Compact gas chromatography and ion mobility based sample analysis systems, methods, and devices

A compact integrated ion mobility based analysis system comprising,

• at least one gas chromatograph (GC) column for receiving a sample and for eluting constituents of the sample, wherein each of the eluted constituents are temporally separated from each other,
• at least one ion mobility based sample analyzer for analyzing the eluted constituents based on ion mobility characteristics of the eluted constituents, and
• a controller for selectively adjusting the temperature within the at least one GC column over a period of time and selectively adjusting the temperature within the at least one ion mobility based sample analyzer over a period of time, wherein the controller comprises a computer readable medium containing instructions that cause the controller to operate such that it coordinates the adjusting of the temperature within the at least one GC column with the adjusting of the temperature within the at least one ion mobility based sample analyzer.