Ultrasensitive, rapid, and selective detection of mercury using graphene assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 861-868

  Abdelhamid, Hani Nasser ^a,b   Wu, Hui Fen ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biosensing; Graphene; Mass spectrometry; Mercury; Selective

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION REACTIONS; DESORPTION; GRAPHENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL COMPLEXES;

BIOSENSING; LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; SAMPLE PRETREATMENT; SELECTIVE; SELECTIVE COORDINATION; SELECTIVE DETECTION; SPECIFIC DETECTION; ULTRA SENSITIVES;

MERCURY (METAL);

GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; MERCURY; THYMINE; COORDINATION COMPOUND; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; GRAPHITE; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; POLLUTANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GRAPHENE ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSOR; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLUBILITY; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COORDINATION COMPLEXES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GRAPHITE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, SECONDARY ION; THYMINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898647207     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-0825-z     Document Type: Article

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