Design and performance evaluation of a novel square ion trap with mass analysis in the radial a axial directions

Yuzhuo Wang*, You Jiang, Ting Jiang, Yasmeen Saeed, Yingying Song, Hualei Xu

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Abstract

A novel three-dimensional square ion trap is reported as a mass analyzer or an ion transfer device. The square ion trap was constructed with six square planar electrodes while the electric field was optimized by changing their relative positions to arrange the strength of higher-order fields. Ion trajectory simulations demonstrate the square ion trap efficiently operates with radial and axial excitation. Additionally, ions ejected from the radial direction contained lower kinetic energies and their energy distribution were more centralized. These properties may improve the ion transfer efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)190-205
Number of pages16
JournalInstrumentation Science and Technology
Volume45
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Mar 2017

Keywords

  • Ion trajectory simulation
  • mass analyzer
  • nonlinear Mathieu equation
  • quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry

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