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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2012
Gold nanorods (NRs) were fixed on an ITO plate and used for theSurface-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight MassSpectrometry (SALDI-MS) of oligopeptides (angiotensin I). The SALDI-MSmeasurements had a high sensitivity to the angiotensin on the ITO plate onwhich isolated NRs were deposited. Angiotensin molecules in a very dilutedsolution (1 × 10-11 M) could be detected at m/z = 1297 with agood signal/noise ratio (S/N = 18). In contrast, alternatively deposited NRan ITO plate, which present broad surface plasmon bands, was found to beinactive for SALDI measurements.