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Vonderach T, Gundlach-Graham A, Günther D. Determination of carbon in microplastics and single cells by total consumption microdroplet ICP-TOFMS. Anal Bioanal Chem 2024; 416:2773-2781. [PMID: 38062197 PMCID: PMC11009739 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-05064-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Recently, spICP-MS analyses of microplastics have demonstrated that the detection capabilities of ICP-MS are sufficient to determine the size and composition of such materials. However, solution nebulization or microdroplet generation limits the sizes of droplets, microparticles, or cells that can be efficiently introduced into commonly used horizontal ICP-MS configurations. Therefore, we introduced the development of a downward-pointing ICP coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ICP-TOFMS), which enables quantitative transport of large microdroplets (diameters up to 90 µm) into the ICP. Here, we report the capabilities of downward ICP-TOFMS for the quantitative analysis of single cells and microplastic particles. For calibration of element mass amount per particle or cell, microdroplets (70 µm diameter) composed of multielement solutions were measured by ICP-TOFMS. Microplastic beads (polystyrene) and spleenocyte cells were then also embedded in microdroplets and measured by ICP-TOFMS with ion optics optimized to determine the signals from 12C+ and other isotopes of interest, including 140Ce, 153Eu, 165Ho, and 175Lu from the REE beads and 31P for the cells. The results achieved using the prototype instrument of a vertical downward-pointing ICP-TOFMS demonstrate that such a plasma configuration is well suited to analyze microplastics and single cells. For single microbead and cell analyses, the critical mass for carbon was 4.8 pg, and the mean determined carbon mass amounts were 14 and 23 pg, respectively. For the microbead analysis, the detected carbon mass corresponds to a particle diameter of 2.93 ± 0.24 µm, which is consistent with the scanning (transmission) electron microscopy-determined diameter of 2.97 ± 0.04 µm. Furthermore, in the analysis of spleenocyte cells, carbon and phosphorus masses were determined to be correlated.
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- Thomas Vonderach
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, 2415 Osborn Drive, 1605 Gilman Hall, Ames, IA, 50011-1021, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Li Z, Yuan F, Cao J, Hein A. Insights into the Residue Trapped in Glaze Cracks of Archaeological Ceramics Using Microchemical Analysis. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2022; 28:1-12. [PMID: 36065964 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927622012375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Searching for residue in the glaze of porcelain or stoneware is a difficult task because these glazes are high-fired, well vitrified, and nonporous. This paper analyzes the chemical composition of residue observed in glaze cracks of porcelain via SEM-EDS to determine how the crackle effect was produced, in particular, if it was intentionally created during production or the result of post-depositional processes. This study offers insights to a specific type of ancient Chinese porcelain called “Ge-type ware”, which has two different types of cracks, and whose origin has been debated for nearly 60 years because it has never been found at any kiln site. This paper analyzes the chemical composition of the two crack types, first using elemental mapping to ascertain the different mechanisms that produced these two crack types of the Heirloom Ge ware, and second using residue analysis and chemical fingerprinting to determine the provenance of this puzzling type of porcelain. In doing so, this paper demonstrates how the residue in the glaze of porcelain can be observed and analyzed via microchemical approaches and hopes to inspire more research using this technique in future.
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- Zihan Li
- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Ancient Ceramic, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
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- Art and Archaeology School, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Degueldre C. Single virus inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy analysis: A comprehensive study. Talanta 2021; 228:122211. [PMID: 33773712 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The characterisation of individual nanoparticles by single particle ICP-MS (SP-ICP-MS) has paved the way for the analysis of smallest biological systems. This study suggests to adapting this method for single viruses (SV) identification and counting. With high resolution multi-channel sector field (MC SF) ICP-MS records in SV detection mode, the counting of master and key ions can allow analysis and identification of single viruses. The counting of 2-500 virial units can be performed in 20 s. Analyses are proposed to be carried out in Ar torch for master ions: 12C+, 13C+, 14N+, 15N+, and key ions 31P+, 32S+, 33S+ and 34S+. All interferences are discussed in detail. The use of high resolution SF ICP-MS is recommended while options with anaerobic/aerobic atmospheres are explored to upgrade the analysis when using quadrupole ICP-MS. Application for two virus types (SARS-COV2 and bacteriophage T5) is investigated using time scan and fixed mass analysis for the selected virus ions allowing characterisation of the species using the N/C, P/C and S/C molar ratio's and quantification of their number concentration.
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- Claude Degueldre
- Engineering Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK.
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Cedeño López A, Grimaudo V, Riedo A, Tulej M, Wiesendanger R, Lukmanov R, Moreno-García P, Lörtscher E, Wurz P, Broekmann P. Three-Dimensional Composition Analysis of SnAg Solder Bumps Using Ultraviolet Femtosecond Laser Ablation Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2019; 92:1355-1362. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- A. Cedeño López
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Interfacial Electrochemistry Group, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Interfacial Electrochemistry Group, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- IBM Research Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Interfacial Electrochemistry Group, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Riisom M, Gammelgaard B, Lambert IH, Stürup S. Development and validation of an ICP-MS method for quantification of total carbon and platinum in cell samples and comparison of open-vessel and microwave-assisted acid digestion methods. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2018; 158:144-150. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2018.05.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Han B, Jiang X, Hou X, Zheng C. Dielectric Barrier Discharge Carbon Atomic Emission Spectrometer: Universal GC Detector for Volatile Carbon-Containing Compounds. Anal Chem 2013; 86:936-42. [DOI: 10.1021/ac403662w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Bingjun Han
- Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Quality and Safety for Tropical Fruits and Vegetables, Analytical & Testing Center, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, Hainan 571101, China
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- Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of MOE, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of MOE, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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Santamaria-Fernandez R. Precise and traceable carbon isotope ratio measurements by multicollector ICP-MS: what next? Anal Bioanal Chem 2010; 397:973-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-3561-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Revised: 02/08/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Santamaria-Fernandez R, Carter D, Hearn R. Precise and Traceable 13C/12C Isotope Amount Ratios by Multicollector ICPMS. Anal Chem 2008; 80:5963-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ac800621u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- LGC, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LY, U.K
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- LGC, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LY, U.K
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Godin JP, Fay LB, Hopfgartner G. Liquid chromatography combined with mass spectrometry for 13C isotopic analysis in life science research. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2007; 26:751-74. [PMID: 17853432 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Among the different disciplines covered by mass spectrometry, measurement of (13)C/(12)C isotopic ratio crosses a large section of disciplines from a tool revealing the origin of compounds to more recent approaches such as metabolomics and proteomics. Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) and molecular mass spectrometry (MS) are the two most mature techniques for (13)C isotopic analysis of compounds, respectively, for high and low-isotopic precision. For the sample introduction, the coupling of gas chromatography (GC) to either IRMS or MS is state of the art technique for targeted isotopic analysis of volatile analytes. However, liquid chromatography (LC) also needs to be considered as a tool for the sample introduction into IRMS or MS for (13)C isotopic analyses of non-volatile analytes at natural abundance as well as for (13)C-labeled compounds. This review presents the past and the current processes used to perform (13)C isotopic analysis in combination with LC. It gives particular attention to the combination of LC with IRMS which started in the 1990's with the moving wire transport, then subsequently moved to the chemical reaction interface (CRI) and was made commercially available in 2004 with the wet chemical oxidation interface (LC-IRMS). The LC-IRMS method development is also discussed in this review, including the possible approaches for increasing selectivity and efficiency, for example, using a 100% aqueous mobile phase for the LC separation. In addition, applications for measuring (13)C isotopic enrichments using atmospheric pressure LC-MS instruments with a quadrupole, a time-of-flight, and an ion trap analyzer are also discussed as well as a LC-ICPMS using a prototype instrument with two quadrupoles.
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- Jean-Philippe Godin
- Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd, Vers chez les blanc, P.O. BOX 44, CH-1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland.
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Lobiński R, Schaumlöffel D, Szpunar J. Mass spectrometry in bioinorganic analytical chemistry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2006; 25:255-89. [PMID: 16273552 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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A considerable momentum has recently been gained by in vitro and in vivo studies of interactions of trace elements in biomolecules due to advances in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS) used as a detector in chromatography and capillary and planar electrophoresis. The multi-isotopic (including non-metals such as S, P, or Se) detection capability, high sensitivity, tolerance to matrix, and large linearity range regardless of the chemical environment of an analyte make ICP MS a valuable complementary technique to electrospray MS and MALDI MS. This review covers different facets of the recent progress in metal speciation in biochemistry, including probing in vitro interactions between metals and biomolecules, detection, determination, and structural characterization of heteroatom-containing molecules in biological tissues, and protein monitoring and quantification via a heteroelement (S, Se, or P) signal. The application areas include environmental chemistry, plant and animal biochemistry, nutrition, and medicine.
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- Ryszard Lobiński
- Equipe de Chimie Analytique Bio-Inorganique, CNRS UMR 5034, Hélioparc, 2, av. du Pr. Angot, F-64053 Pau, France.
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Sessions AL, Sylva SP, Hayes JM. Moving-Wire Device for Carbon Isotopic Analyses of Nanogram Quantities of Nonvolatile Organic Carbon. Anal Chem 2005; 77:6519-27. [PMID: 16223235 DOI: 10.1021/ac051251z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We describe a moving-wire analyzer for measuring 13C in dissolved, involatile organic materials. Liquid samples are first deposited and dried on a continuously spooling nickel wire. The residual sample is then combusted as the wire moves through a furnace, and the evolved CO2 is analyzed by continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry. A typical analysis requires 1 microL of sample solution and produces a CO2 peak approximately 5 s wide. The system can measure "bulk" delta13C values of approximately 10 nmol of organic carbon with precision better than 0.2 per thousand. For samples containing approximately 1 nmol of C, precision is approximately 1 per thousand. Precision and sensitivity are limited mainly by background noise derived from carbon within the wire. Instrument conditions minimizing that background are discussed in detail. Accuracy is better than 0.5 per thousand for nearly all dissolved analytes tested, including lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, sugars, halocarbons, and hydrocarbons. The sensitivity demonstrated here for 13C measurements represents a approximately 1000-fold improvement relative to existing elemental analyzers and should allow the use of many new preparative techniques for collecting and purifying nonvolatile biochemicals for isotopic analysis.
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- Alex L Sessions
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
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Jorabchi K, Kahen K, Lecchi P, Montaser A. Chemical Reaction Interface Mass Spectrometry with High Efficiency Nebulization. Anal Chem 2005; 77:5402-6. [PMID: 16097787 DOI: 10.1021/ac0503299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A high efficiency nebulizer (HEN) coupled to a heated spray chamber and a membrane desolvator is used for liquid sample introduction in chemical reaction interface mass spectrometry (CRIMS). Compared to the conventional thermospray nebulizer operated at solvent flow rate of 1 mL/min, the HEN provides small droplets at lower flow rates (10-100 microL/min), improving the desolvation and analyte transport efficiency. As a result, the sensitivity for carbon detection by CRIMS is improved by a factor of 4. The new arrangement offers an easy-to-use and robust interface, facilitating the availability of a variety of liquid chromatographic techniques to the CRIMS. Separation and detection of labeled peptides in a mixture of unlabeled biopolymers is illustrated at a solvent flow rate of 45 microL/min as an example of new possibilities offered by the improved liquid introduction interface.
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- Kaveh Jorabchi
- Department of Chemistry, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, USA
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Szpunar J. Advances in analytical methodology for bioinorganic speciation analysis: metallomics, metalloproteomics and heteroatom-tagged proteomics and metabolomics. Analyst 2005; 130:442-65. [PMID: 15776152 DOI: 10.1039/b418265k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The recent developments in analytical techniques capable of providing information on the identity and quantity of heteroatom-containing biomolecules are critically discussed. Particular attention is paid to the emerging areas of bioinorganic analysis including: (i) a comprehensive analysis of the entirety of metal and metalloid species within a cell or tissue type (metallomics), (ii) the study of the part of the metallome involving the protein ligands (metalloproteomics), and (iii) the use of a heteroelement, naturally present in a protein or introduced in a tag added by means of derivatisation, for the spotting and quantification of proteins (heteroatom-tagged proteomics). Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS), used as detector in chromatography and electrophoresis, and supported by electrospray and MALDI MS, appears as the linchpin analytical technique for these emerging areas. This review focuses on the recent advances in ICP MS in biological speciation analysis including sensitive detection of non-metals, especially of sulfur and phosphorus, couplings to capillary and nanoflow HPLC and capillary electrophoresis, laser ablation ICP MS detection of proteins in gel electrophoresis, and isotope dilution quantification of biomolecules. The paper can be considered as a followup of a previous review by the author on a similar topic (J. Szpunar, Analyst, 2000, 125, 963).
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- Joanna Szpunar
- Equipe de Chimie Analytique Bio-inorganique, CNRS UMR 5034, Helioparc, 2, av. Pr. Angot, F-64053 Pau, France.
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