“…When electrothermal atomization is applied, special attention is always placed on the use of modifiers, especially noble metals that, since their introduction, are undoubtedly the most often employed [6]. In fact, much work has been done towards the application of noble metals modifiers for various analytes and matrices [7,8], and towards understanding the mechanisms of the analyte-modifier and substrate-analyte-modifier interactions [9][10][11][12]. An expected advantage of the modifier is improved long-term performance, and it was justified that noble metals modifiers could be used for this purpose [13][14][15].…”