title: In pursuit of resolution in time-of-flight mass spectrometry: A historical perspective.
abstract: Time-of-flight mass spectrometry is reviewed from its inception in the 1940s to the present day. The review is concerned with fundamentals of time-of-flight analyzers and of ion sources to the extent that sources influence analyzers. The patent literature has been covered, and efforts made to bring to light less well-known papers and studies © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev. 35:738-757, 2016.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Ion Innovations Laboratory, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radionova
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Ion Innovations Laboratory, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Filippov
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Ion Innovations Laboratory, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand. p.j.derrick@auckland.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Derrick
keywords: distance-of-flight; ion mirror; mass spectrometry; multiple sectors; time-of-flight