Shu Wu1, †, Linxi Qian2, †, Lin Huang1, Xuming Sun1, Haiyang Su1, Deepanjali D Gurav1, Mawei Jiang2, Wei Cai2,*, Kun Qian1,*
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1School of Biomedical Engineering, Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People’s Republic of China. 2Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of China.
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Nano-Micro Lett. (2018) 10: 52
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First Online: 17 April 2018 (Article)
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DOI:10.1007/s40820-018-0204-6
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: k.qian@sjtu.edu.cn ; caiw1978@163.com |
Abstract
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Nutriology relies on advanced analytical tools to study the molecular compositions of food and provide key information on sample quality/safety. Small nutrients detection is challenging due to the high diversity and broad dynamic range of molecules in food samples, and a further issue is to track low abundance toxins. Herein, we developed a novel plasmonic matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI MS) approach to detect small nutrients and toxins in complex biological emulsion samples. Silver nanoshells (SiO2@Ag) with optimized structures were used as matrices and achieved direct analysis of ~6 nL of human breast milk without any enrichment or separation. We performed identification and quantitation of small nutrients and toxins with limit-of-detection down to 0.4 pmol (for melamine) and reaction time shortened to minutes, which is superior to the conventional biochemical method currently in use. The developed-approach contributes to the near-future application of MALDI MS in a broad field and personalized design of plasmonic materials for real case bio-analysis.
Keywords
Plasmonic materials; Laser desorption/ionization; Mass spectrometry; Small nutrients; Toxins
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