Field-Gradient-Focusing Ion Guide for Enhanced Transfer Efficiency of Low-Mass Ions

Shiyu Du, Heyuan Jia, Wei Xu, Yanbing Zhai*

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Efficient transmission of low-mass ions in a rough vacuum pressure region has always been a challenging issue in mass spectrometry (MS). In this study, a novel ion guide, namely, field-gradient-focusing ion guide (FGF-IG), was proposed to improve the transfer efficiency of ions, especially low-mass ions in a rough vacuum region. The FGF-IG has 12 electrodes whose surfaces gradually narrowed and tilted inward, and its electric field gradually varies from dodecapole (or multipole) to quadrupole along the ion transfer route. The field radius was gradually decreased from 6 to 2 mm in the multipole region (65 mm in length) and finally remained unchanged as 2 mm in the quadrupole region (20 mm in length). By integrating into a miniature mass spectrometer (mini-MS) with a continuous atmospheric pressure interface, this ion guide was optimized in terms of inlet capillary position, radio frequency amplitude, and direct current voltage applied on it. Results showed that a reduced low-mass discrimination effect and improved efficiency of simultaneously transferring mid and low m/z ions were achieved for FGF-IG compared with a conventional ion funnel. Under optimized conditions, a limit of detection of 1 ng/mL was obtained for both reserpine (m/z 609) and arginine (m/z 175) ions by integrating FGF-IG into the mini-MS. The sensitivity of smaller arginine ions using FGF-IG was enhanced by ∼10 times than that obtained using the conventional ion funnel (10 ng/mL) in comparative experiments. The idea of smooth transfer from dodecapole to quadrupole fields could be extended to other multipole fields, as well as in lab-scale MS instruments.

源语言英语
页(从-至)2079-2086
页数8
期刊Analytical Chemistry
95
3
DOI
出版状态已出版 - 24 1月 2023

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