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ArticleAnalytical and bioanalytical chemistry2024

Determination of carbon in microplastics and single cells by total consumption microdroplet ICP-TOFMS.

Thomas Vonderach, Alexander Gundlach-Graham, Detlef Günther

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Article in Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas VonderachDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
Alexander Gundlach-GrahamDepartment of Chemistry, Iowa State University, 2415 Osborn Drive, 1605 Gilman Hall, Ames, IA, 50011-1021, USA.
Detlef GüntherDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland. guenther@inorg.chem.ethz.ch.
ETH Zurich · CHIowa State University · US

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 162879Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 197224
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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

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Cell systemsICP-MS, NanoparticlesNanotechnologySingle-cell analysis, Mass spectrometry

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PMID38062197
PMCPMC11009739
OpenAlexW4389461765

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