* Corresponding author. Tel.: +49 641 99 33120; Fax: +49 641 99 33129; e-mail: gerd.hermann@exp1.physik.uni-giessen.de Platform-to-platform sample transfer, distribution, dilution, and dosing via electrothermal vaporization and electrostatic deposition + ) G. Hermann a, *, A. Trenin a,b , R. Matz a , M. Gafurov a,b , A.Kh. Gilmutdinov b , K.Yu. Nagulin b , W. Frech c , E. Björn c , I. Grinshtein d , L. Vasilieva d a I. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany b Kazan State University, Kremlevskaja Str. 18, 420008 Kazan, Russia c Department of Chemistry, University of Umea, SE-901 87 Umea, Sweden d Russian Research Center “Applied Chemistry”, Dobrolubova ave. 14, 197198 St. Petersburg, Russia + ) Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Drs. h.c. mult. Arthur Scharmann on the occasion of his 75 th birthday.