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Contents list for Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, issue 8, 2008
Front cover
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1045
DOI: 10.1039/b811757h
Contents and Chemical Technology
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1047
DOI: 10.1039/b811759b
Perspective
Human metallothionein metallomics
Yuan Li and Wolfgang Maret,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1055
DOI: 10.1039/b802220h
This article discusses the structural complexity of the family of human metallothioneins (MTs) with the goal of providing a background for future investigations of their functions in health and disease by molecular and atomic spectroscopies.
Papers
A highly sensitive analytical method for metal-labelled amino acids by HPLC/ICP-MS
Daigo Iwahata, Kazuo Hirayama and Hiroshi Miyano,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1063
DOI: 10.1039/b802862a
A highly sensitive method for the determination of amino acids was developed. The mixed amino acids were derivatized by a Ru-reagent, separated by RP-HPLC and detected by ICP-MS.
Micro X-ray fluorescence imaging and micro X-ray absorption spectroscopy of cadmium hyper-accumulating plant, Arabidopsis halleri ssp. gemmifera, using high-energy synchrotron radiation
Naoki Fukuda, Akiko Hokura, Nobuyuki Kitajima, Yasuko Terada, Hiroyuki Saito, Tomoko Abe and Izumi Nakai,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1068
DOI: 10.1039/b803602k
-XRF and -XANES analyses revealed the striking sub-cellular distribution and the chemical form of Cd in the trichome of Cd-hyperaccumulator plant, Arabidopsis halleri ssp. gemmifera.
LA-ICP-MS studies of zinc exchange by copper in bovine serum albumin using an isotopic enriched copper tracer
J. Susanne Becker, Dirce Pozebon, Valderi Luiz Dressler, Ryszard Lobinski and J. Sabine Becker,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1076
DOI: 10.1039/b803554g
BN-PAGE gels were doped with an enriched isotope 65Cu tracer. The isotope ratio measurements of Cu and Zn by LA-ICP-MS indicate a fast exchange of Zn bonded on BSA with Cu.
Nano-imaging of trace metals by synchrotron X-ray fluorescence into dopaminergic single cells and neurite-like processes
Asuncion Carmona, Peter Cloetens, Guillaume Devès, Sylvain Bohic and Richard Ortega,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1083
DOI: 10.1039/b802242a
This new experimental setup for high spatial resolution imaging of chemical elements revealed subcellular trace metal compartmentation in dopaminergic cells.
Multiple molecular simultaneous imaging in a live mouse using semiconductor Compton camera
Shinji Motomura, Yousuke Kanayama, Hiromitsu Haba, Yasuyoshi Watanabe and Shuichi Enomoto,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1089
DOI: 10.1039/b802964d
The feasibility of semiconductor Compton cameras for multiple molecular imaging in nuclear medicine was demonstrated by a live mouse imaging experiment.
Signal enhancement in laser ablation ICP-MS by addition of nitrogen in the central channel gas
Zhaochu Hu, Shan Gao, Yongsheng Liu, Shenghong Hu, Haihong Chen and Honglin Yuan,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1093
DOI: 10.1039/b804760j
The addition of 5–10 ml min-1 of nitrogen to the central channel gas in LA-ICP-MS increases the sensitivities for most of the 65 investigated elements by a factor of 2–3 and reduces the ThO+/Th+ ratio by one order of magnitude.
Precise measurement of 228Ra/226Ra for 226Ra determination employing total integration and simultaneous 228Th correction by multicollector ICP-MS using multiple ion counters
Akio Makishima, Takele A. Chekol and Eizo Nakamura,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1102
DOI: 10.1039/b807431c
A precise method of measuring 228Ra/226Ra for 226Ra determination used in U-series disequilibrium studies has been developed using the total integration method with simultaneous 228Th isobaric interference correction by multicollector ICP-MS with multiple ion counters.
Magnetic drop-in tungsten boat furnace vaporisation inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (MDI-TBF-ICP-AES) for the direct solid sampling of iron and steel
Hiroko Kataoka, Yasuaki Okamoto, Takaya Matsushita, Satoshi Tsukahara, Terufumi Fujiwara and Kazuaki Wagatsuma,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1108
DOI: 10.1039/b803995j
A magnetically hanging sample was dropped into a tungsten boat furnace, when the sample temperature was reached to its Curie point. The dropped sample melted immediately to generate the analyte vapour.
Technical Notes
Analysis of mercury-containing protein fractions in brain cytosol of the maternal and infant rats after exposure to a low-dose of methylmercury by SEC coupled to isotope dilution ICP-MS
Meng Wang, Wei-Yue Feng, Hua-Jian Wang, Yu Zhang, Jing Li, Bai Li, Yu-Liang Zhao and Zhi-Fang Chai,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1112
DOI: 10.1039/b802124d
The amounts of sulfur, mercury, zinc and copper in protein fractions are determined by SEC coupled to a collision cell ICP-MS with the postcolumn isotope dilution analysis.
Direct speciation of metals in copper-zinc superoxide dismutase isoforms on electrophoresis gels using X-ray absorption near edge structure
Sylviane Chevreux, Stéphane Roudeau, Aurélien Fraysse, Asuncion Carmona, Guillaume Devès, Pier Lorenzo Solari, Tsu Chien Weng and Richard Ortega,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1117
DOI: 10.1039/b802375a
A new methodology for the direct speciation of metals using X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) on metalloproteins separated in non-denaturing conditions.
Mapping technique for biodistribution of elements in a model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans, after exposure to copper nanoparticles with microbeam synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence
Yuxi Gao, Nianqing Liu, Chunying Chen, Yunfeng Luo, Yufeng Li, Zhiyong Zhang, Yuliang Zhao, Baolu Zhao, Atsuo Iida and Zhifang Chai,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1121
DOI: 10.1039/b802338g
Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) was used as a 
model
organism to investigate the bioaccumulation and toxicological effects of engineered copper nanoparticles with microbeam synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence (-SRXRF).
Real-time multielement monitoring of airborne particulate matter using ICP-MS instrument equipped with gas converter apparatus
Kohei Nishiguchi, Keisuke Utani and Eiji Fujimori,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1125
DOI: 10.1039/b802302f
The real-time multielement monitoring of APM was carried out using an ICP-MS instrument equipped with a new gas converter apparatus.
Atomic Spectrometry Update
Atomic spectrometry update. Atomic mass spectrometry
Jeffrey R. Bacon, Kathryn L. Linge, Randall R. Parrish and Luc Van Vaeck,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1130
DOI: 10.1039/b808563n
Research and developments in the field of atomic mass spectrometry that were reported during 2007 are reviewed.
Back matter
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1163
DOI: 10.1039/b811760h
Back cover
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 1167
DOI: 10.1039/b811761f
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