Rapid analysis of abused drugs using nanostructured silicon surface assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.

This study developed a rapid, sensitive, and matrix-free method for the determination of amphetamine (AMP), methamphetamine (MA), codeine (COD), morphine (MOR), and ketamine (KET) using nanostructured silicon surface assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (nSi-MS). The nanostructured silicon (nSi) chip used in this study was created by employing the metal-assisted etching process. Drug standard tests were applied to the nSi chip platform to evaluate the nSi-MS performance, including detection sensitivity, limit of detection, linearity, and repeatability.