Review of recent advances in gas-assisted focused ion beam time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (FIB-TOF-SIMS)

A Priebe, J Michler - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) is a powerful chemical
characterization technique allowing for the distribution of all material components (including …

Characterization of polymeric surfaces and interfaces using time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

H Mei, TS Laws, T Terlier, R Verduzco… - Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF‐SIMS) is used for chemical analysis of
surfaces. ToF‐SIMS is a powerful tool for polymer science because it detects a broad mass …

Fibres and cellular structures preserved in 75-million–year-old dinosaur specimens

S Bertazzo, SCR Maidment, C Kallepitis… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Exceptionally preserved organic remains are known throughout the vertebrate fossil record,
and recently, evidence has emerged that such soft tissue might contain original components …

Nitrogen-to-carbon atomic ratio measured by COSIMA in the particles of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

N Fray, A Bardyn, H Cottin, D Baklouti… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The COmetary Secondary Ion Mass Analyzer (COSIMA) on board the Rosetta
mission has analysed numerous cometary dust particles collected at very low velocities (a …

Back to the basics of time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry of bio-related samples. I. Instrumentation and data collection

DJ Graham, LJ Gamble - Biointerphases, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) is used widely throughout
industrial and academic research due to the high information content of the chemically …

[HTML][HTML] High resolution imaging and 3D analysis of Ag nanoparticles in cells with ToF-SIMS and delayed extraction

A Henss, SK Otto, K Schaepe, L Pauksch, KS Lips… - …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Within this study, the authors use human mesenchymal stem cells incubated with silver
nanoparticles (AgNPs) as a model system to systematically investigate the advantages and …

Correlated imaging–a grand challenge in chemical analysis

R Masyuko, EJ Lanni, JV Sweedler, PW Bohn - Analyst, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Correlated chemical imaging is an emerging strategy for acquisition of images by combining
information from multiplexed measurement platforms to track, visualize, and interpret in situ …

[HTML][HTML] High spatial resolution ToF-SIMSáimaging and image analysis strategies to monitor and quantify early phase separation in amorphous solid dispersions

E Paladino, FJS Doerr, E Bordos… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs) are formulations with enhanced drug solubility and
dissolution rate compared to their crystalline counterparts, however, they can be inherently …

Topography and field effects in secondary ion mass spectrometry–Part I: Conducting samples

JLS Lee, IS Gilmore, MP Seah… - Journal of The American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Quantitative chemical characterization of surfaces with topography by secondary ion mass
spectrometry (SIMS) remains a significant challenge due to the lack of systematic and …

OrbiSIMS metrology Part I: Optimisation of the target potential and collision cell pressure

L Matjacic, MP Seah, GF Trindade… - Surface and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In 2017, we introduced the OrbiSIMS instrument that features a dual analyser configuration
with a time‐of‐flight (ToF) mass spectrometer (MS) and an Orbitrap MS, which confer …