Volume 52, Issue 42 pp. 11025-11028
Communication

Rapid Removal of Matrices from Small-Volume Samples by Step-Voltage Nanoelectrospray

Zhenwei Wei

Zhenwei Wei

Department of Chemistry, Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)

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Shuo Han

Shuo Han

Department of Chemistry, Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)

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Xiaoyun Gong

Xiaoyun Gong

Department of Chemistry, Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)

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Yaoyao Zhao

Yaoyao Zhao

Department of Chemistry, Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)

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Chengdui Yang

Chengdui Yang

Department of Chemistry, Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)

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Prof. Sichun Zhang

Prof. Sichun Zhang

Department of Chemistry, Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)

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Prof. Xinrong Zhang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Xinrong Zhang

Department of Chemistry, Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)

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First published: 23 August 2013
Citations: 55

This research is supported by the 973 program (2013CB933800), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21027013) and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2011YQ090005).

Graphical Abstract

Matrix unloaded: By changing from fixed-voltage (left) to step-voltage nanoelectrospray (right), the mass-spectrometric analysis of small-volume physiological samples is possible. Separation and ionization are achieved in one process, which avoids sample loss and dilution and prevents interference by the matrix. The result is high sensitivity even for samples at the nanoliter level.

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