Electron flood charge compensation device for ion trap secondary ion mass spectrometry

Quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry.

A number of other features of ITMS systems that will enhance their ability to analyze biological macromolecules are worth mentioning. As has already been demonstrated for ESI/quadrupole, ESI/magnetic sector, and ESI/FTICR systems, the capability of inducing fragmentation of the ESI-generated multiply charged ions of biological macromolecules in the capillary/skimmer region of the ESI source and...

Quantitative Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

mental standards, and by statistical and systematic errors in the measurement of x-ray lines and in the separation of line intensity from spectral background. The errors in estimating the characteristics of the detector system, with exception of deadtime effects, cancel when the emission from the specimen is divided by that from the standard. The estimate of achievable accuracy of EPMA and the ...

Liquid Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Liquid secondary-ion mass spectrometry (liquid SIMS) is an obsolescent ionization technique that revolutionized the analyses of large biological molecules in the 1980s. The term includes fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (FAB-MS). The technique has been largely superseded by electrospray ionization. This account will cover the history of the technique, the principles of the operation, and...

Using AP-MALDI Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry

Atmospheric pressure MALDI/ion trap mass spectrometry.

A new sample ionization technique, atmospheric pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (AP MALDI), was coupled with a commercial ion trap mass spectrometer. This configuration enables the application-specific selection of external atmospheric ionization sources: the electrospray/APCI (commercially available) and AP MALDI (built in-house), which can be readily interchanged within mi...