title: Development of dielectric-barrier-discharge ionization.
abstract: Dielectric-barrier-discharge ionization is an ambient-ionization technique. Since its first description in 2007, it has attracted much attention in such fields as biological analysis, food safety, mass-spectrometry imaging, forensic identification, and reaction monitoring for its advantages, e.g., low energy consumption, solvent-free method, and easy miniaturization. In this review a brief introduction to dielectric barrier discharge is provided, and then a detailed introduction to the dielectric-barrier-discharge-ionization technique is given, including instrumentation, applications, and mechanistic studies. Based on the summary of reported work, possible future uses of this type of ionization source are discussed at the end.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
authors.forename: Cheng'an
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiaohao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Sichun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xinrong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang