The A&MS research unit aspires the purchase of an ICP-mass spectrometer equipped with a timeof-flight analyzer. Simultaneous monitoring of the entire elemental mass spectrum (33,000 full mass spectra per second) offers generic advantages, but especially renders the instrumentation extremely well suited for multi-element analysis in case of short transient signals, as encountered
with laser ablation ICP-MS or single particle ICP-MS (characterization of nanoparticles). Spectral interferences are avoided via higher mass resolution and/or chemical resolution in a collision/reaction cell.