A CLIP ON ION MOBILITY DEVICE. ENABLING GAS PHASE IONS SEPARATION AND COLLISION CROSS SECTION MEASUREMENTS TO ANY MASS SPECTROMETERS

摘要

Ion Mobility is a powerful gas phase separation technique that is used to distinguish ions as a function of their sizes/shapes; leading to molecule identification directly from the measurement of their mobilities. When coupled to mass spectrometry, IM-MS technique brings in a new dimension and numerous applications. We are developing a clip-on device that would be adaptable to any mass spectrometer to enable ion mobility separation and CCS measurements.