Dynamic thermal gradient gas chromatography.

The use of negative axial thermal gradients in gas chromatography (TGGC) has intrigued chromatographers since the early 1950s because of the dramatic narrowing of analyte bands and concomitant raised expectations for improving resolving power. However, technical difficulties experienced in construction of TGGC instrumentation and control of the temperature along the column have made its implementation and, hence, detailed study difficult. In this work, we describe a TGGC system capable of rapidly producing and varying thermal gradient profiles by simultaneous use of resistive heating and convective cooling.

Peak sweeping and gating using thermal gradient gas chromatography.

When axial temperature gradients are applied in gas chromatography (GC), i.e., "thermal gradient GC" (TGGC), the temperature changes both in time and position, T(t,L), along the column, allowing unique control of the movement and elution of sample components.

Hand-portable gas chromatograph-toroidal ion trap mass spectrometer (GC-TMS) for detection of hazardous compounds.

A novel gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) based on a miniature toroidal ion trap mass analyzer (TMS) and a low thermal mass GC is described. The TMS system has an effective mass/charge (m/z) range of 50-442 with mass resolution at full-width half-maximum (FWHM) of 0.55 at m/z 91 and 0.