chapter 1 Introduction to Ion Mobility Spectrometry -- chapter 2 Mobility of Ions in the Gas Phase -- chapter Appendix A Sensitivity of Calculated Mobilities toward the Choice of Parameters -- chapter 3 Gas-Phase Ion Chemistry in Mobility Spectrometers -- chapter 4 Drift Tubes for Mobility Spectrometers -- chapter 5 Hyphenated Methods with Mobility Spectrometers -- chapter 6 Forensics, Military, Security, and Counterterrorism -- chapter 7 Biological, Biomolecular Research, and Medical Uses of IMS -- chapter 8 Developed Applications in Industrial and Environmental Monitoring -- chapter 9 Feasible Applications -- chapter 10 Present Conditions, Barriers to Advances, and Future Developments in Ion Mobility Spectrometry.