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CARE-C participates in the CLOUD Doctoral Network final conference

CARE-C participates in the CLOUD Doctoral Network final c…

2026-03-16
Researchers from The Cyprus Institute’s Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre (CARE-C) from the 2nd – 6th of March j…
New model developed to simulate aircraft emissions in airport environments

New model developed to simulate aircraft emissions in air…

2026-03-12
Researchers of CARE-C, The Cyprus Institute, have developed a new Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) air quality mode…
CARE-C celebrates recent PhD Graduates

CARE-C celebrates recent PhD Graduates

2026-03-09
During the second half of 2025 and beginning of 2026, The Cyprus Institute’s Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre (…
CARE-C awarded INHALE project to Improve Urban Air Quality Monitoring

CARE-C awarded INHALE project to Improve Urban Air Qualit…

2026-03-06
The Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C) of the Cyprus Institute has secured funding from the Cyprus’…
PhD student Fragkeskos Kekkou receives Excellent Paper Award in the 2026 Tromp Scientific Awards

PhD student Fragkeskos Kekkou receives Excellent Paper Aw…

2026-03-03
CARE-C is excited to announce that PhD student Fragkeskos Kekkou has received the 3rd Excellent Paper Award of the 20…
PhD students Fragkeskos Kekkou and Anna Tzyrkalli attend the “From Challenges to Solutions: EU Missions Projects Share Data Success Stories” workshop

PhD students Fragkeskos Kekkou and Anna Tzyrkalli attend …

2026-02-27
On the 11th of February Fragkeskos Kekkou and Anna Tzyrkalli, PhD students at CARE-C, successfully attended the “From…

Events

4th Annual Workshop: Climate and Atmosphere Research & Innovation in the Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East | 26 November 2025

4th Annual Workshop: Climate and Atmosphere Research &amp…

2025-09-01
The Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C) of the Cyprus Institute, and its Advanced Partners, are organizin…
Innovation in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Workshop 2025

Innovation in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Workshop…

2025-03-18
Workshop Information Abstract Submission Form Workshop …
Winter School: Advanced analysis of atmosphere-surface interactions and feedbacks (3-14 March, 2025)

Winter School: Advanced analysis of atmosphere-surface in…

2025-02-21
The Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East – Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre (EMME-CARE) project consortium, le…
10th International Society for Atmospheric Research using Remotely piloted Aircraft (ISARRA) Conference | Larnaca, Cyprus | 29 – 31  October, 2025

10th International Society for Atmospheric Research using…

2025-01-27
ISARRA is a member-based, non-profit society for all scientist doing atmospheric and earth science research and the n…
Autumn School: Drones & sensors in Atmospheric sciences (11 November – 15 November 2024)

Autumn School: Drones & sensors in Atmospheric scienc…

2024-05-13
The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus30 October – 3 November 2023
Innovation in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Workshop 2024

Innovation in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Workshop…

2024-03-15
Workshop Information Call for Abstracts Abstract Submis…

Research Highlight

Characterization of a high detection-sensitivity atmospheric pressure interface time-of-flight mass spectrometer

In this work, we have shown that the detection sensitivity (or limit of detection) of a new Atmospheric Pressure-interface Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (API-TOF-MS) is in the parts per quintillion (i.e., 10−3 parts per quadrillion, ppq; which is ∼ 30 ions cm−3) range with temporal resolutions of 1 s. When increasing the temporal resolution up to 1 min, the detection sensitivity could be reduced to the 10 parts per sextillion (i.e., 10−5 ppq; which is ∼ 0.3 ions cm−3) range, enabling the system to measure gaseous ions of extremely low concentrations. We also show that the mass spectrometer has a transmission of up to 1 %, and a mass resolution of 23,000 for ionic masses of ca. 600 Da, while it can be used in ways to induce collision dissociation of the sampled ions by tuning the operating conditions of the Atmospheric-Pressure-interface stage.

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