Applications
The most common applications for the PTR-MS technique are (including some relevant publications):
- Environmental research
- Waste incineration
- Food and flavour science
- Biological research
- Process monitoring
- Indoor air quality
- Medicine and biotechnology
- Homeland Security
Extensive reviews about PTR-MS and some of its applications were published in Mass Spectrometry Reviews by Joost de Gouw et al. (2007) and in Chemical Reviews by R.S. Blake et al. (2009). A special issue of the Journal of Breath Research dedicated to PTR-MS applications in medical research was published in 2009.
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