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Title: Method and apparatus for ion mobility separations utilizing alternating current waveforms

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for ion manipulations, including ion trapping, transfer, and mobility separations, using traveling waves (TW) formed by continuous alternating current (AC) are disclosed. An apparatus for ion manipulation includes a surface to which are coupled a first plurality of continuous electrodes and a second plurality of segmented electrodes. The second plurality of segmented electrodes is arranged in longitudinal sets between or adjacent to the first plurality of electrodes. An RF voltage applied to adjacent electrodes of the first plurality of electrodes is phase shifted by approximately 180° to confine ions within the apparatus. An AC voltage waveform applied to adjacent electrodes within a longitudinal set of the second plurality of segmented electrodes is phase shifted on the adjacent electrodes by 1°-359° to move ions longitudinally through the apparatus for separation.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Institutes of Health (NIH)
OSTI Identifier:
2222343
Patent Number(s):
11761925
Application Number:
17/557,690
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830; GM103493
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 12/21/2021
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Garimella, Venkata B. S., Hamid, Ahmed M., Ibrahim, Yehia M., and Smith, Richard D. Method and apparatus for ion mobility separations utilizing alternating current waveforms. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Garimella, Venkata B. S., Hamid, Ahmed M., Ibrahim, Yehia M., & Smith, Richard D. Method and apparatus for ion mobility separations utilizing alternating current waveforms. United States.
Garimella, Venkata B. S., Hamid, Ahmed M., Ibrahim, Yehia M., and Smith, Richard D. Tue . "Method and apparatus for ion mobility separations utilizing alternating current waveforms". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2222343.
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abstractNote = {Methods and apparatuses for ion manipulations, including ion trapping, transfer, and mobility separations, using traveling waves (TW) formed by continuous alternating current (AC) are disclosed. An apparatus for ion manipulation includes a surface to which are coupled a first plurality of continuous electrodes and a second plurality of segmented electrodes. The second plurality of segmented electrodes is arranged in longitudinal sets between or adjacent to the first plurality of electrodes. An RF voltage applied to adjacent electrodes of the first plurality of electrodes is phase shifted by approximately 180° to confine ions within the apparatus. An AC voltage waveform applied to adjacent electrodes within a longitudinal set of the second plurality of segmented electrodes is phase shifted on the adjacent electrodes by 1°-359° to move ions longitudinally through the apparatus for separation.},
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