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Title: On the Ionization and Ion Transmission Efficiencies of Different ESI-MS Interfaces

Abstract

It is well known that the achievable sensitivity of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is largely determined by the ionization efficiency in the ESI source and ion transmission efficiency through the ESI-MS interface. In this report we systematically study the ion transmission and ionization efficiencies in different ESI-MS interface configurations. The configurations under investigation include a single emitter/single inlet capillary, single emitter/multi-inlet capillary, and a subambient pressure ionization with nanoelectrospray (SPIN) MS interfaces with a single emitter and an emitter array, respectively. We present an effective method to evaluate the overall ion utilization efficiency of an ESI-MS interface by measuring the total gas phase ion current transmitted through the interface and correlating it to the observed ion abundance measured in the corresponding mass spectrum. Our experimental results suggest that the overall ion utilization efficiency in the SPIN-MS interface configurations is better than that in the inlet capillary based ESI-MS interface configurations.

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  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Biological Sciences Division
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Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Institutes of Health (NIH)
OSTI Identifier:
1166814
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-103142
Journal ID: ISSN 1044-0305; 47301; 48135; 47418; 400412000
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830; AC05-76RLO01830; 1R33CA155252; GM103493-12
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1044-0305
Publisher:
American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Electrospray ionization; Nanoelectrospray; Ion transmission; Ionization efficiency; ESI emitter array; Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

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Cox, Jonathan T., Marginean, Ioan, Smith, Richard D., and Tang, Keqi. On the Ionization and Ion Transmission Efficiencies of Different ESI-MS Interfaces. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1007/s13361-014-0998-5.
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Cox, Jonathan T., Marginean, Ioan, Smith, Richard D., & Tang, Keqi. On the Ionization and Ion Transmission Efficiencies of Different ESI-MS Interfaces. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-014-0998-5
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Cox, Jonathan T., Marginean, Ioan, Smith, Richard D., and Tang, Keqi. Tue . "On the Ionization and Ion Transmission Efficiencies of Different ESI-MS Interfaces". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-014-0998-5. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1166814.
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@article{osti_1166814,
title = {On the Ionization and Ion Transmission Efficiencies of Different ESI-MS Interfaces},
author = {Cox, Jonathan T. and Marginean, Ioan and Smith, Richard D. and Tang, Keqi},
abstractNote = {It is well known that the achievable sensitivity of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is largely determined by the ionization efficiency in the ESI source and ion transmission efficiency through the ESI-MS interface. In this report we systematically study the ion transmission and ionization efficiencies in different ESI-MS interface configurations. The configurations under investigation include a single emitter/single inlet capillary, single emitter/multi-inlet capillary, and a subambient pressure ionization with nanoelectrospray (SPIN) MS interfaces with a single emitter and an emitter array, respectively. We present an effective method to evaluate the overall ion utilization efficiency of an ESI-MS interface by measuring the total gas phase ion current transmitted through the interface and correlating it to the observed ion abundance measured in the corresponding mass spectrum. Our experimental results suggest that the overall ion utilization efficiency in the SPIN-MS interface configurations is better than that in the inlet capillary based ESI-MS interface configurations.},
doi = {10.1007/s13361-014-0998-5},
journal = {Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry},
number = 1,
volume = 26,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}
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