Article: Findings from J.M. Nilles et al in life sciences reported.

"Direct analysis in real time (DART) is an ion source that pen-nits rapid mass spectrometric detection of gases, liquids, and solids in open air under ambient conditions. It is a unique technology in the field of chemical weapons detectors in that it does not require a vapor pressure, does not require sample preparation, and is nondestructive to the original sample," scientists writing in the journal Analytical Chemistry report (see also Life Sciences).

"While the DART technique has had success as a first line instrument of detection, there have been lingering doubts over the technique's quantitative reliability and reproducibility. Here, we demonstrate its ...

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