Novel applications of lanthanoides as analytical or diagnostic tools in the life sciences by icp-ms-based techniques

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Abstract

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a well-established analytical method for multi-elemental analysis in particular for elements at trace and ultra-trace levels. It has found acceptance in various application areas during the last decade. ICP-MS is also more and more applied for detection in the life sciences. For these applications, ICP-MS excels by a high sensitivity, which is independent of the molecular structure of the analyte, a wide linear dynamic range and by excellent multi-element capabilities. Furthermore, methods based on ICP-MS offer simple quantification concepts, for which usually (liquid) standards are applied, low matrix effects compared to other conventional bioanalytical techniques, and relative limits of detection (LODs) in the low pg g-1 range and absolute LODs down to the attomol range. In this chapter, we focus on new applications where the multi-element capability of ICP-MS is used for detection of lanthanoides or rare earth elements, which are applied as elemental stains or tags of biomolecules and in particular of antibodies.

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Müller, L., Traub, H., & Jakubowski, N. (2019). Novel applications of lanthanoides as analytical or diagnostic tools in the life sciences by icp-ms-based techniques. Physical Sciences Reviews, 1(11). https://doi.org/10.1515/psr-2016-0064

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