ionRocket
Temperature Gradient System for DART®-MS
Food Safety
Drug Development
Polymer Chemistry
Forensics
Connect to DART®-MS and Visualize Hidden Compounds
Temperature Gradient System Visualizes Compounds in Real Time
Eliminates Sample Preparation Steps
Great for Polymer Analysis Typically Using Gel Permeable Chromatography
ionRocket visualizes hidden compounds in your samples. IonRocket generates a temperature gradient from ambient up to as high as 600ºC over several minutes. This allows compounds in your samples to be sublimated, vaporized, or pyrolized according to their volatility, and then introduced into the DART® gas stream.
Data obtained from ionRocket yields another axis of data (time/temperature) beyond that obtained from normal DART®-MS (Direct Analysis in Real Time-Mass Spectrometry) analysis. Species desorb in order of their volatility along the temperature gradient, and thus are separated in time. The data thus resembles that of an LC-MS or GC-MS chromatogram, consisting of temperature/time, m/z, and intensity. This can separate rare from abundant species, making them easier to detect.
US Patent 8,927,926
Publications
2019
Ball, P. (2019). Development of a DART-Mass Spectral Database for 3D-Printed Firearm Polymers, and Airborne Mercury at Three Lakes in North Mississippi (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Mississippi).
Bridge, C. & Marić, M. (2019). Temperature-Dependent DART-MS Analysis of Sexual Lubricants to Increase Accurate Associations. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom.
Barnett, I., Bailey, F. C., & Zhang, M. (2019). Detection and Classification of Ignitable Liquid Residues in the Presence of Matrix Interferences by Using Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Forensic Sciences.
2018
Cody, R. B., & Fouquet, T. (2018). “Reverse Kendrick Mass Defect Analysis”: Rotating Mass Defect Graphs to Determine Oligomer Compositions for Homopolymers. Analytical chemistry, 90(21), 12854-12860.
Price, E. R., McClure, P. J., Jacobs, R. L., & Espinoza, E. O. Identification of rhinoceros keratin using direct analysis in real time (DART) time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) and multivariate statistical analysis. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry.
Abe, H., Takei, C., Sakakura, M., Yajima, D., & Iwase, H. (2018). Comprehensive Drug Screening by Thermal Desorption and Pyrolysis Combined with Direct Analysis in Real Time-Mass Spectrometry (TDP/DART-MS). Analysis of Drugs of Abuse (pp. 115-124). Humana Press, New York, NY.
M Maric, J Marano, RB Cody, C Bridge (2018). DART-MS: A New Analytical Technique for Forensic Paint Analysis. Analytical chemistry
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