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The aim of the present work was to investigate the effect of discharge conditions on VOC fragmentation in the system consisting of the cell with pulsed glow discharge and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Ionization of VOCs of different classes (hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, and carboxylic acids) was investigated. A copper cathode with flat geometry was used. VOCs were ionized in the afterglow of short pulse glow discharge in the air. The use of discharge afterglow significantly reduces or eliminates the effects of ionization mechanisms other than Penning process, in particular, electron ionization. This significantly reduced VOC fragmentation and provided rather low limits of detection. Specific cluster formation was observed for alcohols and esters, which may facilitate their identification.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules27206864","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,13]],"date-time":"2022-10-13T22:21:11Z","timestamp":1665699671000},"page":"6864","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Volatile Organic Compound Fragmentation in the Afterglow of Pulsed Glow Discharge in Ambient Air"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"27","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5288-4608","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Denis","family":"Kravtsov","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7\/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia"},{"name":"Lumex Ltd., ul. Obruchevykh 1b, 195220 St. Petersburg, Russia"},{"name":"Institute for Analytical Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. 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