Emerging Techniques

Other ICP-MS applications


ICP-MS is an exciting and relatively young field. Recent innovations in ICP-MS include

  • Determination of chemical state
  • Isotope-specific measurements 
  • Lanthanide labeling


Pure Lanthanum. Image: Jurii (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.)
Lanthanides (such as the lanthanum above) can be used for relative protein quantification. Image credit: Jurii (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.)