实时直接分析质谱在农药检测中的应用

实时直接分析(Direct analysis in real time,DART)作为一种原位电离技术发展迅猛,其与质谱联用已成为热门的分析技术并广泛应用于法庭科学领域,如食品安全、爆炸物检测、毒物毒品分析和药物分析等方面。目前农药的常规检测方法已非常成熟,但引入原位电离-质谱联用技术可以拓宽检测范围,缩短检测时限。该文从实时直接分析质谱(DART-MS)技术的工作原理、检测条件优化及其在农药检测方面的应用进行综述,并对DART-MS的应用前景进行了展望。     

原位电离与小型质谱在公共安全领域的应用

质谱作为一种具有高准确度、高灵敏度、高选择性的检测仪器,在公共安全领域有着重要的应用前景。公共安全领域的需求主要涉及毒品、毒物、爆炸物等化学物质的现场快速检测,因其影响广泛,检测结果需非常准确。作为实验室分析仪器,质谱的准确性和速度能满足公共安全的应用需求,但作为现场快速检测的仪器仍需要一定改进。现场快速检测一方面要求检测仪器的小型化,另一方面要求样品前处理的简单化,以使整个检测流程可以无需专业人员来完成。对于检测仪器的小型化,小型质谱的开发在近20年得到了充分发展;对于样品前处理的简单化,研究者发明了原位电离技术,使得基质复杂的被分析物无需前处理即可进行质谱检测。该文首先介绍了原位电离技术的发展及其在公共安全领域的应用,特别是对解吸附电喷雾电离、实时直接分析电离、激光烧蚀电喷雾电离、纸喷雾电离与纸毛细管喷雾电离等典型原位电离技术的原理、性能及在公共安全领域的应用进行了详细介绍,并讨论了几种原位电离现场定量方法。然后,对原位电离小型质谱的发展进行了综述,从最初的小型化离子阱,到仅能检测可挥发有机物的小型质谱,再到可检测非挥发性物质的常规大气压电离源小型质谱,最后发展成为有原位电离源的小型质谱,历经20年的发展使得原位电离小型质谱得以出现和提升。并列举了原位电离小型质谱在毒品现场检测与吸毒人员排查、爆炸物现场侦察、食品安全之农用化学品检测、药物质量检查等公共安全领域的应用。最后,对原位电离小型质谱的发展进行了展望,指出原位电离与小型质谱相结合是小型质谱发展的必然趋势,未来需使用更加智能化的原位电离小型质谱,结合云数据平台,实现更方便广泛的应用。     

单向气流负电晕放电离子迁移谱的研究及其在爆炸物检测中的应用

基于离子迁移谱的爆炸物探测仪多采用放射性电离源,发展非放射性电离源一直是该技术的研究热点。本研究基于电晕放电原理设计了一种新型负电晕放电电离源结构,结合自行研制的离子迁移谱仪,应用于痕量爆炸物的快速、高灵敏检测。单向气流模式下,对此电离源的气流、放电电压等运行参数进行了系统优化,得到最佳实验条件为：电晕放电电离源结构的电极环孔直径为3 mm,针-环距离为2 mm,放电电压为2400 V,漂气流速为1200 mL/min。在此条件下,避免了放电副产物氮氧化物和臭氧等引发的一系列复杂反应,得到了单一的反应试剂离子O-2(H2O)n。将其应用于爆炸物,如2,4,6-三硝基甲苯(TNT)、硝酸铵(AN)、硝化甘油( NG)、太安( PETN)、黑索金( RDX)等的高灵敏快速直接检测,对TNT的检测限达到200 pg/μL。结果表明,此负电晕放电电离源具有灵敏度高、结构简单、无辐射性、反应试剂离子单一等优点,在爆炸物快速高灵敏检测、公共安全保障等方面具有广阔的应用前景。     

直接进样杆大气压电离源-高分辨质谱法快速检测水果中的乙氧基喹啉残留

将直接进样杆大气压电离源(DIP-APCI)与串联四级杆飞行时间质谱(QTOFMS)联用,无需复杂样品前处理和色谱分离,建立了水果中乙氧基喹啉的快速检测方法。采用等体积进样和内标标准曲线法,提高了常压直接分析质谱的定量准确性,采用多反应监测(MRM)模式扫描,可有效降低基质干扰。该方法在0.1~10μg·mL~(-1)浓度范围内呈线性,相关系数R=0.9991,检测限为0.05mg·kg~(-1),在样品中分别添加0.05、2.0、5.0mg·kg~(-1)浓度水平的乙氧基喹啉,回收率为80%~106%,相对标准偏差为4.2%~8.7%。     

常压电离质谱在公共安全化学毒物检测的应用

常压电离质谱技术(Ambient ionization mass spectrometry,AIMS)以其敞开式环境、简便操作、原位、实时、高通量等优势,成为公共安全化学毒物检测领域的研究热点。该文基于文献计量分析,简要概述了AIMS的分类、发展趋势及其在公共安全化学毒物检测领域的发展现状,重点从检测灵敏度、样品前处理兼容性以及现场检测的小型化质谱适配性等方面,归类总结了AIMS在毒品、爆炸物、化学战剂和生物毒素等分析检测方面的应用特点,最后对其技术特点及未来发展待解决问题等进行了评述,为相关领域研究人员提供有益参考。     

固相基底电喷雾电离质谱的原理及应用

实际样品的直接质谱分析是质谱技术发展的重要趋势.固相基底电喷雾电离质谱是使用固相材料(如金属材料、多孔材料)承载样品进行电离的一类技术,可以直接分析各种形态的样品(如液态样品、黏性样品、固体样品、生物组织等),具有不同于传统毛细管电喷雾电离质谱的分析特性.近年来,固相基底电喷雾电离质谱受到越来越多的关注,并且已广泛地应用于生物、化学、药学以及食品等领域.本文着重介绍了几种典型固相基底电喷雾电离技术的原理及其应用,并且讨论了固相基底和溶剂在其中的作用以及固相基底电喷雾电离质的未来发展趋势.     

水样中痕量黑索今的快速质谱法检测

近年来,以RDX为代表的痕量爆炸物检测已经是反恐斗争和国土安全领域的重要课题[1]。本实验将醋酸作为辅助试剂直接添加到待分析水样中,采用电喷雾电离直接进样,在正离子检测模式下,建立了直接快速测定水样中衡量RDX的电喷雾质谱分析方法。在样品流量为10.0μL/m in,喷雾电压为5.0 kV,毛细管温度为200℃条件下获得的RDX的检出限为0.001μg/L,线性范围为0.005~100μg/L。对天然湖水、矿泉水和自来水中添加的衡量RDX的回收率分别在92%~108%之间。单个样品分析(含串联质谱分析)所需时间不超过2 m in。     

固态萃取搅拌棒技术/气相色谱联用分析废水中的痕量爆炸物

制备了以聚醚砜酮(PPESK)为萃取相的新型固态萃取搅拌棒, 建立了一种固态萃取搅拌棒/热解吸器直接热解吸/气相色谱联用分析水样品中痕量爆炸物的新方法. 将萃取搅拌棒放入水样品中完成萃取后, 再直接放入热解吸器中于250 ℃热解吸, 将萃取到搅拌棒上的分析物一次性全部导入气相色谱柱中. 对于硝基苯类爆炸物, PPESK固态萃取搅拌棒的萃取容量比萃取纤维针提高1个数量级以上; 其萃取效率比PDMS固态萃取搅拌棒高2个数量级. 对所测定的7种爆炸物的最低检出限为0.008~0.022 μg/L, 方法的重复性误差(RSD)为6.9%~16%, 在线性浓度范围0.06~10.0 μg/L(除TNT)内, 线性相关系数r为0.9962~0.9998. 在优化的条件下对硝基苯类炸药生产过程中产生的废水进行了分析, 结果表明, 方法的回收率分别为88%~100%(低浓度样品)和61%~88%(高浓度样品), 该方法的重复性误差(RSD)小于11%.     

大气压光电离技术及其应用研究进展

大气压光电离离子源(APPI)是一种新兴的用于液质联用的软电离离子源,它是利用光化学作用将气相中样品电离的离子化技术,该技术促进了质谱技术对弱极性化合物的分析检测。介绍了液相色谱–质谱/质谱联用技术中大气压光电离的基本原理、应用优点,综述了其在定性、定量分析检测中的应用。     

大气压化学萃取电离质谱法用于吡啶类化合物的快速检测

利用大气压化学萃取电离源质谱技术(EAPCI-MS)对吡啶类化合物的电离行为特征进行研究。实验显示,EAPCI-MS技术在常温常压条件下,无需样品预处理和任何辅助化学试剂,在质谱图中能同时检测到吡啶类化合物的质子化分子离子峰[M+H]+和分子离子峰M+·,并具有类似的二级碎裂机理。研究结果表明,EAPCI-MS技术具有不同于传统电离源质谱的裂解方式,同时兼具传统电喷雾电离(ESI)和大气压化学电离(APCI)的特征电离方式和行为,极大地提高了化学检测的选择性,增强了质谱分析的定性能力。该研究为吡啶类化合物的检测和鉴定提供了一种新方法,对吡啶类化合物的快速检测具有重要的应用价值和意义。     

基于敞开式直接电离质谱技术的尿液中毒品检测北大核心CSCD

尿液作为一种易于获取的体内毒品检材,在吸毒人员快速筛查中被广泛应用。针对传统快速筛查技术存在假阳性率高、定量能力不足以及实验室质谱技术在快速检测中存在前处理复杂、检测耗时长、使用环境苛刻等问题,该文提出了一种基于敞开式直接电离质谱技术的生物样本快速检测方法。该研究采用探针式电喷雾离子源与便携式质谱仪联用快速检测平台,优化了喷雾电压和质谱入口毛细管温度,开发了高效快速的前处理技术。基于该平台和前处理技术,5种常规毒品(甲基苯丙胺、氯胺酮、可卡因、O^(6)-单乙酰吗啡和3,4-亚甲双氧甲基苯丙胺)的尿液加标溶液的检出限为0.5~30 ng/mL,且其中4种毒品定量检测的线性相关系数大于0.99。除此之外,5种常规毒品在3个不同水平下的加标回收率为56.1%~103.7%,多次检测结果的相对标准偏差为9.0%~27.8%,说明联用检测平台与前处理方法结合可以达到良好的准确度。为了进一步检验该联用仪器的实战能力,测试了某社区戒毒康复中心40份阳性和110份阴性实际尿液样本,总体检测的准确率接近99%,且通过一次进样在20 s内可同时检测多种毒品。该研究成果有利于推动快速检测技术的发展,促进敞开式直接电离质谱仪技术的推广应用,提升一线执法服务水平。     

Surface desorption atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry for direct ambient sample analysis without toxic chemical contamination

Ambient mass spectrometry, pioneered with desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) technique, is of increasing interest in recent years. In this study, a corona discharge ionization source is adapted for direct surface desorption chemical ionization of compounds on various surfaces at atmospheric pressure. Ambient air, with about 60% relative humidity, is used as a reagent to generate primary ions such as H(3)O(+), which is then directed to impact the sample surface for desorption and ionization. Under experimental conditions, protonated or deprotonated molecules of analytes present on various samples are observed using positive or negative corona discharge. Fast detection of trace amounts of analytes present in pharmaceutical preparations, viz foods, skins and clothes has been demonstrated without any sample pretreatment. Taking the advantage of the gasless setup, powder samples such as amino acids and mixtures of pharmaceutical preparations are rapidly analyzed. Impurities such as sudan dyes in tomato sauce are detected semiquantitatively. Molecular markers (e.g. putrescine) for meat spoilage are successfully identified from an artificially spoiled fish sample. Chemical warfare agent stimulants, explosives and herbicides are directly detected from the skin samples and clothing exposed to these compounds. This provides a detection limit of sub-pg (S/N > or = 3) range in MS2. Metabolites and consumed chemicals such as glucose are detected successfully from human skins. Conclusively, surface desorption atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (DAPCI) mass spectrometry, without toxic chemical contamination, detects various compounds in complex matrices, showing promising applications for analyses of human related samples.     

Air flow assisted ionization for remote sampling of ambient mass spectrometry and its application

Ambient ionization methods are an important research area in mass spectrometry (MS) analysis. Under ambient conditions, the gas flow and atmospheric pressure significantly affect the transfer and focusing of ions. The design and implementation of air flow assisted ionization (AFAI) as a novel and effective, remote sampling method for ambient mass spectrometry are described herein. AFAI benefits from a high extracting air flow rate. A systematic investigation of the extracting air flow in the AFAI system has been carried out, and it has been demonstrated not only that it plays a role in the effective capture and remote transport of charged droplets, but also that it promotes desolvation and ion formation, and even prevents ion fragmentation during the ionization process. Moreover, the sensitivity of remote sampling ambient MS analysis was improved significantly by the AFAI method. Highly polar and nonpolar molecules, including dyes, pharmaceutical samples, explosives, drugs of abuse, protein and volatile compounds, have been successfully analyzed using AFAI-MS. The successful application of the technique to residue detection on fingers, large object analysis and remote monitoring in real time indicates its potential for the analysis of a variety of samples, especially large objects. The ability to couple this technique with most commercially available MS instruments with an API interface further enhances its broad applicability.     

Real-time trace detection of security-relevant compounds in complex sample matrices by thermal desorption–single photon ionization–ion trap mass spectrometry (TD-SPI-ITMS) Spectrometry (TD-SPI-ITMS)

For the detection of security-relevant substances at low concentrations in complex matrices, coupling of thermal desorption–single photon ionization–ion trap mass spectrometry (TD-SPI-ITMS) was successfully tested. The main advantage of taking solid samples with a wipe pad followed by thermal desorption is the low detection limit by enhanced vapor pressure. Single photon ionization is a soft ionization technique which reduces the target ion fragmentation and shields bulk components with high ionization energies (IE) like nitrogen yielding to clearly arranged mass spectra with significant high mass peaks. To obtain low false-positive and false-negative rates, especially necessary for security-relevant substances, the ion trap mass spectrometer allows identification of signals with MS/MS studies. In this concept, the soft ionization technique fits well with the MS/MS studies, as peaks with high masses are generated yielding significant MS/MS fragments. For the ionization, photon energies between about 8 eV (155 nm) and 12 eV (103 nm) were generated with electron-beam-pumped rare gas excimer lamps (EBEL). Depending on the rare gas used, light with different photon energy is generated, adapted to the substances of interest. So, even most narcotics, having relatively low IEs, can be ionized with 8.4 eV photons without massive fragmentation. For most explosives, photons with higher energy must be used as their IEs are higher. In this work, a mobile setup with a commercial ion trap mass spectrometer has been developed and tested. Even a first real-scenario measurement campaign was accomplished successfully proving the field-suitability of the system.     

Implementation of DART and DESI ionization on a fieldable mass spectrometer

A recently developed prototype mobile laboratory mass spectrometer, incorporating an atmospheric pressure ionization (API) interface, is described. This system takes advantage of the small size, lower voltage requirements, and tandem MS abilities of the cylindrical ion trap mass analyzer. The prototype API MS uses small, low-power pumps to fit into a 0.1-m(3) self-contained package weighing <45 kg. This instrument has been adapted to allow rapid interfacing to electrospray ionization, desorption electrospray ionization, and direct analysis in real-time sources. Initial data indicate that these techniques provide rapid detection and identification of compounds for quality control, homeland security, and forensic applications. In addition, this instrument is self-contained and compact, making it ideally extensible to mobile laboratory and field analyses. Initial MS and MS/MS data for analyses of drugs, food, and explosives are presented herein.     

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization in gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the analysis of persistent organic pollutants

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) was primarily applied as the ion source for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC–MS). While APCI started to be used in gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS) in 1970s, GC-APCI-MS was not widely used until recently. As a soft ionization technique, APCI provides highly diagnostic molecular ions, which is favored for the wide-scope screening. With the capability of tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS), GC-APCI-MS methods with high sensitivity and selectivity have been developed and applied in the analysis of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in environment and biological samples at trace levels. The present review introduces the history of the APCI source, with emphasis on mechanisms of ionization processes under the positive and negative ionization modes. Comparison between GC-APCI-MS and GC–MS with traditional electron ionization (EI) and chemical ionization (CI) are provided and discussed for selectivity, sensitivity and stability for the analyses of POPs. Previous studies found that the GC-APCI-MS methods provided limits of detection (LODs) around 10–100 times lower than other methods. An overview of GC-APCI-MS applications is given with the discussions on the advantages and drawbacks of various analytical methods applied for the analyses of POPs.     

Ambient ionization mass spectrometry: a tutorial

Ambient ionization is a set of mass spectrometric ionization techniques performed under ambient conditions that allows the direct analysis of sample surfaces with little or no sample pretreatment. Using combinations of different types of sample introduction systems and ionization methods, several novel techniques have been developed over the last few years with many applications (e.g., food safety screening; detection of pharmaceuticals and drug abuse; monitoring of environmental pollutants; detection of explosives for antiterrorism and forensics; characterization of biological compounds for proteomics and metabolomics; molecular imaging analysis; and monitoring chemical and biochemical reactions). Electrospray ionization and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization are the two main ionization principles most commonly used in ambient ionization mass spectrometry. This tutorial paper provides a review of the publications related to ambient ionization techniques. We describe and compare the underlying principles of operation, ionization processes, detecting mass ranges, sensitivity, and representative applications of these techniques.     

Analysis of amphetamines and fentanyls by atmospheric pressure desorption/ionization on silicon mass spectrometry and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry and its application to forensic analysis of drug seizures

The suitability of atmospheric pressure desorption/ionization on silicon mass spectrometry (AP-DIOS-MS) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (AP-MALDI-MS) for the identification of amphetamines and fentanyls in forensic samples was studied. With both ionization techniques, the mass spectra recorded showed abundant protonated molecules, and the background did not disturb the analysis. The use of tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) allowed unambiguous identification of the amphetamines and fentanyls. AP-DIOS-MS/MS and AP-MALDI-MS/MS were also successfully applied to the identification of authentic compounds from drug seizures. Common diluents and tablet materials did not disturb the analysis and compounds were unequivocally identified. The limits of detection (LODs) for amphetamines and fentanyls with AP-DIOS-MS/MS were 1-3 pmol, indicating excellent sensitivity of the method. The LODs with AP-MALDI-MS/MS were about 5-10 times higher.     

Comparative study on ambient ionization methods for direct analysis of navel orange tissues by mass spectrometry

It is of sustainable interest to improve the sensitivity and selectivity of the ionization process, especially for direct analysis of complex samples without matrix separation. Herein, four ambient ionization methods including desorption atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (DAPCI), heat‐assisted desorption atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (heat‐assisted DAPCI), microwave plasma torch (MPT) and internal extractive electrospray ionization (iEESI) were employed for comparative analysis of the navel orange tissue samples by mass spectrometry. The volatile organic compounds (e.g. ethanol, vanillin, leaf alcohol and jasmine lactone) were successfully detected by non‐heat‐assisted DAPCI‐MS, while semi‐volatile organic compounds (e.g. 1‐nonanol and ethyl nonanoate) together with low abundance of non‐volatile organic compounds (e.g. sinensetin and nobiletin) were obtained by heat‐assisted DAPCI‐MS. Typical nonvolatile organic compounds [e.g. 5‐(hydroxymethyl)furfural and glucosan] were sensitively detected with MPT‐MS. Compounds of high polarity (e.g. amino acids, alkaloids and sugars) were easily profiled with iEESI‐MS. Our data showed that more analytes could be detected when more energy was delivered for the desorption ionization purpose; however, heat‐sensitive analytes would not be detected once the energy input exceeded the dissociation barriers of the analytes. For the later cases, soft ionization methods such as iEESI were recommended to sensitively profile the bioanalytes of high polarity. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.