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David Smith is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Engineering, with a significant focus on spectroscopy and biomedical engineering. Additional areas of study include ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, global and planetary change, and plant science.

The scientist's work encompasses a broad range of topics centered around advanced chemical sensor technologies, mass spectrometry techniques and applications, and analytical chemistry and chromatography. Their research also touches on plant and animal studies, nuts composition and effects, plant and fungal interactions, and horticultural and viticultural research.

Recent publications by David Smith include:

  • Recent developments and applications of selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS), 2023, Mass Spectrometry Reviews
  • Understanding Gas Phase Ion Chemistry Is the Key to Reliable Selected Ion Flow Tube-Mass Spectrometry Analyses, 2020, Analytical Chemistry

David Smith frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Patrik Španěl, Kseniya Dryahina, Shawn A. Mehlenbacher, Murray J. McEwan, and Miroslav Polášek.

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications in several venues, notably:

  • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • Annals of Oncology
  • International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
  • Acta Horticulturae
  • Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Best Publications

  • Potential role of intratumor bacteria in mediating tumor resistance to the chemotherapeutic drug gemcitabine.

    Leore T. Geller;Michal Barzily-Rokni;Tal Danino;Oliver H. Jonas;Oliver H. Jonas

  • Selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) for on-line trace gas analysis

    David Smith;Patrik Španěl

  • THE ION CHEMISTRY OF INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS

    David Smith

  • The selected ion flow tube (SIFT); A technique for studying ion-neutral reactions

    N.G. Adams;D. Smith

  • Control of oxidative metabolism and oxygen delivery in human skeletal muscle: a steady-state analysis of the work/energy cost transfer function

    B Chance;Jr Js Leigh;BJ Clark;J Maris

  • Quantitative analysis of ammonia on the breath of patients in end-stage renal failure.

    Simon Davies;Patrik Spanel;David Smith

  • A longitudinal study of ammonia, acetone and propanol in the exhaled breath of 30 subjects using selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry, SIFT-MS.

    Claire Turner;Patrik Spanel;David Smith

  • CARBOHYDRATE MOVEMENT FROM AUTOTROPHS TO HETEROTROPHS IN PARASITIC and MUTUALISTIC SYMBIOSIS

    David Smith;Leonard Muscatine;David Lewis

  • Progress in SIFT-MS: breath analysis and other applications.

    Patrik Španěl;David Smith

  • A laboratory study of the reactions of N+, N2+, N3+, N4+, O+, O2+, and NO+ ions with several molecules at 300 K

    D. Smith;N. G. Adams;T. M. Miller

  • Polarization spectroscopy of a closed atomic transition: applications to laser frequency locking

    C P Pearman;C S Adams;S G Cox;P F Griffin

  • Grain boundary structure and properties

    G. A. Chadwick;David A. Smith

  • Time variation of ammonia, acetone, isoprene and ethanol in breath: a quantitative SIFT-MS study over 30 days.

    Ann M. Diskin;Patrik Spanel;David Smith

  • Breath analysis for clinical diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring

    Anton Amann;David Smith

  • The Selected Ion Flow Tube (Sift): Studies of Ion-Neutral Reactions

    D. Smith;N.G. Adams

  • Selected ion flow tube studies of the reactions of H3O+, NO+, and O2+ with several aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons

    Patrik Španěl;David Smith

  • SIFT studies of the reactions of H3O+, NO+ and O2+ with a series of aldehydes and ketones

    Patrik Španěl;Yufeng Ji;David Smith

  • SIFT studies of the reactions of H3O+, NO+ and O2+ with a series of alcohols

    Patrik Spanel;David Smith

  • Kinetic energy, temperature, and derived rotational temperature dependences for the reactions of Kr+(2P3/2) and Ar+ with HCl

    A. A. Viggiano;Robert A. Morris;Fred Dale;John F. Paulson

  • On the absorption of dislocations by grain boundaries

    R. C. Pond;D. A. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel G. Adams
Nigel G. Adams University of Georgia
Patrik Španěl
Patrik Španěl Czech Academy of Sciences
Frances M. Platt
Frances M. Platt University of Oxford
David L. Gally
David L. Gally University of Edinburgh
Andrew S. Wilson
Andrew S. Wilson University of Maryland, College Park
Anton Amann
Anton Amann Innsbruck Medical University
Tom N. McNeilly
Tom N. McNeilly Moredun Research Institute
Chris Done
Chris Done Durham University
Andrew M. Jones
Andrew M. Jones University of Exeter
King-Ning Tu
King-Ning Tu City University of Hong Kong

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