Anticancer drugs and other pharmaceuticals achieve maximal therapeutic efficacy with minimal side effects when delivered to the target site at an appropriate concentration. Accordingly, quantifying th...

Methodology based on the use of single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (SP-ICP-MS) for the detection and quantification of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) micro/nanoplastics was develop...

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00495K, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Yuya Shimizu, Masaya Tahara, Akane Yaida, Yukiko Moriiwa, Toshihiro Takamatsu, Atsushi Shoji, Akitoshi Okino Direct analysis of drug molecules inside solid tissue-like material using a plasma injection probe and mass spectrometry. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00455A, Technical Note Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Isabel Abad-Alvaro, Inés Lázaro-Fernández, Eduardo Bolea, Francisco Laborda Preparation and characterization of PVC model micro/nanoplastics to be used in risk assessment studies by methodology based on single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (SP-ICP-MS). To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D6JA00024J, PaperShuji Yamashita, Kota Yamamoto, Takafumi Hirata A critical evaluation of measurement uncertainties for the isotopic ratio of individual silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) was performed using multiple-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) equipped with high-gain Faraday... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00508F, PaperJun Wang, Tao Luo, Xirun Tong, James Crowley, Chen-Xi Zhang, Wen Zhang, Xiao-dong Deng, Zhaochu Hu Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf-O isotopic compositions provide complementary constraints on crustal evolution and magmatic processes. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS)... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D6JA90007K, Atomic Spectrometry UpdateMarina Patriarca, James P. C. Coverdale, Alan Cross, Montserrat González-Estecha, Sarah Hill, David Milde, Julian Tyson This review discusses developments in elemental mass spectrometry, atomic absorption, emission and fluorescence, XRF and LIBS, as applied to the analysis of specimens of clinical interest, foods and beverages. Sample preparation procedures and quality assurance are also included. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00487J, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Thomas Roth, Francesca Quinto, Markus Plaschke, Karin Hain, Peter Steier, Natalia Palina, Sylvia Moisei-Rabung, Horst Geckeis A novel sample preparation procedure for highly sensitive concurrent analysis of 236U, 237Np, 239Pu and 240Pu from river and sea water samples with Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) was developed. A... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00468C, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Yu-ki Tanaka, Sana Hasegawa, Yasumitsu Ogra The toxicity profiles of nanomaterials (NMs) are affected by their chemical composition, size, and shape. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a robust, element-specific analytical tool for detecting the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

Trace metal elements present in black matter coatings and airborne dust particles trapped by Egyptian mummies were studied by combining µ-PIXE and µ-IBIL spectroscopy and mapping. Among the samples fr...

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00439J, PaperVu Thi Hoa, Van Cuong Nguyen A thiol-functionalized magnetic biochar (MB-SH) was synthesized and utilized as an efficient sorbent for magnetic dispersive micro-solid-phase extraction (MD-µSPE) coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for the simultaneous... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00442J, Technical NoteXinyi Chen, Qingling Zhou, Duoduo Ao, Hui Hu, Hui Xu, Teng-Fei Zheng, Yongmei Hu, Ying Ye, Xiaoqing Yi, Jianzong Zhou, Yuqiu Ke Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is a powerful technique for spatially resolved elemental imaging; however, its analytical accuracy is often limited by matrix effects, especially in heterogeneous, multi‑matrix samples.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00337G, Technical NoteLouise Darricau, Jérôme Aléon, Maximilien Verdier, Virginie Sellier, Josselin Gorny, Smail Mostefaoui, Cyrielle Jardin, Arnaud Mangeret, Arnaud Duverger, Nicolas Ait-Ouabbas, David Suhard, Gilles Montavon, Alkiviadis Gourgiotis This study presents an analytical protocol for the quantitative imaging of 226Ra by Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (NanoSIMS), based on the synthesis and characterization of barite standards enriched in... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00454C, Technical NoteBen C. Russell, Sophia Cross, Shaun T. Lancaster, Frankie Falksohn, Sonia North Inductively coupled plasma tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS) has established itself as a valuable analytical technique for measurement of a range of medium- and long-lived radionuclides. The two quadrupole mass filters... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00419E, PaperPeng-fei Zhang, Zhi-ming Li, Lei Feng, Wen-Liang Wang, Jiang Xu, Man-chao zhang, Ze-run Wang, Si-qi Guo, Ya-Long Wang, Xiao-pan Shen Thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) is a widely used mass spectrometric technique for trace/ultra-trace isotopic analysis. For accurate isotope ratio determination, the detector dead time and ion counter efficiency have... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00390C, Technical NoteLei Feng, Zhiming Li, Wen-Liang Wang, PengFei Zhang, Jiang Xu, Ya-Long Wang, Hu Deng Resonance ionization mass spectrometry (RIMS) is a highly sensitive technique for isobar-free analysis of long-lived isotopes, leveraging its exceptional elemental selectivity. However, the inherent laser-induced isotopic discrimination (LIID) in RIMS... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00408J, PaperYuhei Yamamoto, Shun-ichi Tokoro, Ryoich Nakada, Kazuya Nagaishi, Yoichi Kikuchi, Jun Nishimoto, Shoji Imai Lead in wet deposition samples collected from remote mountainous areas in Japan, which exhibited low Pb concentrations (0.0020-1.94 μg L -1 ) comparable to those found in Antarctic snow, was... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00375J, PaperZhian Bao, Deyi Peng, Peng Liu, Yongfei Tian, Chunlei Zong, Honglin Yuan Microanalysis of silver isotopes in gold (Au) by laser ablation multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-MC-ICP-MS) has been an important tool to reveal the source and enrichment processes of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

This paper describes a new methodology based on a time-dependent hydride correction for measuring the isotopic composition of micrometer sized plutonium bearing particles using large geometry secondar...

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2026, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D5JA00331H, PaperXiong Yang, Shixin Gao, Da Wang, Xin Li, Fang Liu, Wenke Wang, Zhengjie Zhao, Zhaofeng Zhang This study proposed a new loading technique using a tantalum (Ta) gel activator for high-precision Ca isotope (δ44/40Ca) measurement by double-spike thermal ionization mass spectrometry (DS-TIMS). To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry