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Analyst, 2009, 134, 2183 - 2188, DOI: 10.1039/b910428c


Engineered nanoparticle surfaces for improved mass spectrometric analyses

Zheng-Jiang Zhu, Vincent M. Rotello and Richard W. Vachet


Engineering of nanoparticle surface functionality provides controlled interactions with biomolecules such as cell membrane lipids, proteins and nucleic acids. Concurrently, this surface chemistry control also opens up new avenues for improving mass spectral analyses. In this Minireview, we highlight some of the emerging work that integrates surface-engineered nanoparticles with mass spectrometry to improve the analysis of a wide variety of chemical and biological systems.

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