Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) and Mass Spectrometry
Book
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OSTI ID:988127
In a media of finite viscosity, the Coulomb force of external electric field moves ions with some terminal speed. This dynamics is controlled by “mobility” - a property of the interaction potential between ions and media molecules. This fact has been used to separate and characterize gas-phase ions in various modes of ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) developed since 1970. Commercial IMS devices were introduced in 1980-s for field detection of volatile traces such as explosives and chemical warfare agents. Coupling to soft-ionization sources, mass spectrometry (MS), and chromatographic methods in 1990-s had allowed IMS to handle complex samples, enabling new applications in biological and environmental analyses, nanoscience, and other areas. Since 2003, the introduction of commercial systems by major instrument vendors started bringing the IMS/MS capability to broad user community. The other major development of last decade has been the differential IMS or “field asymmetric waveform IMS” (FAIMS) that employs asymmetric time-dependent electric field to sort ions not by mobility itself, but by the difference between its values in strong and weak electric fields. Coupling of FAIMS to conventional IMS and stacking of conventional IMS stages have enabled two-dimensional separations that dramatically expand the power of ion mobility methods.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 988127
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-63433; KP1601010
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS
DETECTION
ELECTRIC FIELDS
EXPLOSIVES
FAIMS
ION MOBILITY
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
SPECTROSCOPY
VELOCITY
VISCOSITY
WAVE FORMS
differential IMS
ion mobility spectrometry
mass spectrometry
traveling-wave IMS
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS
DETECTION
ELECTRIC FIELDS
EXPLOSIVES
FAIMS
ION MOBILITY
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
SPECTROSCOPY
VELOCITY
VISCOSITY
WAVE FORMS
differential IMS
ion mobility spectrometry
mass spectrometry
traveling-wave IMS