Positive Reactant Ion Formation in High Kinetic Energy Ion Mobility Spectrometry (HiKE-IMS)

Tandem ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) study of ion evaporation from ionic liquid-acetonitrile nanodrops.

Ion evaporation is an essential step in the formation of charged ions from electrosprays, yet many aspects of the process are poorly understood. The ion evaporation kinetics of the 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium+ (EMI+) based ionic liquids (ILs) EMI-BF4, EMI-bis(perfluoroethylsulfonyl)imide, EMI-bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide and EMI-tris(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)methide (EMI-Methide) are studi...

High-resolution ion cyclotron mobility spectrometry.

A novel ion mobility spectrometry instrument incorporating a cyclotron geometry drift tube is presented. The drift tube consists of eight regions, four curved drift tubes and four ion funnels. Packets of ions are propagated around the drift tube by changing the drift field at a frequency that is resonant with the ion's drift time through each region. The approach trims each packet of ions as it...

Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry

for more complex analysers for automated sample processing and plant control. The separation time will continue to decrease; in the past there has been limited interest in fast separations but this could change as automated sample processing is developed. Increasing use of coupled techniques such as GC-GC, liquid chromatography-GC, and supercritical Suid chromatography-GC for the separation of ...

Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry

Electrospray ionization high-resolution ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry.

A hybrid atmospheric pressure ion mobility spectrometer is described which exhibits resolving power approaching the diffusion limit for singly and multiply charged ions (over 200 for the most favorable case). Using an electrospray ionization source and a downstream quadrupole mass spectrometer with electron multiplier as detector, this ESI-IMS-MS instrument demonstrates the potential of IMS for...