How to win: Time-of-Flight Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

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The University of Plymouth invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced organisations for the supply, installation, commissioning and support of a Time-of-Flight Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (TOF-ICP-MS) to support frontier environmental and analytical research. The University requires a Time-of-Flight Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (TOF-ICP-MS) with both single particle and single cell analytical capabilities. The system must achieve limits of detection at parts-per-billion (ppb) concentrations and particle size detection capabilities of approximately 15 nm. The instrument must be capable of simultaneous multi-element and isotopic analysis, enabling the quantification of multiple elements and their isotopes within individual particle or cell events in complex environmental matrices. The equipment will support laboratory-based fundamental and frontier research programmes. The proposed solution must include all ancillary equipment necessary for operation, including a suitable autosampler, desolvation system and specialist software for instrument control, data acquisition and data analysis. The software should support the quant

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