Food safety is a rising challenge worldwide due to the expanding population and the need
to produce food to feed the growing population. At the same time, pesticide residues found …

Applying a high voltage to a liquid passing through a capillary disintegrates the liquid
meniscus to generate a fine spray of charged droplets. As the droplets evaporate, polar …

The abuse of pesticides and antibiotics has seriously threatened environmental health and
public safety. Precise and efficient monitoring the residual levels of environmental pesticides …

This review aims to provide a clear overview of the most important analytical development in
aflatoxins analysis during the last decade (2013–2022) with a particular focus on nuts and …

A recent development in ion source research are the so-called low temperature plasmas
based on dielectric barrier discharges. As the name comprises, a feature of these ion …

Analytical methods such as liquid chromatography (LC) and mass spectrometry (MS) are
widely used techniques for the analyses of different classes of compounds. This is due to …

As spectral imaging is gaining special attention in the last years, once it allows transforming
the chemical information from a sample surface into a high-resolution image of elemental …

Ambient mass spectrometry (AMS) has grown as a group of advanced analytical techniques
that allow for the direct sampling and ionization of the analytes in different statuses from their …

Sample preparation based on extraction techniques plays a crucial role in the entire
analytical process, as it ensures accurate and reliable analysis of analytes by eliminating …

In recent years, food safety incidents have been frequently reported. Food or raw materials
themselves contain substances that may endanger human health and are called toxic and …