PMID- 25918450 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 0142-2421 (Print) IS - 0142-2421 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - Suppl 1 DP - 2014 Nov TI - Analysis of liposome model systems by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry. PG - 74-78 AB - Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) is an important technique for studying chemical composition of micrometer scale objects due to its high spatial resolution imaging capabilities and chemical specificity. In this work we focus on the application of ToF-SIMS to gain insight into the chemistry of micrometer size liposomes as a potential model for neurotransmitter vesicles. Two models of giant liposomes were analyzed: histamine and aqueous two phase system (ATPS)-containing liposomes. Characterization of the internal structure of single fixed liposomes was done both with the Bi(3)(+) and C(60)(+) ion sources. The depth profiling capability of ToF-SIMS was used to investigate the liposome interior. FAU - Lovric, Jelena AU - Lovric J AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Keighron, Jacqueline D AU - Keighron JD AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Angerer, Tina B AU - Angerer TB AD - Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Li, Xianchan AU - Li X AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Malmberg, Per AU - Malmberg P AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Fletcher, John S AU - Fletcher JS AD - Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Ewing, Andrew G AU - Ewing AG AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden ; Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden. LA - eng GR - R01 GM113746/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Surf Interface Anal JT - Surface and interface analysis : SIA JID - 101479368 PMC - PMC4408321 MID - NIHMS677618 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ToF-SIMS OT - aqueous two phase system OT - depth profile analysis OT - histamine OT - imaging OT - liposome EDAT- 2015/04/29 06:00 MHDA- 2015/04/29 06:01 PMCR- 2015/11/01 CRDT- 2015/04/29 06:00 PHST- 2015/04/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/04/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/04/29 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/sia.5623 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Surf Interface Anal. 2014 Nov;46(Suppl 1):74-78. doi: 10.1002/sia.5623.