公开(公告)号：US20210278369A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-09

申请号：US17259081

申请日：2019-07-10

申请人： W. Henry Benner ,  Michael J. Bogan ,  Ben Aguilar

发明人： W. Henry Benner ,  Michael J. Bogan ,  Ben Aguilar

IPC分类号： G01N27/622

摘要： Apparatuses and methods are described for determining properties of ions travelling through a gas under the influence of an electric field. The apparatuses and methods can be understood to provide measurements of the electrical mobility of ions as useful for determining the electrical mobility constant Ko of electrosprayed substances, such as proteins. The apparatuses and methods relate to the scientific discipline of ion mobility spectrometry. Modules connected to ion mobility spectrometers provide stress to substances for the purpose of investigating, for example, the thermal stability of proteins. One form of the technology includes a tubular spectrometer body having an electrically conductive inner wall; a rod positioned along the longitudinal center of the body and electrodes positioned on, but electrically isolated from, the inner wall, where the ratio of the radius of the tubular spectrometer body to the ratio of the radius of the rod is at least 20.