Mass spectrometric imaging of brain tissue by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry - How do polyatomic primary beams C-60(+), Ar-2000(+), water-doped Ar-2000(+) and (H2O)(6000)(+) compare?

作者：Razo Irma Berrueta; Sheraz Sadia; Henderson Alex; Lockyer Nicholas P; Vickerman John C^*

来源：Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2015, 29(20): 1851-1862.

DOI：10.1002/rcm.7285

RationaleTo discover the degree to which water-containing cluster beams increase secondary ion yield and reduce the matrix effect in time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) imaging of biological tissue.
MethodsThe positive SIMS ion yields from model compounds, mouse brain lipid extract and mouse brain tissue together with mouse brain images were compared using 20 keV C-60(+), Ar-2000(+), water-doped Ar-2000(+) and pure (H2O)(6000)(+) primary beams.
ResultsWater-containing cluster beams where the beam energy per nucleon (E/nucleon) approximate to 0.2 eV are optimum for enhancing ion yields dependent on protonation. Ion yield enhancements over those observed using Ar-2000(+) lie in the range 10 to >100 using the (H2O)(6000)(+) beam, while with water-doped (H2O)Ar-2000(+) they lie in the 4 to 10 range. The two water-containing beams appear to be optimum for tissue imaging and show strong evidence of increasing yields from molecules that experience matrix suppression under other primary beams.
ConclusionsThe application of water-containing primary beams is suggested for biological SIMS imaging applications, particularly if the beam energy can be raised to 40 keV or higher to further increase ion yield and enhance spatial resolution to 1 mu m.

• 出版日期2015-10-30