Coulombic effects in ion mobility spectrometry

Aleksey V Tolmachev; Brian H Clowers; Mikhail E Belov; Richard D Smith

doi:10.1021/ac900329x

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Coulombic effects in ion mobility spectrometry

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Coulombic effects in ion mobility spectrometry

Aleksey V Tolmachev, Brian H Clowers, Mikhail E Belov and Richard D Smith

Analytical chemistry (Washington), Vol.81(12), pp.4778-4787

06/15/2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ac900329x

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116785

PMCID: PMC2713674

PMID: 19438247

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Models, Theoretical

Angiotensin I - analysis

Ions - chemistry

Mass Spectrometry - instrumentation

Mass Spectrometry - methods

Ions - analysis

Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) has been increasingly employed in a number of applications. When coupled to mass spectrometry (MS), IMS becomes a powerful analytical tool for separating complex samples and investigating molecular structure. Therefore, improvements in IMS-MS instrumentation, e.g., IMS resolving power and sensitivity, are highly desirable. Implementation of an ion trap for accumulation and pulsed ion injection to IMS based on the ion funnel has provided considerably increased ion currents and thus a basis for improved sensitivity and measurement throughput. However, large ion populations may manifest Coulombic effects contributing to the spatial dispersion of ions traveling in the IMS drift tube and reduction in the IMS resolving power. In this study, we present an analysis of Coulombic effects on IMS resolution. Basic relationships have been obtained for the spatial evolution of ion packets due to Coulombic repulsion. The analytical relationships were compared with results of a computer model that simulates IMS operation based on a first principles approach. Initial experimental results reported here are consistent with the computer modeling. A noticeable decrease in the IMS resolving power was observed for ion populations of >10,000 elementary charges. The optimum IMS operation conditions which would minimize the Coulombic effects are discussed.

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Title: Coulombic effects in ion mobility spectrometry
Creators: Aleksey V Tolmachev - Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
Brian H Clowers
Mikhail E Belov
Richard D Smith
Publication Details: Analytical chemistry (Washington), Vol.81(12), pp.4778-4787
Academic Unit: Chemistry, Department of
Publisher: United States
Grant note: RR 018522 / NCRR NIH HHS Y1-AI-4894-01 / NIAID NIH HHS P41 RR018522 / NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR018522-06 / NCRR NIH HHS R01 GM063883 / NIGMS NIH HHS
Identifiers: 99900547893501842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article