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Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom
January 2025
Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Rationale: Micrometeorites are extraterrestrial particles smaller than ~2 mm in diameter, most of which melted during atmospheric entry and crystallised or quenched to form 'cosmic spherules'. Their parentage among meteorite groups can be inferred from triple-oxygen isotope compositions, for example, by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). This method uses sample efficiently, preserving spherules for other investigations.
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November 2024
The Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4i), Division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Maastricht University, Maastricht 6229 ER, The Netherlands.
Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a technique that analyzes the chemical information and spatial distribution of surface analytes. Most MSI studies are conducted in microprobe mode, in which a mass spectrum is collected for each pixel to create a mass image. Thus, the spatial resolution, sample imaging area, and imaging speed are linked.
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August 2024
School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.
Optical fiber Raman and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) probes hold great promise for in vivo biosensing and in situ monitoring of hostile environments. However, the silica Raman scattering background generated within the optical fiber increases in proportion to the length of the fiber, and it can swamp the signal from the target analyte. While filtering can be applied at the distal end of the fiber, the use of bulk optical elements has limited probe miniaturization to a diameter of 600 µm, which in turn limits the potential applications.
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April 2024
SESAME Synchrotron (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East), Allan, 19252, Jordan.
Ticks are obligatory voracious blood feeders infesting diverse vertebrate hosts, that have a crucial role in the transmission of diverse pathogens that threaten human and animal health. The continuous emergence of tick-borne diseases due to combined worldwide climatic changes, human activities, and acaricide-resistant tick strains, necessitates the development of novel ameliorative tick control strategies such as vaccines. The synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared micro-spectroscopy (SR-FTIR) is a bioanalytical microprobe capable of exploring the molecular chemistry within microstructures at a cellular or subcellular level and is considered as a nondestructive analytical approach for biological specimens.
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May 2024
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic. Electronic address:
Colorectal cancer is the third most common malignancy worldwide and one of the leading causes of death in oncological patients with its diagnosis typically involving confirmation by tissue biopsy. In vivo Raman spectroscopy, an experimental diagnostic method less invasive than a biopsy, has shown great potential to discriminate between normal and cancerous tissue. However, the complex and often manual processing of Raman spectra along with the absence of a suitable instant classifier are the main obstacles to its adoption in clinical practice.
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