摘要:
A method is disclosed comprising applying a reversal agent, such as urea, to a formalin fixed tissue sample in order to reverse the effects of the fixation process. An ambient ionisation ion source such as a desorption electrospray ionisation ("DESI") ion source is used to generate analyte or analyte ions from multiple regions of the modified target so that an ion image of the modified target may be generated.
摘要:
An apparatus for mass spectrometry and/or ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed comprising a first device (31) arranged and adapted to generate aerosol, smoke or vapour from a target and one or more second devices (34,35) arranged and adapted to aspirate aerosol, smoke, vapour and/or liquid to or towards an analyser (33). A liquid trap or separator (32) is provided to capture and/or discard liquid aspirated by the one or more second devices (34,35).
摘要:
An apparatus for performing ambient ionisation mass and/or ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a substantially cylindrical, tubular, rod-shaped,coil- shaped, helical or spiral-shaped collision assembly; and a first device arranged and adapted to direct analyte, smoke, fumes, liquid, gas, surgical smoke, aerosol or vapour onto said collision assembly.
摘要:
The invention provides a method and apparatus for improving throughput in spectrometry, the method comprising the steps of loading sample-containing liquid into a liquid injection device through a first outlet in the injection device, and ejecting at least some of the sample-containing liquid from the liquid injection device either in the form of droplets or in the form of a jet which subsequently breaks up into droplets due to instability; characterized by the sample ejection being through the first outlet of the liquid injection device in a direction such that the sample-containing fluid enters an inlet of a torch.
摘要:
Ions are generated in a high pressure region and are passed into a vacuum chamber having an inlet and an exit aperture. The configuration of the inlet aperture and the pressure difference between the high pressure region and the vacuum chamber provides a supersonic free jet expansion that has a barrel shock of predetermined diameter. At least one ion guide is provided between the inlet and exit apertures having a predetermined cross-section defining an internal volume wherein the cross-section of the at least one ion guide is sized to be at least 50% of the predetermined diameter of the barrel shock of the supersonic free jet expansion. An RF voltage is provided to the at least one ion guide. Radial gas conductance is reduced in a first section of the at least one ion guide for damping shock waves resulting from the supersonic free jet expansion.
摘要:
According to some embodiments, systems and methods for surface impact ionization of liquid phase and aerosol samples are provided. The method includes accelerating a liquid or aerosol sample, colliding the sample with a solid collision surface thereby disintegrating the sample into both molecular ionic species (e.g., gaseous molecular ions) and molecular neutral species (e.g., gaseous sample), and transporting the disintegrated sample to an ion analyzer. Some embodiments of the method further comprise discarding the molecular neutral species. Such embodiments transport substantially only the molecular ionic species to the ion analyzer.
摘要:
In a mass cytometer or mass spectrometer, a sample of elemental tagged particles is transferred from a dispersion to a gas flow through a carrier aerosol spray for atomization and ionization by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) source. The configuration of the sample transfer apparatus allow for total consumption of the sample by passing the sample spray through a deceleration stage to decelerate the spray of particles from its high velocity expansion. Following the deceleration stage, the decelerated sample of particles can be accelerated and focused through an acceleration stage for transferring into the ICP. This effectively improves the particle transfer between the sample spray and the ICP.
摘要:
A high sensitivity desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry system that employs a heated platform, along with means for directing a liquid stream containing an analyte of interest onto a target location on the heated platform to heat the stream, an electrospray emitter for generating an electrospray and directing the electrospray at the target location on the heated platform to produce an ionized, desorbed analyte, and a mass spectrometer for receiving and detecting the ionized, desorbed analyte.
摘要:
An ion source is disclosed comprising a nebuliser (1) and a target (10). The nebuliser (1) is arranged and adapted to emit, in use, a stream of analyte droplets which are caused to impact upon the target (10) and to ionise analyte to form a plurality of analyte ions.
摘要:
A system according to one embodiment includes a particle accelerator that directs a succession of polydisperse aerosol particles along a predetermined particle path; multiple tracking lasers for generating beams of light across the particle path; an optical detector positioned adjacent the particle path for detecting impingement of the beams of light on individual particles; a desorption laser for generating a beam of desorbing light across the particle path about coaxial with a beam of light produced by one of the tracking lasers; and a controller, responsive to detection of a signal produced by the optical detector, that controls the desorption laser to generate the beam of desorbing fight. Additional systems and methods are also disclosed.