List of mass spectrometry acronyms

• ADI – Ambient desorption ionization • AE – Appearance energy • AFADESI – Air flow-assisted desorption electrospray ionization • AFAI – Air flow-assisted ionization • AFAPA – Aerosol flowing atmospheric-pressure afterglow • AGHIS – All-glass heated inlet system • AIRLAB – Ambient infrared laser ablation • AMS – Accelerator mass spectrometry • AMS – Aerosol mass spectrometer • AMU – Atomic mass unit • AP – Appearance potential • AP MALDI – Atmospheric pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization • APCI – Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization • API – Atmospheric pressure ionization • APPI – Atmospheric pressure photoionization • ASAP – Atmospheric Sample Analysis Probe • ASMS – American Society for Mass Spectrometry ==B==

• BP – Base peak • BIRD – Blackbody infrared radiative dissociation ==C==

• CRF – Charge remote fragmentation • CSR – Charge stripping reaction • CI – Chemical ionization • CA – Collisional activation • CAD – Collisionally activated dissociation • CID – Collision-induced dissociation • CRM – Consecutive reaction monitoring • CF-FAB – Continuous flow fast atom bombardment • CRIMS – Chemical reaction interface mass spectrometry • CTD – Charge transfer dissociation ==D==

• DE – Delayed extraction • DADI – Direct analysis of daughter ions • DAPPI – Desorption atmospheric pressure photoionization • DEP – Direct exposure probe • DESI – Desorption electrospray ionization • DIOS – Desorption/ionization on silicon • DIP – Direct insertion probe • DART – Direct analysis in real time • DLI – Direct liquid introduction • DIA – Data independent acquisition ==E==

• EA – Electron affinity • EAD – Electron-activated dissociation • ECD – Electron-capture dissociation • ECI – Electron capture ionization • EDD – Electron-detachment dissociation • EI – Electron ionization (or electron impact) • EJMS – European Journal of Mass Spectrometry • ESA – Electrostatic energy analyzer • ES/ESI – Electrospray ionisation • ETD – Electron-transfer dissociation • eV – Electronvolt ==F==

• FAIMS – High-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry • FAB – Fast atom bombardment • FIB – Fast ion bombardment • FD – Field desorption • FFR – Field-free region • FI – Field ionization • FT-ICR MS – Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer • FTMS – Fourier transform mass spectrometer ==G==

• GDMS – Glow discharge mass spectrometry ==H==

• HDX – Hydrogen/deuterium exchange • HCD – Higher-energy C-trap dissociation ==I==

• ICAT – Isotope-coded affinity tag • ICP – Inductively coupled plasma • ICRMS – Ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer • IDMS – Isotope dilution mass spectrometry • IJMS – International Journal of Mass Spectrometry • IRMPD – Infrared multiphoton dissociation • IKES – Ion kinetic energy spectrometry • IMS – Ion mobility spectrometry • IMSC – International Mass Spectrometry Conference • IMSF – International Mass Spectrometry Foundation • IRMS – Isotope ratio mass spectrometry • IT – Ion trap • ITMS – Ion trap mass spectrometry • ITMS – Ion trap mobility spectrometry • iTRAQ – Isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation ==J==

• JASMS – Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry • JEOL – Japan Electro-Optics Laboratory • JMS – Journal of Mass Spectrometry ==K==

• KER – Kinetic energy release • KERD – Kinetic energy release distribution ==L==

• LCMS – Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry • LD – Laser desorption • LDI – Laser desorption ionization • LI – Laser ionization • LMMS – Laser microprobe mass spectrometry • LIT – Linear ion trap • LSI – Liquid secondary ionization • LSII – Laserspray ionization inlet ==M==

• MIKES – Mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry • MS – Mass spectrometer • MS – Mass spectrometry • MS2 – Mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry, i.e. tandem mass spectrometry • MS/MS – Mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry, i.e. tandem mass spectrometry • MALDESI – Matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization • MALDI – Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization • MAII – Matrix-assisted inlet ionization • MAIV – Matrix-assisted ionization vacuum • MIMS – Membrane introduction mass spectrometry, membrane inlet mass spectrometry, membrane interface mass spectrometry • MCP – Microchannel plate • MSn – Multiple-stage mass spectrometry • MCP – Microchannel plate • MPI – Multiphoton ionization • MRM – Multiple reaction monitoring ==N==

• NEMS-MS – Nanoelectromechanical systems mass spectrometry • NETD – Negative electron-transfer dissociation • NICI – Negative ion chemical ionization • NRMS – Neutralization reionization mass spectrometry ==O==

• oa-TOF – Orthogonal acceleration time of flight • OMS – Organic Mass Spectrometry (journal) ==P==

• PDI – Plasma desorption/ionization • PDMS – Plasma desorption mass spectrometry • PAD – Post-acceleration detector • PSD – Post-source decay • PyMS – Pyrolysis mass spectrometry ==Q==

• QUISTOR – Quadrupole ion storage trap • QIT – Quadrupole ion trap • QMS – Quadrupole mass spectrometer • QTOF – Quadrupole time of flight ==R==

• RCM – Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry • REIMS – Rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry • REMPI – Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization • RGA – Residual gas analyzer • RI – Resonance ionization ==S==

• SAII – Solvent-assisted ionization inlet • SELDI – Surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization • SESI – Secondary electrospray ionization • SHRIMP – Sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe • SIFT – Selected ion flow tube • SILAC – Stable isotope labelling by amino acids in cell culture • SIM – Selected ion monitoring • SIMS – Secondary ion mass spectrometry • SIR – Selected ion recording • SNMS – Secondary neutral mass spectrometry • SRM – Selected reaction monitoring • SWIFT – Stored waveform inverse Fourier transform • SID – Surface-induced dissociation • SIR – Surface-induced reaction • SI – Surface ionization • SORI – Sustained off-resonance irradiation ==T==

• TI – Thermal ionization • TIC - Total ion chromatogram • TICC – Total ion current chromatogram, synonymous with TIC • TLF – Time-lag focusing • TMT – Tandem mass tags • TOF-MS – Time-of-flight mass spectrometer ==References==