A novel “correlated ion and neutral time of flight” method: Event-by-event detection of neutral and charged fragments in collision induced dissociation of mass selected ions

Journal Article · Wed Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4863015· OSTI ID:22251060

Teyssier, C.; Fillol, R.; Abdoul-Carime, H.; Farizon, B.; Farizon, M. ^[1]; Märk, T. D. ^[2]

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1. Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, UMR5822, Université Lyon 1, F-69622, Villeurbanne (France)
2. Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck (Austria)

A new tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) method based on time of flight measurements performed on an event-by-event detection technique is presented. This “correlated ion and neutral time of flight” method allows to explore Collision Induced Dissociation (CID) fragmentation processes by directly identifying not only all ions and neutral fragments produced but also their arrival time correlations within each single fragmentation event from a dissociating molecular ion. This constitutes a new step in the characterization of molecular ions. The method will be illustrated here for a prototypical case involving CID of protonated water clusters H{sup +}(H{sub 2}O){sub n=1–5} upon collisions with argon atoms.

• OSTI ID: 22251060
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 85, Issue 1; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ARGON
COLLISIONS
DETECTION
DISSOCIATION
FRAGMENTATION
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MOLECULAR IONS
TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD