High resolution SIMS analysis of arsenic in rice

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Moore, K. L., Hawes, C. R., McGrath, S. P., Zhao, F-J. and Grovenor, C. R. M. 2013. High resolution SIMS analysis of arsenic in rice. Surface And Interface Analysis. 45 (1), pp. 309-311. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.4903

AuthorsMoore, K. L., Hawes, C. R., McGrath, S. P., Zhao, F-J. and Grovenor, C. R. M.
Abstract

Determining the distribution of trace elements in biological materials with subcellular resolution is very challenging but vitally important in order to understand their mechanisms of uptake. Rice grain is efficient in the accumulation of arsenic (As) in the grain, potentially posing a severe health risk to millions of people in South-East Asia. The NanoSIMS is a state-of-the-art microscope capable of high resolution chemical imaging (down to 50 nm) and detecting very low elemental concentrations (parts-per-million levels). This makes it ideally suited for trace element localisation in biological materials. This paper shows how the NanoSIMS can be used to investigate the localisation of As in rice grain at high resolution and how different treatments result in different distributions in the grain. The precise location of parts-per-million As concentrations and its localisation with other elements at the subcellular scale in rice roots are also shown. Copyright (C) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

KeywordsChemistry, Physical
Year of Publication2013
JournalSurface And Interface Analysis
Journal citation45 (1), pp. 309-311
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.4903
Open accessPublished as non-open access
FunderEPSRC - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Funder project or codeDesigning Seeds for Nutrition and Health (DS)
Delivering Sustainable Systems (SS) [ISPG]
Designing cereal seeds for nutrition and health
Optimisation of nutrients in soil-plant systems: Determining how phosphorus availability is regulated in soils
Output statusPublished
ISSN01422421
0142-2421
PublisherWiley
Copyright licenseCC BY
Grant IDEP/F048009

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