Nanopipettes: probes for local sample analysis† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00668f Click here for additional data file.

Nanopipettes are demonstrated as probes for local mass spectrometric analysis with potential for small-scale extraction of analytes from single cells, tissue and organisms.

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