title: Recent directions of electrospray mass spectrometry for elemental speciation analysis.
abstract: A brief survey is given of the last 2 years' literature on electrospray mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) for speciation analysis. As observed for many years, the main recent applications in this field concern arsenic and selenium species, especially in studies encompassing combined use of molecular and element mass spectrometry. A further application field is the stoichiometric characterization of metal complexes by ESI-MS, which in some studies was assisted by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. A few examples are presented to illustrate arsenic species involved in metabolic pathways, sulfur species in oils and bitumen, and aluminum complexes. On the basis of this review, we also give an outlook of expected future developments and trends in this research field.
authors: Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique Bio-Inorganique et Environnement/IPREM, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour/CNRS UMR 5254, Hélioparc, 2 av. du Président Angot, 64053 Pau, France. dirk.schaumloeffel@univ-pau.fr
authors: Dirk
authors: D
authors: Schaumlöffel
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Tholey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004602:Elements; D006801:Humans; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D004602:Elements