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Our mission
goal
iGenTraX
is a strongly research oriented small business. At first, this
classification appears to be implausible. Looking at the current API MS
development activities, a couple of major large enterprises are basically
dominating the market. Huge amounts of R&D money are spent. How can a small
business successfully compete in this environment? The answers are:
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iGenTraX
is embedded in a university setting. The research activities in the
Departments of Physical, Theoretical, and
Analytical Chemistry at the
University of Wuppertal are invaluable knowledge resources for the company.
- iGenTraX has
established strong ties to diverse top research units, such as the RWTH
Aachen.
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IGenTraX´research, products, and services are focused on ionization at
atmospheric pressure, API. The development of
Atmospheric Pressure Ion Sources along with carefully matched peripherals
such as analyte transfer lines as well as the
application of this technology for demanding analytical challendges is
our main area of expertise.
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iGenTraX
strongly promotes Atmospheric Pressure Laser Ionization (APLI) as a key
analytical technology in API MS. Several
top analytical applications have
already been developed; many more are to come in the near future.
To us API means much more than
implementation of ESI, APCI, APPI, or APLI. It is our goal to fundamentally
understand the processes that determine the overall performance of API
sources. To this end, we regard API as a very challenging complex system
which is investigated within three tightly coupled principle research areas:
- primary
ion generation,
-
secondary ion
transformation,
and
-
ion
transport.
New results emerging from our
research activities thus find their direct way into iGenTraX products. |
