PMID- 33389155 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211115 LR - 20211115 IS - 1436-5073 (Electronic) IS - 0026-3672 (Linking) VI - 188 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Jan 2 TI - Hybrid MoS(2)/g-C(3)N(4)-assisted LDI mass spectrometry for rapid detection of small molecules and polyethylene glycols and direct determination of uric acid in complicated biological samples. PG - 5 LID - 10.1007/s00604-020-04675-z [doi] AB - A novel matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometric method (MALDI-TOF MS) for determination of highly sensitive small molecular compounds was developed based on molybdenum disulfide nanosheets hybridized with ultrathin graphitic carbon nitride (MoS(2)/g-C(3)N(4)) as the matrix. With this approach, the synergistic effects of MoS(2) and g-C(3)N(4) enhance the UV absorption of MoS(2)/g-C(3)N(4), increase both desorption and ionization efficiency in LDI MS, and induce higher signal-to-noise ratio of analytes when compared with the bare MoS(2) and g-C(3)N(4) matrix in the determination of amino acids, antibiotics, neutral oligosaccharides, uric acid, and polyethylene glycols (PEGs). The detection limits of these small molecular compounds are in the ranges 0.1 to 10 mug mL(-1), 1*10(-3) to 1.0 mug mL(-1), 1.0 to 10 mug mL(-1), and 2*10(-4) mug mL(-1), respectively, and the polydispersity index of these PEGs is less than 1.02. Moreover, high salt tolera;nce and homogeneous deposition on the spot results in good reproducibility. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of shot-to-shot and spot-to-spot (n = 15) of these compounds are less than 10.1% and 12.5%, respectively. With MoS(2)/g-C(3)N(4), the uric acid in complicated biological samples can be directly determined in combination with LDI-TOF MS. We synthesized MoS(2)/g-C(3)N(4) nanohybrid as an efficient matrix for MALDI-TOF MS analysis of small molecules as well as quantitative detection of uric acid in human urine. FAU - Lv, Yuanxia AU - Lv Y AD - State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, People's Republic of China. FAU - Qin, Xiaohuan AU - Qin X AD - State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, People's Republic of China. FAU - Hu, Kun AU - Hu K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4420-2467 AD - State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, People's Republic of China. hukun216@163.com. FAU - Huang, Yong AU - Huang Y AD - State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhao, Shulin AU - Zhao S AD - State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, People's Republic of China. LA - eng GR - 21565007/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 22064002/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 2020GXNSFAA238038/Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210102 PL - Austria TA - Mikrochim Acta JT - Mikrochimica acta JID - 7808782 RN - 0 (Amino Acids) RN - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents) RN - 0 (Cyclodextrins) RN - 0 (Disulfides) RN - 0 (Nitrogen Compounds) RN - 0 (graphitic carbon nitride) RN - 268B43MJ25 (Uric Acid) RN - 3WJQ0SDW1A (Polyethylene Glycols) RN - 7782-42-5 (Graphite) RN - 81AH48963U (Molybdenum) RN - ZC8B4P503V (molybdenum disulfide) SB - IM MH - Amino Acids/analysis MH - Anti-Bacterial Agents/analysis MH - Cyclodextrins/analysis MH - Disulfides/*chemistry MH - Graphite/*chemistry MH - Humans MH - Limit of Detection MH - Mass Spectrometry/*methods MH - Molybdenum/*chemistry MH - Nanostructures/*chemistry MH - Nitrogen Compounds/*chemistry MH - Polyethylene Glycols/analysis MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Uric Acid/*urine OTO - NOTNLM OT - Complex matrix analysis OT - Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry OT - MoS2/g-C3N4 OT - Small molecule determination EDAT- 2021/01/04 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/16 06:00 CRDT- 2021/01/03 20:38 PHST- 2020/09/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/01/03 20:38 [entrez] PHST- 2021/01/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/16 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s00604-020-04675-z [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00604-020-04675-z [doi] PST - epublish SO - Mikrochim Acta. 2021 Jan 2;188(1):5. doi: 10.1007/s00604-020-04675-z.