Shimadzu Corp.’s MALDI Business Unit and Sony DADC have extended their collaboration to develop application-specific, individually-barcoded, disposable MALDI targets. The first of these targets, Fleximass DS disposable MALDI targets, is the result of four years of collaboration between Shimadzu and Sony DADC. They consist of a conductive polymer substrate coated with a thin layer of steel and each target is labeled with a unique barcode. Disposable MALDI targets are used in many applications, w...