Simultaneous multi-element and multi-isotope detection in single-particle ICP-MS analysis: Principles and applications

X Tian, H Jiang, L Hu, M Wang, W Cui, J Shi… - TrAC Trends in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Single-particle analysis has attracted considerable attention in recent years because of the
size/composition-dependent properties and heterogeneity of nanoparticles (NPs). Single …

Mass spectrometry for multi-dimensional characterization of natural and synthetic materials at the nanoscale

X Huang, H Liu, D Lu, Y Lin, J Liu, Q Liu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Characterization of materials at the nanoscale plays a crucial role in in-depth understanding
the nature and processes of the substances. Mass spectrometry (MS) has characterization …

Quantification and classification of engineered, incidental, and natural cerium-containing particles by spICP-TOFMS

SE Szakas, R Lancaster, R Kaegi… - Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cerium containing nanoparticles (Ce-NPs) from geogenic and anthropogenic sources are
frequently found in the environment, and the ability to determine the origins of Ce-NPs relies …

Distinguishing Engineered TiO2 Nanomaterials from Natural Ti Nanomaterials in Soil Using spICP-TOFMS and Machine Learning

GD Bland, M Battifarano… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Identifying engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) made from earth-abundant elements in soils
is difficult because soil also contains natural nanomaterials (NNMs) containing similar …

Quantifying chemical composition and reaction kinetics of individual colloidally dispersed nanoparticles

ND Donahue, S Kanapilly, C Stephan, MC Marlin… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
To control a nanoparticle's chemical composition and thus function, researchers require
readily accessible and economical characterization methods that provide quantitative in situ …

Emerging investigator series: automated single-nanoparticle quantification and classification: a holistic study of particles into and out of wastewater treatment plants in …

K Mehrabi, R Kaegi, D Günther… - Environmental Science …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Single particle inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry (sp-ICP-TOFMS),
in combination with online microdroplet calibration, allows for the determination of particle …

Single-particle ICP-TOFMS with online microdroplet calibration for the simultaneous quantification of diverse nanoparticles in complex matrices

K Mehrabi, D Günther… - Environmental Science …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ICP-TOFMS) is unique in its
ability to provide multidimensional information about nanoparticles (NPs) including multi …

High-throughput sizing, counting, and elemental analysis of anisotropic multimetallic nanoparticles with single-particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

CD Koolen, L Torrent, A Agarwal… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles (NPs) have wide applications in physical and chemical processes, and their
individual properties (eg, shape, size, and composition) and ensemble properties (eg …

Monodisperse microdroplets: a tool that advances single-particle ICP-MS measurements

A Gundlach-Graham, K Mehrabi - Journal of Analytical Atomic …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In single-particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (sp-ICP-MS), individual
nanoparticles are detected by measuring ICP-MS signals with high temporal resolution. At …

Monte Carlo simulation of low-count signals in time-of-flight mass spectrometry and its application to single-particle detection

A Gundlach-Graham, L Hendriks, K Mehrabi… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Many modern time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) instruments use fast analog-to-
digital conversion (ADC) with high-speed digitizers to record mass spectra with extended …