The following examples show a small selection of possible sample matrices and analytes. They are intended to provide a flavor of the kind of measurements that can be performed on the facility’s instruments.

Example of samples

• Industrial and residential wastewater
• Biota
• Textiles and plastic
• Food
• Synthesized chemicals

Example of analytes

• Environmental pollutants
• Pharmaceuticals
• Additives
• Natural compounds
• Metabolites

Example of information that can be deducted

• Qualitative identification, non-targeted and targeted
• Quantification, targeted
• Structural characterization, e.g. protein and polymer folding, assembly of (supra) molecular complexes

Liquid chromatography (LC)

• reversed phase
• normal phase
• HILIC

Gas chromatography (GC)

• Electrospray ionization (ESI)
• Nano-electrospray ionization (nano-ESI)
• Atmospheric pressure chemical ionsization (APCI)
• Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI)
• Electron impact ionization (EI)
• Negative chemical ionization (NCI)

• Triple Quadrupole mass spectrometer
• Orbitrap mass spectrometer
• Quadrupole Time-of-Flight mass spectrometer coupled to an Ion Mobility spectrometer
• Linear Ion Trap mass spectrometer

Please find our available systems below

• Dionex UltiMate 3000 UHPLC coupled to Q-Exactive Quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometer
• Ionization using ESI or APCI

• Waters Aquity UPLC or MALDI coupled to a Waters Synapt G2-S Quadrupole-Time-of-Flight (QTOF) mass spectrometer coupled to a traveling wave Ion Mobility spectrometer
• Ionization using ESI or nano-ESI or MALDI

• Waters Aquity UPLC coupled to a Waters XEVO TQ-S triple quadrupole mass spectrometer
• Ionization using ESI

• Thermo Accela 1250 HPLC coupled to a Thermo Vantage TSQ triple quadrupole mass spectrometer
• Ionization using ESI

• Shimadzu LC-2040C 3D HPLC coupled to a Finnigan LTQ Linear Ion Trap mass spectrometer
• Ionization using ESI

•  Varian 450 GC coupled to a Varian 320 Triple Quadrupole mass spectrometer
•  Ionization using EI or NCI