A new dynamic in mass spectral imaging of single biological cells

JS Fletcher, S Rabbani, A Henderson… - Analytical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) has unique capabilities in the
area of high-resolution mass spectrometric imaging of biological samples. The technique …

Label free biochemical 2D and 3D imaging using secondary ion mass spectrometry

JS Fletcher, JC Vickerman, N Winograd - Current opinion in chemical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) provides a method for the
detection of native and exogenous compounds in biological samples on a cellular scale …

A concise tutorial review of TOF-SIMS based molecular and cellular imaging

P Massonnet, RMA Heeren - Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This concise tutorial review provides a description of the current state of the art in the
application of time-of flight based secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) in the field …

Three‐dimensional mass spectral imaging of HeLa‐M cells–sample preparation, data interpretation and visualisation

JS Fletcher, S Rabbani, A Henderson… - Rapid …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToFSIMS) is being applied increasingly to
the study of biological systems where the chemical specificity of mass spectrometry and the …

Biological tissue sample preparation for time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF–SIMS) imaging

S Yoon, TG Lee - Nano Convergence, 2018 - Springer
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF–SIMS) imaging is an analytical
technique rapidly expanding in use in biological studies. This technique is based on high …

Secondary ion mass spectrometry imaging of tissues, cells, and microbial systems

CR Anderton, LJ Gamble - Microscopy today, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is a technique capable of imaging tissues, single
cells, and microbes revealing chemical species with sub-micrometer spatial resolution. The …

Time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry imaging of biological samples with delayed extraction for high mass and high spatial resolutions

QP Vanbellingen, N Elie, MJ Eller… - Rapid …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale In Time‐of‐Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF‐SIMS), pulsed and
focused primary ion beams enable mass spectrometry imaging, a method which is …

Lipid imaging with time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS)

MK Passarelli, N Winograd - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and Cell …, 2011 - Elsevier
Fundamental advances in secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) now allow for the
examination and characterization of lipids directly from biological materials. The successful …

Developments in molecular SIMS depth profiling and 3D imaging of biological systems using polyatomic primary ions

JS Fletcher, NP Lockyer… - Mass spectrometry …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In principle mass spectral imaging has enormous potential for discovery applications in
biology. The chemical specificity of mass spectrometry combined with spatial analysis …

TOF-SIMS 3D Biomolecular Imaging of Xenopus laevis Oocytes Using Buckminsterfullerene (C60) Primary Ions

JS Fletcher, NP Lockyer, S Vaidyanathan… - Analytical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) using buckminsterfullerene
(C60) as the primary ion source has the ability to generate chemical images of surfaces with …