The preparation of matrix-matched material for elemental quantitative analysis in rice flour matrix is proposed here for the first time as part of a feasibility study using the SN-ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS methods. It was prepared via the spiking process...
The control of the composition of food products with protected designation of origin, such as wines and sparkling wines, is essential to prevent fraudulent practices and adulterations. A wide range of compounds can be used as tentative biomarkers for...
In this work, a method of recalculation of results of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) technique to Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) method was elaborated for biosorption studies. Equations that calibrate XRF to ICP-OES were...
Analytical methods for the determination of total arsenic (TAs) and arsenic species (arsenite—As(III), arsenate—As(V), monomethylarsenic acid—MMA, dimethylarsenic acid—DMA and arsenobetaine—AsB) in freshwater fish sample...
A total of 170 samples of whisky from 11 countries were analysed in terms of their elemental profiles. The levels of 31 elements were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS): Ag, Al, B, Ba, Be, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Li, Mn,...
Samples from the different processing stages in the elaboration of sparkling wine (cava)—including must, base wine, and sparkling wine—of Pinot Noir and Xarel·lo grape varieties from different vineyard qualities (A, B, C, D) have b...
The article describes a comparative analysis of chromium coatings deposited by magnetron sputtering with and without ion assistance induced by a radiofrequency inductively coupled plasma (RF-ICP) source. Four series of 2 µm-thick Cr coatings we...
Tellurium, recognized as one of the technology-critical elements, should be considered as a xenobiotic. Its application, i.a. in the growing photovoltaic industry, raises concerns about Te(IV) and Te(VI) release to the environment. As both forms diff...
Background/Objectives: In neurocritical care, usually, the only continuous measurement of brain pathophysiology is intracranial pressure (ICP). The objective of this study was to find the relationship between cerebral blood flow (CBF) and parameters...
As one of the automated guided vehicle (AGV) positioning methods, the LiDAR positioning method, based on artificial landmarks, has been widely used in warehousing logistics industries in recent years. However, the traditional LiDAR positioning method...
Selenium, a trace element of significant importance for human health and the environment, can be introduced into the environment through coal combustion. Accurate determination of selenium in coal and coal-bearing strata is essential for implementing...
11 April 2018
There has been a massive increase in recent years of the use of lead (Pb) isotopes in attempts to better understand sources and pathways of Pb in the environment and in man or experimental animals. Unfortunately, there have been many cases where the...
The Mandorla di Avola is recognized all over the world as one of the best almond varieties. It is cultivated in a small area inside the provinces of Siracusa and Ragusa (Sicily, southern Italy). It is used in traditional Sicilian cuisine for both sal...
The purpose of this article is to present a study aimed at developing a method for the precise determination of unmanned surface vehicle (USV) movement parameters (heading (HDG), speed over ground (SOG) and rate of turn (ROT)) through appropriate pro...
A novel ICP-OES method has been developed for the determination of Si concentration, originating from polyorganophosphosilanes, in biological specimens that also contain metal ions. The method is free of hazardous hydrofluoric acid (HF) and involves...
The goal of accurately quantifying trace elements in ultrapure silicon carbide (SiC) with a purity target of 5N (99.999% purity) was addressed. The unsuitability of microwave-assisted acid digestion followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectro...
Attenuated Total Reflection–Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy and Inductively Coupled Plasma–Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) are widely used to investigate the chemical structure and elemental composition of mater...
The prolific applicability of nanomaterials has made them a common citizen in biological systems, where they interact with proteins forming a biological corona complex. These complexes drive the interaction of nanomaterials with and within the cells,...
A synthetic route to producing gold-doped environmentally relevant nanoplastics and a method for the rapid and high-throughput qualitative investigation of their cellular interactions have been developed. Polyethylene (PE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC...
In this article, inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometry (ICP-MS) and inductively coupled plasma optical-emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) were used for the development of an analytical procedure for analysis of the waste of Sm-Co magnets. Experim...
SLAM technology is increasingly used to self-locate mobile robots in an unknown environment. One of the methods used in this technology is called scan matching. Increasing evidence is placed on the accuracy and speed of the methods used in terms of n...
One of the main applications of mobile robots is the large-scale perception of the outdoor environment. One of the main challenges of this application is fusing environmental data obtained by multiple robots, especially heterogeneous robots. This pap...
A method was developed for the determination of total titanium in food and food supplements by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) after microwave-assisted acid digestion of samples. Five food supplements, including one certified re...
Single cell elemental (SC) analysis of isogenic cell cultures can be done using inductively coupled plasma (ICP-MS) detection. However, 2D cell cultures are just models to simplify the complexity of real tissue samples. Here, we show for the first ti...
Elemental analysis of olive oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) is challenging because of the high organic load in olive oil samples and the low analyte concentrations. However, conflicting operating procedures in the prepar...
Over three decades of research has been undertaken on point cloud registration algorithms, resulting in mature theoretical frameworks and methodologies. However, among the numerous registration techniques used, the impact of point cloud scanning qual...
A laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS) based method is proposed for the quantitative determination of the spatial distribution of metal nanoparticles (NPs) supported on planar substrates. The surface is sampled usin...
Robust robotic autonomy remains challenging in complex environments, where loss of stability on uneven or slippery terrain can induce extreme accelerations and angular velocities. Such motions corrupt sensor measurements and degrade state estimation,...
The detection and quantification of nanoplastics in aquatic environments is one of the major challenges in environmental and analytical research nowadays. The use of common analytical techniques for this purpose is not only hampered by the size of na...
In this paper, we proposed an efficient and high-precision process for fabricating large-area microlens arrays using thermal reflow combined with ICP etching. When the temperature rises above the glass transition temperature, the polymer cylinder wil...
As the production and use of cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) increases, so does the concern of the scientific community over their release into the environment. Single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry is emerging as one of...
Textile-derived microplastics (MPs), particularly polyethylene terephthalate (PET) microfibers from infant garments, are an emerging concern due to potential early-life exposure and the vulnerability of infant physiological systems. However, existing...
10 March 2023
The first element legislated adopting chemical speciation was chromium (Cr) for differentiation between the highly toxic Cr(VI) from the micronutrient Cr(III). Therefore, this work aimed to develop a new analytical method through the coupling of High...
Silver (Ag) and zinc (Zn) are very powerful antimicrobial metals. Therefore, in this research, a high-throughput, sensitive, and rapid method was developed for the determination of Ag and Zn in microcapsules using inductively coupled plasma mass spec...
Forest damage has been increasingly recorded over the past decade in both Europe and Hungary, primarily due to prolonged droughts, causing a decline in forest health. In the framework of ICP Forests, the forest damage has been monitored for decades;...
To overcome incomplete point cloud data obtained from laser scanners scanning complex surfaces, multi-viewpoint cloud data needs to be aligned for use. A hybrid improved SAC-IA with a KD-ICP algorithm is proposed for local point cloud alignment optim...
With the rapid development of LiDAR technology in recent years, high-resolution LiDAR data possess a great capability to describe fine surface morphology in detail; thus, differencing multi-temporal datasets becomes a powerful tool to explain the sur...
The work described herein assesses the ability to characterize gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) of 50 and 100 nm, as well as 60 nm silver shelled gold core nanospheres (Au/Ag NPs), for their mass, respective size, and isotopic composition in an automated...
10 December 2015
Regulatory efforts rely on nanometrology for the development and implementation of laws regarding the incorporation of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) into industrial and consumer products. Copper is currently one of the most common metals used in th...
The Iterative Closest Point (ICP) is a matching technique used to determine the transformation matrix that best minimizes the distance between two point clouds. Although mostly used for 2D and 3D surface reconstruction, this technique is also widely...
Aluminum is very common in the natural environment and in everyday human life. We are living in the “aluminum age.” Its average daily intake should not exceed a few mg/day. Unfortunately, despite the growing number of alarming data about...
With industrial development, food safety problems occur frequently. The contamination of harmful elements in food has received widespread attention, especially heavy metal elements such as lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, and other heavy metals prove...
Gold nanoparticles (Au-NP) are frequently used as model nanomaterials to study nanoparticle behavior in plants due to their analytical detectability and negligible natural background in plant tissues. However, the feasibility of visualizing the spati...
In order to detect the abrasion of rails, a new point cloud alignment method combining 4-points congruent sets (4PCS) coarse alignment based on internal shape signature (ISS) and K-dimensional iterative closest points (KD-ICP) fine alignment is propo...
In this contribution, we report the results for the characterization of the BB zircon, a newly developed zircon reference material from Sri Lanka, via secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and multiple-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spect...
Commonly used sample introduction systems for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) are generally not well-suited for single particle ICP-MS (spICP-MS) applications due to their high sample requirements and low efficiency. In this stu...
Platinum compounds such as cisplatin (cisPt) embody the backbone of combination chemotherapy protocols against advanced lung cancer. However, their efficacy is primarily limited by inherent or acquired platinum resistance, the origin of which has not...
Zircon (ZrSiO4) is the most commonly used mineral in U–Pb geochronology. Although it has proven to be a robust chronometer, it can suffer from Pb-loss or elevated common Pb, both of which impede precision and accuracy of age determinations. Chemical...
The present study represents the determination of Ti and Cr in dry animal feeds using wet acid digestion and inductively coupled plasma–atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES), in order to use these metals as digestibility markers. A radiofreque...
The accuracy and stability of front-end point cloud registration algorithms are crucial for the mapping and localization precision in laser SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) systems. Traditional point-to-line and point-to-plane iterative c...
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