Build, Share and Remix: 3D Printing for Speeding Up the Innovation Cycles in Ambient Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (AIMS)

Autor: Nancy Shyrley García-Rojas, Héctor Guillén-Alonso, Sandra Martínez-Jarquín, Abigail Moreno-Pedraza, Leonardo D. Soto-Rodríguez, Robert Winkler
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Metabolites, Vol 12, Iss 2, p 185 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2218-1989
DOI: 10.3390/metabo12020185
Popis: Ambient ionisation mass spectrometry (AIMS) enables studying biological systems in their native state and direct high-throughput analyses. The ionisation occurs in the physical conditions of the surrounding environment. Simple spray or plasma-based AIMS devices allow the desorption and ionisation of molecules from solid, liquid and gaseous samples. 3D printing helps to implement new ideas and concepts in AIMS quickly. Here, we present examples of 3D printed AIMS sources and devices for ion transfer and manipulation. Further, we show the use of 3D printer parts for building custom AIMS sampling robots and imaging systems. Using 3D printing technology allows upgrading existing mass spectrometers with relatively low cost and effort.
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