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Overview

Patrik Španěl is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic and has a research focus centered around mass spectrometry and chemical sensor technologies. Their body of work spans the intersection of chemistry and engineering with a significant emphasis on spectroscopy and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Chemistry
  • Engineering

The principal subfields of research are:

  • Spectroscopy
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Analytical Chemistry

Key topics in their research involve:

  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Conducting polymers and applications

Their frequent collaborators include David Smith, Kseniya Dryahina, Maroua Omezzine Gnioua, Ilaria Belluomo, and Stefan J. Swift.

Publications by Patrik Španěl have appeared regularly in a range of journals with multiple contributions to:

  • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
  • Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Selected recent papers by Patrik Španěl include:

  • "Selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry for targeted analysis of volatile organic compounds in human breath", 2021, Nature Protocols
  • "Recent developments and applications of selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS)", 2023, Mass Spectrometry Reviews
  • "Quantification of volatile metabolites in exhaled breath by selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry, SIFT-MS", 2020, Clinical mass spectrometry
  • "Understanding Gas Phase Ion Chemistry Is the Key to Reliable Selected Ion Flow Tube-Mass Spectrometry Analyses", 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • "The development of a fully integrated 3D printed electrochemical platform and its application to investigate the chemical reaction between carbon dioxide and hydrazine", 2020, Electrochimica Acta

Best Publications

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

    David Smith;Patrik Španěl

  • 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

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

    Patrik Španěl;David 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

  • 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

  • Selected ion flow tube: a technique for quantitative trace gas analysis of air and breath.

    P Spanĕl;D Smith

  • Breath analysis: the approach towards clinical applications.

    Anton Amann;Patrik Spanĕl;David Smith

  • Ions in the terrestrial atmosphere and in interstellar clouds

    David Smith;Patrik Spanel

  • ANALYSIS OF FORMALDEHYDE IN THE HEADSPACE OF URINE FROM BLADDER AND PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS USING SELECTED ION FLOW TUBE MASS SPECTROMETRY

    Patrik Španěl;David Smith;Tracey A. Holland;Waleed Al Singary

  • Trace gases in breath of healthy volunteers when fasting and after a protein-calorie meal: a preliminary study.

    David Smith;Patrik Spanel;Simon Davies

  • Mass spectrometry for real-time quantitative breath analysis.

    David Smith;Patrik Španěl;Jens Herbig;Jonathan Beauchamp

  • Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Exhaled Breath for the Identification of Volatile Organic Compound Biomarkers in Esophageal and Gastric Adenocarcinoma.

    Sacheen Kumar;Juzheng Huang;Nima Abbassi-Ghadi;Hugh A. Mackenzie

  • A longitudinal study of ethanol and acetaldehyde in the exhaled breath of healthy volunteers using selected-ion flow-tube mass spectrometry.

    Claire Turner;Patrik Španěl;David Smith

  • Quantification of acetaldehyde released by lung cancer cells in vitro using selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry

    David Smith;Tianshu Wang;Josep Sulé-Suso;Patrik Španěl

  • The Novel Selected-ion Flow Tube Approach to Trace Gas Analysis of Air and Breath

    David Smith;Patrik Spanel

  • Application of ion chemistry and the SIFT technique to the quantitative analysis of trace gases in air and on breath

    David Smith;Patrik Španěl

  • A general method for the calculation of absolute trace gas concentrations in air and breath from selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry data

    Patrik Španěl;Kseniya Dryahina;David Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

David Smith
David Smith University of Oxford
Anton Amann
Anton Amann Innsbruck Medical University
George B. Hanna
George B. Hanna Imperial College London
Eugen Illenberger
Eugen Illenberger Freie Universität Berlin
Mónica Flores
Mónica Flores Spanish National Research Council
Kentarou Kawaguchi
Kentarou Kawaguchi Okayama University
Tilmann D. Märk
Tilmann D. Märk University of Innsbruck
Jürgen Troe
Jürgen Troe Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Jana Roithová
Jana Roithová Radboud University
Ladislav Kavan
Ladislav Kavan Czech Academy of Sciences

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