电感耦合等离子体质谱激光烧蚀固体进样技术新进展

本文简单地介绍了电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)的基本原理及装置。分别对LA-ICP-MS在飞秒激光器、紫外激光器、固液气溶胶混合进样、集合式小样品标样、原位统计分布技术上的技术新进展进行了详细的评述。     

激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱微区分析新进展

从仪器、基础研究诸方面评述近年来LA-ICP-MS微区分析进展,重点介绍了与ICP-MS联用的激光技术发展、校正方法、分馏效应、剥蚀颗粒分布研究及仪器装置与实验技术与改进,对LA-ICP-MS技术的应用作了回顾与展望。     

激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱在生物样品定量分析中的研究进展

激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)作为一种可以直接分析固体材料的元素含量和同位素比值的分析技术,已经历了30多年的迅速发展。本文首先简要介绍了LA-ICP-MS的仪器装置,之后阐述了LA-ICP-MS定量分析中的基体效应、分馏效应以及定量校正方法,重点介绍了其在生物医学研究中的应用。最后对LA-ICP-MS的发展方向和应用前景进行了展望。     

激光剥蚀串联电感耦合等离子体质谱在环境分析中的应用进展

激光剥蚀串联电感耦合等离子体质谱法(LA-ICP-MS)是一种功能强大的化学元素检测方法,它具有样品前处理简单、多元素同时测定、高通量、高灵敏度、宽线性范围以及原位分析等优点。同时,激光剥蚀可以与多接收器电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(MC-ICP-MS)串联用于稳定同位素组成测定,不仅避免了繁琐的样品前处理,同时还可应用于固体样品的微区原位同位素分析,揭示微观尺度上稳定同位素组成的变化。LA-ICP-MS已广泛应用于地质、考古等领域,其在环境科学领域应用相对起步较晚,但近年来发展迅速。该文总结了近年来LA-ICP-MS的环境分析方法开发及其在环境科学中的应用进展,并对其未来发展趋势进行了展望。     

硫化物矿物LA-ICP-MS激光剥蚀元素信号响应

采用193 nm ArF准分子激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)对5种天然硫化物矿物进行激光剥蚀分析, 基于不同硫化物矿物的剥蚀形貌特征和元素瞬时信号响应, 考察了硫化物矿物的元素分馏效应及激光频率、能量和激光斑径对硫化物矿物激光剥蚀行为的影响. 结果表明, 不同硫化物矿物的激光剥蚀形貌和元素分馏效应存在明显差异, 其中黄铁矿、辉钼矿和闪锌矿的剥蚀晕约为剥蚀斑径的10倍, 而黄铜矿和磁黄铁矿的剥蚀晕约为剥蚀斑径的14倍; 黄铜矿、磁黄铁矿和闪锌矿元素分馏因子(EFI)约为1.0, 其元素分馏效应可以忽略, 而黄铁矿和辉钼矿存在明显的元素分馏效应. 在对硫化物矿物的LA-ICP-MS分析中, 选择较大的激光剥蚀斑径、较小的激光剥蚀频率与激光能量可获得理想的信号强度和准确的分析结果.     

激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱法分析Cr∶ZnSe晶体中掺杂元素Cr的含量和分布

采用激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)法研究激光晶体材料Cr∶Zn Se晶体中掺杂元素铬(Cr)的含量和分布。利用镀膜扩散掺杂方法,制备不同掺杂浓度的Cr∶Zn Se晶体标准样品作为固体标准物质,实现Cr∶Zn Se晶体中Cr的定量分析。LA-ICP-MS法研究自制标准样品中Cr的分布均匀性,电感耦合等离子体光谱法测定其准确含量。通过激光点剥蚀和线扫描剥蚀采样,获得Cr元素的点位和含量分布信息,实现晶体中Cr的原位微区分析。标准工作曲线相关系数0.9992,检出限0.08 mg/kg。本方法可为不同生长条件下Cr∶Zn Se晶体中Cr的统计分布分析提供有效检测手段。     

激光烧蚀光谱-电感耦合等离子体质谱联用技术应用进展

激光烧蚀光谱（LAS）分析技术具有简便快速的特点,仪器设备简便,但对痕量元素分析能力不足。电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)分析技术则具有灵敏度高和多元素及同位素分析能力,但对基体元素分析存在困难。将LAS和ICP-MS分析技术相结合构成LAS-ICP-MS联用分析技术,可相互弥补LAS和ICP-MS技术的缺陷。介绍了近10年来LAS-ICP-MS联用技术的应用进展及发展趋势,并详细阐述了近年来LA-ICP-MS分别在地质、矿冶、材料、环境监测以及其它分析领域的应用。     

基于激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱技术的生物元素成像分析

生物体内的微量元素具有十分重要的生物功能,也与许多疾病密切相关。现代生物医学的研究亟需能在组织、细胞等不同水平上原位分析生物样品中微量元素的分析方法。本研究建立了激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱( LA-ICP-MS)原位分析生物样品的方法。采用线扫描模式和较小的激光输出能量(﹤1 J/cm2),得到了鼠脑切片和金纳米颗粒暴露后单细胞的金属元素成像图。 LA-ICP-MS具有空间分辨率高、检出限好、运行成本较低等优势,有望在生物医学研究中得到更广泛的应用,发挥更重要的作用。     

基体归一定量技术在激光烧蚀-等离子体质谱法锆石原位多元素分析中的应用

探讨了内标法和基体归一法校准的基本原理。基体归一校准法的基本步骤为:先用简单外标法测得样品中尽可能全的主、次、痕量元素含量,氧化物加和后进行100%归一,得到灵敏度校正系数,对所有元素的测定结果进行修正。修正结果的可靠性在很大程度上取决于测定元素是否"完全"。由于锆石的基体元素组成简单且易于测定,很适合用基体归一法校准。在激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱法(LA-ICP-MS)微区原位分析中,应用基体归一校准法的最大优点是:可以避免预先用其它微区分析技术对未知样品中的内标元素进行定量。该技术可适用于具有环带结构、难以找到均匀分布的内标元素的地质样品的元素空间分布测定。在高分辨ICP-MS(Element2)和NewWave-UV-213激光系统上,应用基体归一定量技术同时分析了锆石中主、次、痕量共54种元素。对未知锆石样品的分析,基体归一法与内标法结果的一致性令人满意。分析德国蛇纹岩标准玻璃ATHO-G中相对误差<25%的有52个元素,<10%的有36个元素;大多数元素的相对标准偏差<10%。     

LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素定年存在的基体效应研究进展北大核心CSCD

激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱法(LA-ICP-MS)是开展锆石微区原位U-Pb同位素定年研究的重要技术方法。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素定年存在的基体效应是影响其分析结果准确度和精密度的主要因素。依据前人有关基体效应的研究成果,总结了基体效应的类型主要有元素基体效应、高铀或高D_(dpa)基体效应以及α通量基体效应,详细阐述了各种基体效应的性质和产生机理,探讨了已建立的基体效应应对策略存在的问题和不足(引用文献46篇)。     

Imaging mass spectrometry in biological tissues by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Of all the inorganic mass spectrometric techniques, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) plays a key role as a powerful and sensitive microanalytical technique enabling multi- element trace analysis and isotope ratio measurements at trace and ultratrace level. LA-ICP-MS was used to produce images of detailed regionally-specific element distribution in 20 microm thin sections of different parts of the human brain. The quantitative determination of copper, zinc, lead and uranium distribution in thin slices of human brain samples was performed using matrix-matched laboratory standards via external calibration procedures. Imaging mass spectrometry provides new information on the spatially inhomogeneous element distribution in thin sections of human tissues, for example, of different brain regions (the insular region) or brain tumor tissues. The detection limits obtained for Cu, Zn, Pb and U were in the ng g(-1) range. Possible strategies of LA-ICP-MS in brain research and life sciences include the elemental imaging of thin slices of brain tissue or applications in proteome analysis by combination with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization MS to study phospho- and metal- containing proteins will be discussed.     

Using laser ablation/inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to bioimage multiple elements in mouse tumors after hyperthermia

In this study, we employed laser ablation/inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to map the spatial distribution of Gd-doped iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) in one tumor slice that had been subjected to magnetic fluid hyperthermia (MFH). The mapping results revealed the high resolution of the elemental analysis, with the distribution of Gd atoms highly correlated with that of the Fe atoms. The spatial distributions of C, P, S, and Zn atoms revealed that the effect of MFH treatment was significantly dependent on the diffusion of the magnetic fluid in the tissue. An observed enrichment of Cu atoms after MFH treatment was probably due to inflammation in the tumor. The abnormal distribution of Ni atoms suggests a probable biochemical reaction in the tumor. Therefore, this LA-ICP-MS mapping technique can provide novel information regarding the spatial distribution of elements in tumors after cancer therapy.     

Imaging of uranium on rat brain sections using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: a new tool for the study of critical substructures affined to heavy metals in tissues

The specific toxicity of trace metals and compounds largely depends on their bioavailability in different organs or compartments of the organism considered. Imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) with a spatial resolution in the 100 microm range was developed and employed to study heavy metal distribution in brain tissues for toxicological screening. Rat brain post-mortem tissues were stained in an aqueous solution of either uranium or neodymium (metal concentration 100 microg g(-1)) for 3 h. The incubation of heavy metal in thin slices of brain tissue is followed by an imaging mass spectrometric LA-ICP-MS technique. Stained rat brain tissue (thickness 30 microm) were scanned with a focused laser beam (wavelength 266 nm, diameter of laser crater 100 microm and laser power density 3 x 10(9) W cm(-2)). The ion intensities of (235)U(+), (238)U(+), (145)Nd(+) and (146)Nd(+) were measured by LA-ICP-MS within the ablated area. For quantification purposes, matrix-matched laboratory standards were prepared by dosing each analyte to the pieces of homogenized brain tissue. Imaging LA-ICP-MS allows structures of interest to be identified and the relevant dose range to be estimated. Copyright (c) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Biomonitoring of metal contamination in a marine prosobranch snail (Nassarius reticulatus) by imaging laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)

An imaging mass spectrometric method using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) was developed to determine Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg and Pb and metal distribution in longitudinal tissue sections of the marine snail Nassarius reticulatus (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Snails were sampled in northern Brittany (France) at three stations with different contamination levels.The quantification of metal distribution (imaging or mapping) in a thin slice of the snail tissue was carried out using different strategies: by one-point calibration and via matrix-matched laboratory standards using different biological materials (BCR 278, snail tissue, and rat brain). Together with the imaging of metals the distribution of two non-metals (carbon and sulfur) was analyzed. The imaging LA-ICP-MS analysis yielded an inhomogeneous distribution for all elements investigated. The detection limits for the distribution analysis of Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg and Pb measured by LA-ICP-MS were in the low μg g⁻¹ range.     

Quantitative imaging of zinc, copper and lead in three distinct regions of the human brain by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) was used to determine the distribution of the trace elements zinc, copper and lead in insular, central and hippocampal areas of thin tissue sections (thickness 20microm) through an entire human brain hemisphere. For the investigation of the tissue samples, a commercial laser ablation system was coupled to a double-focusing sector field ICP-MS. The regions of interest of healthy brain tissue (thickness 20microm) were scanned (raster area approximately 200mm(2)) with a focused laser beam (wavelength 266nm, diameter of laser crater 200microm and laser power density 3x10(9)Wcm(-2)). The ion intensities of (64)Zn(+), (63)Cu(+) and (208)Pb(+) were measured by LA-ICP-MS within the ablated area. For quantification purposes, matrix-matched laboratory standards were prepared by means of dosing of each analyte to the pieces of brain tissue. The mass spectrometric analysis yielded inhomogeneous and largely reciprocal distributions of Zn and Cu in the selected areas of investigated brain samples. The highest concentrations of Zn and Cu with the most distinct distribution pattern were found in the hippocampus (up to 15microg g(-1)). In contrast to zinc and copper, for lead, a more homogeneous distribution throughout all regions examined was found at a low concentration (in the ngg(-1) range) level within the analytical range of LA-ICP-MS.     

A new laser ablation system for quantitative analysis of solid samples with ICP-MS.

The laser ablation (LA) method is an effective technique for quantitative analysis. In the present work, a new LA system was developed for the high-sensitivity analysis of metal materials using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). This system consists of a high-frequency Q-switched laser and 2 scanning mirrors for scanning the ablation spot in an adequately large area of the specimen without vacant spaces. The influence of elemental fractionation (non-stoichiometric generation of vapor species) can be eliminated by repetitive irradiation of this pattern on the same area. Particles generated with an average laser power of 0.6 W with the developed LA system gave intensity and stability substantially similar to that of a 500 microg/ml solution steel sample in solution ICP-MS. The analytical performance of the developed LA-ICP-MS was compared with that of a solution ICP-MS using NIST steel SRMs. The performance of the newly-developed system is comparable to that of conventional solution ICP-MS in both accuracy and precision. The correlation coefficients between the contents and the intensity ratios to Fe were over 0.99 for most elements. The relative standard deviation (RSD) obtained by LA-ICP-MS revealed that this system can analyze iron samples with good precision. The results of ultra trace level analysis of high-purity iron showed that developed LA-ICP-MS is capable of analyzing ppm concentration levels with a 20 - 30 ppb level standard deviation. The detection limit was on the order of 10 ppb for most elements.     

Fast steel-cleanness characterization by means of laser-assisted plasma spectrometric methods

Laser-assisted plasma spectrometry is a palette of analytical techniques (L-OES, LA-ICP-MS) capable of fast spatially-resolved elemental analysis in the micrometer range. For fast estimation of the occurrence in steel samples of non-metallic inclusions, which degrade the material's technical properties, simultaneous OES detection and sequential ICP-MS detection were compared. Histograms were obtained for the intensity distribution of the acquired signals (laser pulse statistics). The skewness coefficient of the histograms for Al (indicator of non-metallic inclusions) was found to be clearly dependent on the fraction of non-metallic inclusions in the case of scanning L-OES. For LA-ICP-MS less clear dependence was observed, which was influenced by the acquisition characteristics. In fact, less measurement throughput limited for LA-ICP-MS the counting statistics to an extent that overrides the benefit of higher detection power as compared to L-OES.     

Biomonitoring of essential and toxic metals in single hair using on-line solution-based calibration in laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) has been established as a powerful and sensitive surface analytical technique for the determination of concentration and distribution of trace metals within biological systems at micrometer spatial resolution. LA-ICP-MS allows easy quantification procedures if suitable standard references materials (SRM) are available. In this work a new SRM-free approach of solution-based calibration method in LA-ICP-MS for element quantification in hair is described. A dual argon flow of the carrier gas and nebulizer gas is used. A dry aerosol produced by laser ablation (LA) of biological sample and a desolvated aerosol generated by pneumatic nebulization (PN) of standard solutions are carried by two different flows of argon as carrier or nebulizer gas, respectively and introduced separately in the injector tube of a special ICP torch, through two separated apertures. Both argon flows are mixed directly in the ICP torch. External calibration via defined standard solutions before analysis of single hair was employed as calibration strategy. A correction factor, calculated using hair with known analyte concentration (measured by ICP-MS), is applied to correct the different elemental sensitivities of ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS. Calibration curves are obtained by plotting the ratio of analyte ion M⁺/³⁴S⁺ ion intensities measured using LA-ICP-MS in dependence of analyte concentration in calibration solutions. Matrix-matched on-line calibration in LA-ICP-MS is carried out by ablating of human hair strands (mounted on a sticky tape in the LA chamber) using a focused laser beam in parallel with conventional nebulization of calibration solutions. Calibrations curves of Li, Na, Mg, Al, K, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Co, Cu, Zn, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, I, Hg, Pb, Tl, Bi and U are presented. The linear correlation coefficients (R) of calibration curves for analytes were typically between 0.97 and 0.999. The limits of detection (LODs) of Li, V, Mn, Ni, Co, Cu, Sr, Mo, Ag, Ba, Cd, I, Hg, Pb, Bi and U in a single hair strand were in the range of 0.001-0.90 μg g⁻¹, whereas those of Cr and Zn were 3.4 and 5.1 μg g⁻¹, respectively. The proposed quantification strategy using on-line solution-based calibration in LA-ICP-MS was applied for biomonitoring (the spatial resolved distribution analysis) of essential and toxic metals and iodine in human hair and mouse hair.     

The determination of silicon in airborne particulate matter by XRF and LA-ICP-MS

This study reports the analysis of Si in airborne particulate matter by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) as well as X-ray fluorescence (XRF). It was found that Si concentration in airborne particulates collected on PTFE-membrane filters could be accurately determined with a laser beam operated at 160 mJ free running mode, 6.5 mm defocusing distance and 0.8 l/min carrier gas flow rate during the LA-ICP-MS measurement. Standard filters prepared by NIST SRM 1648 urban particulates were used for both XRF and LA-ICP-MS not only to establish the calibration curves of Si, but also to examine the proposed method's effectiveness. The capability of applying both methods for natural sample analysis was also examined. Particulate loaded filter samples collected from a heavily polluted metropolitan area of Kaoshiung, Taiwan were initially measured by XRF, then by LA-ICP-MS. An intercomparison between them was thus performed. As a result, both XRF and LA-ICP-MS proved to be the valid analytical methods for directly determining Si concentrations in airborne particulates on PTFE membrane filters.