Analysis of Breath-related Volatile Organic Compounds with Laser Absorption Spectroscopy: Highlights of Analytical Sciences in Switzerland

Authors

Miloš Selaković Laboratory for Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Empa, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf; Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1−5/10, CH-8093 Zürich
Raphael Brechbühler Laboratory for Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Empa, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf
Philipp Scheidegger Laboratory for Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Empa, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf
Herbert Looser Laboratory for Air Pollution/Enironmental Technology, Empa, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf
André Kupferschmid Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Laboratory, Empa, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf
Stéphane Blaser Alpes Lasers SA, Avenue des Pâquiers 1, CH-2072 St-Blaise
Lukas Emmenegger Laboratory for Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Empa, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf
Renato Zenobi Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1−5/10, CH-8093 Zürich
Béla Tuzson Laboratory for Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Empa, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf

Extended-tuning quantum cascade laser (QC-XT), Methanol quantification, On-line breath analysis, Volatile organic compounds (VOC)