@article{millbern_trettin_wu_demmler_vinueza_2022, title={Synthetic dyes: A mass spectrometry approach and applications}, volume={11}, ISSN={["1098-2787"]}, DOI={10.1002/mas.21818}, abstractNote={AbstractSynthetic dyes are found in a wide variety of applications today, including but not limited to textiles, foods, and medicine. The analysis of these molecules is pertinent to several fields such as forensics, environmental monitoring, and quality control, all of which require the sensitivity and selectivity of analysis provided by mass spectrometry (MS). Recently, there has been an increase in the implementation of MS evaluation of synthetic dyes by various methods, with the majority of research thus far falling under electrospray ionization and moving toward direct ionization methods. This review covers an overview of the chemistry of synthetic dyes needed for the understanding of MS sample preparation and spectral results, current fields of application, ionization methods, and fragmentation trends and works that have been reported in recent years.}, journal={MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS}, author={Millbern, Zoe and Trettin, Alison and Wu, Rachel and Demmler, Morgan and Vinueza, Nelson R.}, year={2022}, month={Nov} }
 @article{terán_millbern_shao_sui_liu_demmler_vinueza_2020, title={Characterization of synthetic dyes for environmental and forensic assessments: A chromatography and mass spectrometry approach}, volume={44}, ISSN={1615-9306 1615-9314}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jssc.202000836}, DOI={10.1002/jssc.202000836}, abstractNote={AbstractDyes have become common substances since they are employed in mostly all objects surrounding our daily activities such as clothing and upholstery. Based on the usage and disposal of these objects, the transfer of the dyes to other media such as soil and water increases their prevalence in our environment. However, this prevalence could help to solve crimes and pollution problems if detection techniques are proper. For that reason, the detection and characterization of dyes in complex matrices is important to determine the possible events leading to their deposition (natural degradation, attempts of removal, possible match with evidence, among others).Currently, there are several chromatographic and mass spectrometric approaches used for the identification of these organic molecules and their derivatives with high specificity and accuracy. This review presents current chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods that are used for the detection and characterization of disperse, acid, basic, and reactive dyes, and their derivatives.}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Separation Science}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Terán, Julio E and Millbern, Zoe and Shao, Dongyan and Sui, Xinyi and Liu, Yixin and Demmler, Morgan and Vinueza, Nelson R}, year={2020}, month={Nov}, pages={387–402} }