Showcasing PTR-TOF innovations and ioniTOF products at major events We’re getting closer to the end of 2019, which so far has been a great year for us. Growing business, many new colleagues in our team and an expansion of our headquarter’s office space in the pursuit of further increasing our outreach with analytical instrumentation for […]...

IONICON PTR-TOFMS illustrates indoor air chemistry and crowd breath In September the International Association for Breath Research (IABR)’s Breath Summit 2019 took place in Leicestershire, UK. IONICON participated as an exhibitor and with scientific contributions, also conducting a crowd breath experiment. Numerous excellent talks covered the whole spectrum of breath analysis could be enjoyed by […]...

Bulk Organic Aerosol Analysis by PTR-MS with High Precision & Accuracy Very recently, we have published a technical note in Analytical Chemistry introducing an improved methodology for the determination of organic aerosol properties with CHARON PTR-TOFMS. By analysis of a large set of pure compounds we were able to derive an algorithm to correct for ionic fragmentation. […]...

From SIFT to ultimate performance PTR-TOF trace gas analyzers The success story of PTR-TOFMS has its roots in the so-called “Flowing Afterglow Technique”, introduced in the 1960s. From this starting point continuous research and innovations by various experts, who wanted to eliminate instrumental drawbacks and shortcomings, have led to different technological milestones, among them SIFT-MS. […]...

Includes IONICON CHARON PTR-TOFMS, EVR and NH4+ ionization Continuous evolution and many important updates of our technologies are illustrated and explained in our new “Direct Particle & Gas-Phase Monitoring With CHARON PTR-TOFMS” brochure. Fresh from print, we now make this new IONICON technologies flyer available for you. Click the picture to download. Interested in our All-in-One Trace Organic […]...

Crucial application benefits from fast switching NH4+ ionization The proprietary and IONICON exclusive method of producing NH4+ solely from H2O vapor and N2 in the established hollow cathode ion source, without the need of any ammonia (PCT application submitted) has many advantages. Today we would like to introduce a promising application field where NH4+ is the […]...

A novel proprietary method of NH4+ production for IONICON customers In PTR-TOF-MS traditionally H3O+ reagent ions produced from H2O vapor are used. NH4+ reagent ions have been mentioned in literature as being particularly beneficial because of higher sensitivity (less fragmentation) and higher selectivity (higher proton affinity). However, so far toxic and corrosive ammonia was needed […]...

All abstracts from the 8th International PTR-MS Conference are now online In February 2019, the must-attend event for all PTR-MS users took place, attracting more than 100 participants from 18 nations. There’s a short review if you would like to know more. Have you ever wondered what this huge number of IONICON instrument users achieves […]

Ultra-Fast Time Response Even for IVOCs & SVOCs Real-Time Ultra-Sensitive trace VOC analyzers from IONICON are known for their response times in fractions of a second and hence are often used to follow rapidly changing processes and VOC signals. However, some substances are known to show a slower instrumental response because of unwanted surface interactions. […]

Must-attend science forum attracted over 100 conferees from 18 nations At the beginning of February 2019, the International PTR-MS Conference was held for the 8th time. Ever since the first International PTR-MS Conference in 2003, organized by the Institute of Ion Physics of the University of Innsbruck and sponsored by IONICON, the event became a […]