub-group of ambient ionization mass spectrometry namely direct
ionization mass spectrometry techniques are reviewed. They are characterized by the …