Open AccessDirect Ambient Analysis of Pharmaceutical and Ecstasy Tablets
Author(s) -
Luc Alexis Leuthold,
Jean François Mandscheff,
Marc Fathi,
Christian Giroud,
Marc Augsburger,
Emmanuel Varesio,
Gérard Hopfgartner
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/000942906777674912
Subject(s) - ecstasy , context (archaeology) , mass spectrometry , desorption electrospray ionization , electrospray ionization , ambient ionization , chemistry , nanotechnology , analytical chemistry (journal) , ionization , materials science , chromatography , chemical ionization , organic chemistry , medicine , archaeology , history , ion , psychiatry
Desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) is a new ionization technique recently introduced in analytical chemistry for the ambient analysis of surfaces by mass spectrometry. We present here new developments in this field, focusing on their use for the analysis of solid forms, as pharmaceutical tablets or illicit drug tablets. Results recently published by ourselves are discussed in the context of related publications