Abstract

Oral Sessions

Day 2: Thursday, May 15　10:40-11:00　Room B (Seiun 1)

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Imaging Mass Spectrometry using Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles as a Probe Material

(¹Kyushu Univ., ²I²CNER, ³JST•CREST)
Masanori Fujii¹, Naotoshi Nakashima^1,2,3, ^oYasuro Niidome^1,2

Laser-induced desorption and ionization (LDI) of gold ions were observed from gold nanorods in a liver tissue section (thickness: 10 µm). Because of the selective LDI processes of the gold nanorods, the distribution of gold in the liver was successfully determined by imaging mass spectrometry.