摘要:
The invention provides a multipole device for a mass spectrometer system. In general, the multipole device contains a plurality of conductive rods each comprising a conductive layer, a resistive layer, and an insulative layer between the conductive and resistive layers. The invention finds use in a variety of applications, including ion transport, ion fragmentation and ion mass filtration. Accordingly, the invention may be employed in a variety of mass spectrometer systems.
摘要:
The invention provides a multipole device for a mass spectrometer system. In general, the multipole device contains a plurality of conductive rods each comprising a conductive layer, a resistive layer, and an insulative layer between the conductive and resistive layers. The invention finds use in a variety of applications, including ion transport, ion fragmentation and ion mass filtration. Accordingly, the invention may be employed in a variety of mass spectrometer systems.
摘要:
An atmospheric pressure ion source, e.g. for a mass spectrometer, that produces ions by atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI). It includes a vaporizer, a photon source for photoionizing vapor molecules upon exit from the vaporizer, a passageway for transporting ions to, for example, a mass spectrometer system, and a means for directing the ions into the passageway. The center axis of the vaporizer and the center axis of the passageway form an angle that may be about 90 degrees. Included in the invention is a method for creating ions by atmospheric pressure photoionization along an axis and directing them into a passageway oriented at an angle to that axis.
摘要:
A method and apparatus wherein a plurality of electric fields and of orthogonal spray configurations of vaporized analyte are so combined as to enhance the efficiency of analyte detection and mass analysis. The invention provides reduced noise and increased signal sensitivity in both API electrospray and APCI operating modes.
摘要:
The invention relates to an ionization chamber. More particularly, the invention relates to a mass spectrometer system having an ionization chamber incorporating a corona needle removable from outside the closed ionization chamber. In preferred embodiments, the corona needle is self-positioning and engages and disengages operational or safety electrical connections.
摘要:
A conduit for conducting ions from a high pressure ion source to a mass analyzer in mass spectrometry apparatus includes a capillary tube in which the lumenal surface of the bore near at least one end is a surface of an electrically conductive material. In one embodiment the conduit is constructed of a dielectric material and has an electrically conductive coating on an end portion of the lumenal surface.
摘要:
A method and apparatus are disclosed wherein a plurality of electric fields and of orthogonal spray configurations of vaporized analyte are so combined as to enhance the efficiency of analyte detection and mass analysis. The invention provides reduced noise and increased signal sensitivity in both API electrospray and APCI operating modes.
摘要:
An atmospheric pressure ionization source is provided which includes an ionization chamber that is formed from the combination of an angled chamber body and a correspondingly angled chamber seal. The ionization chamber is used for electrospray or atmospheric pressure chemical ionization of a liquid sample to provide ionized molecules. The ionized molecules can be passed to an associated analytical device that is capable of detecting and measuring the mass-to-charge ratio and/or the mass and charge of the molecules. A mass spectrometer which includes the present atmospheric pressure ionization source is also provided, as well as a liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) analysis system which includes an LC/MS interface comprising the present atmospheric pressure ionization source.
摘要:
Described herein is an ion slicer that: a) accelerates an ion beam towards a first electrode comprising an ion entrance slit, where the first electrode blocks a portion of ions with high displacement from the axis of the ion beam, thereby slicing the ion beam; and then b) decelerates the ion beam after it is sliced.
摘要:
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for use with a mass spectrometer. The multimode ionization source of the present invention provides one or more atmospheric pressure ionization sources (e.g., electrospray, atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and/or atmospheric pressure photoionization) for ionizing molecules. A method of producing ions using the multimode ionization source is also disclosed. The apparatus and method provide the advantages of the combined ion sources without the inherent disadvantages of the individual sources. In an embodiment, the multimode ionization source includes an infrared emitter enclosed in an inner chamber for drying a charged aerosol. ESI/APCI multimode sources may include a corona needle shield and/or an auxiliary electrode.