“…Besides carbon-based nanomaterials, metal-based nanomaterials are agood candidate as highly efficient matrices for LDI-MS for the analysis of small molecules. Among various metal-or metal oxide-based nanomaterials (e.g., Au [ 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 ], Ag [ 56 ], Pt [ 57 , 58 , 59 ], TiO 2 [ 60 , 61 , 62 ], ZnO [ 63 ], CdS [ 64 ], and HgTe [ 65 ] NPs) that explored as matrices for LDI-TOF MS, TiO 2 and gold NPs (Au NPs) attracted much more attention because their intrinsic advantages, such as large surface area, strong absorption efficiency in UV-visible region, high chemical stability, easy modification and preparation.…”