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Natural sciences
- Instrumental methods
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Medical and health sciences
- Medical imaging and therapy not elsewhere classified
- Cancer biology
- Pharmaceutical technology
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Engineering and technology
- Nanomaterials
ICP-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is the most powerful
technique for trace and ultra-trace elemental analysis. The
A&MS research unit aspires the purchase of a secondgeneration tandem ICP-mass spectrometer for successfully
addressing applications involving short transient signals,
such as those encountered when using high-end laser
ablation as a means of sample introduction in bio-imaging
applications, or when introducing discrete entities into the
ICP ion source – e.g., for the characterization of engineered
nanoparticles or the analysis of individual cells. Tandem
ICP-MS units are equipped with two quadrupole mass filters
and a collision/reaction cell located in-between (Q1-CRCQ2) and offer unprecedented capabilities for overcoming
spectral overlap via chemical resolution. The combination
of the ultrafast detection (up to 10,000 read-outs per
second) attainable with the second-generation of this
instrument type with the extensive capabilities to create
interference-free conditions will permit novel types of
analytical applications, providing crucial information in
various research fields