Serpentine Ultralong Path with Extended Routing (SUPER) High Resolution Traveling Wave Ion Mobility-MS using Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations

Journal Article · Wed Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Analytical Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00185· OSTI ID:1361955

Deng, Liulin; Webb, Ian K.; Garimella, Sandilya V. B.; Hamid, Ahmed M.; Zheng, Xueyun ; Norheim, Randolph V.; Prost, Spencer A.; Anderson, Gordon A.; Sandoval, Jeremy A.; Baker, Erin S. ; Ibrahim, Yehia M. ; Smith, Richard D.

Ion mobility (IM) separations have a broad range of analytical applications, but insufficient resolution limits many applications. Here we report on traveling wave (TW) ion mobility (IM) separations in a Serpentine Ultra-long Path with Extended Routing (SUPER) Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations (SLIM) module in conjunction with mass spectrometry (MS). The extended routing utilized multiple passes was facilitated by the introduction of a lossless ion switch at the end of the ion path that either directed ions to the MS detector or to another pass through the serpentine separation region, providing theoretically unlimited TWIM path lengths. Ions were confined in the SLIM by rf fields in conjunction with a DC guard bias, enabling essentially lossless TW transmission over greatly extended paths (e.g., ~1094 meters over 81 passes through the 13.5 m serpentine path). In this multi-pass SUPER TWIM provided resolution approximately proportional to the square root of the number of passes (or path length). More than 30-fold higher IM resolution for Agilent tuning mix m/z 622 and 922 ions (~340 vs. ~10) was achieved for 40 passes compared to commercially available drift tube IM and other TWIM-based platforms. An initial evaluation of the isomeric sugars Lacto-N-hexaose and Lacto-N-neohexaose showed the isomeric structures to be baseline resolved, and a new conformational feature for Lacto-N-neohexaose was revealed after 9 passes. The new SLIM SUPER high resolution TWIM platform has broad utility in conjunction with MS and is expected to enable a broad range of previously challenging or intractable separations.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1361955
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-123438; 49531; 48680; KP1601010
• Journal Information: Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 89, Issue 8; ISSN 0003-2700
• Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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