Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) for Quantitative Analysis in Environmental and Life Sciences: A Review of Challenges, Solutions, and Trends

Abstract

This focal point review provides an overview of recent developments and capabilities of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) coupled with different separation techniques for applications in the fields of quantitative environmental and bio-analysis. Over the past years numerous technical improvements, which are highlighted in this review, have helped to promote the evolution of ICP-MS to one of the most versatile tools for elemental quantification. In particular, the benefits and possibilities of using state-of-the-art hyphenated ICP-MS approaches for quantitative analysis are demonstrated with a focus on environmental and bio-analytical applications.

Perovskite-Inspired Photovoltaic Materials: Toward Best Practices in Materials Characterization and Calculations

“…Accurate quantification requires calibration with known concentration element standards. 144,145 • Resolution: 0.7-1.0 amu (for quadrupole mass spectrometer) 146 • Detection limit: nanogram per liter to microgram per liter, depending on the element 144,145 • Some species cannot be resolved because they have the same mass to charge ratio. 144 This could be overcome by using inductively coupled optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES).…”

Cold atmospheric plasma manipulation of proteins in food systems

“…It may be categorized as thermal or non-thermal plasma, depending on its density and electron temperature (Zhu et al, 2011). All types of plasma---including high, atmospheric, and low-pressure plasmas, have a broad spectrum of applications in different fields, such as textile (Huang et al, 2013;Malshe et al, 2013), electronics (He et al, 2013), life sciences (Pröfrock and Prange, 2012), packaging (Guillard et al, 2010;Pankaj et al, 2014a), dental applications (Hoffmann et al, 2013;Kim et al, 2014), sterilization (Lerouge et al, 2001;Moisan et al, 2002;Akitsu et al, 2005;Lee et al, 2006;De Geyter and Morent, 2012;Klämpfl et al, 2012;Kim et al, 2013;Ziuzina et al, 2013;Cui et al, 2016), plasma medicines (Weltmann et al, 2012;Laroussi, 2014), and food processing (Banu et al, 2012). Thanks to the special features of low-temperature (cold) atmospheric plasma technology---including cost-effectiveness, ability to achieve a moderate temperature in the vacuum-free systems, and flexibility in practice---many studies have recently been conducted on cold plasma applications (Oh et al, 2011).…”

Introduction of organic/hydro-organic matrices in inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry and mass spectrometry: A tutorial review. Part I. Theoretical considerations

“…Three ICP technologies have been developed: optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES, also called atomic emission spectroscopy, ICP-AES), mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) [1,3] and to a lesser extent atomic fluorescence spectrometry (ICP-AFS).ICP sources allow the atomization and the almost complete ionization of all elements in a wide range of samples [4]. Therefore, ICP-OES and ICP-MS techniques have been widely used over the years in various fields of applications,to carry out multi-elemental analyses and also isotopic characterizations in the case of ICP-MS( Figure 1) [1,5].…”

“…[4,5,10,11,),only few of these, principally focused on petroleum applications, deal with the introduction of organic/hydro-organic matrices [10,11,55,56]. In addition, diverse liquid samples introduction devices have been recently reviewed, including some considerations inorganic/hydro-organic matrices properties [6].…”