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ICP-MS-Based Characterization and Quantification of Nano- and Microstructures
Summary
Researchers developed ICP-MS-based methods for characterizing and quantifying both nano- and microstructures in environmental and biological samples, evaluating the capability of single-particle ICP-MS and bulk analysis to distinguish particle populations by size, elemental composition, and number concentration. The methodology demonstrated detection of particles down to the low nanometer size range in complex matrices.
Since its commercial introduction in the 1980s, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has evolved to become arguably the most versatile and powerful technique for the multi-elemental and multi-isotopic analysis of metals, metalloids, and selected non-metals at ultratrace levels [...].
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