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 …

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 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 …

C60 Secondary Ion Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry

DF Smith, EW Robinson, AV Tolmachev… - Analytical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) has seen increased application for high spatial
resolution chemical imaging of complex biological surfaces. The advent and commercial …

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 …

Mass spectral analysis and imaging of tissue by ToF-SIMS—The role of buckminsterfullerene, C60+, primary ions

EA Jones, NP Lockyer, JC Vickerman - International Journal of Mass …, 2007 - Elsevier
Recent developments in desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry techniques have made
their application to biological analysis a realistic and successful proposition. Developments …

Secondary ion MS imaging of lipids in picoliter vials with a buckminsterfullerene ion source

SG Ostrowski, C Szakal, J Kozole, TP Roddy… - Analytical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Investigation of the spatial distribution of lipids in cell membranes can lead to an improved
understanding of the role of lipids in biological function and disease. Time-of-flight …

TOF-SIMS 3D imaging of native and non-native species within HeLa cells

J Brison, MA Robinson, DSW Benoit… - Analytical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In this study, a non-native chemical species, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), was imaged within
single HeLa cells using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). z …

MS/MS methodology to improve subcellular mapping of cholesterol using TOF-SIMS

PD Piehowski, AJ Carado, ME Kurczy… - Analytical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) can be utilized to map the
distribution of various molecules on a surface with submicrometer resolution. Much of its …

C60 Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry with a Hybrid-Quadrupole Orthogonal Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer

A Carado, MK Passarelli, J Kozole, JE Wingate… - Analytical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
A hybrid quadrupole orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometer optimized for matrix-
assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) and electrospray ionization has been equipped …