A multicapillary inlet jet disruption electrodynamic ion funnel interface for improved sensitivity using atmospheric pressure ion sources - PubMed

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A multicapillary inlet jet disruption electrodynamic ion funnel interface for improved sensitivity using atmospheric pressure ion sources

T Kim et al. Anal Chem. 2001.

Abstract

A new multicapillary inlet and ion funnel interface for electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry has been developed and demonstrated to achieve higher ion transmission efficiency compared to a single-capillary inlet and ion funnel interface. Even though the distance between the end of the ESI inlet capillary and the exit of the ion funnel (10 cm) is significantly longer than that of the conventional interface (typically a few millimeters), a significant part of the directed inlet gas flow persists into the first stage of pumping and results in an increased gas load to the second chamber. A jet disrupter made of a circular metal disk placed on axis in the ion funnel enhanced the dispersion of the directed gas flow from a multicapillary inlet and was also found to improve the ion transmission. The ion funnel with the jet disrupter demonstrated a 15% improvement in ion transmission (compared to that without the jet disrupter) and simultaneously reduced the pumping speed required for the first or second stage by a factor of 2-3. Compared to the sensitivity with the standard mass spectrometer interface (an API 3000, Sciex, Concord, ON, Canada) in MS/MS operation using an interface equipped with the jet disrupter and ion funnel, a 5.3-10.7-fold enhancement in signal was observed for samples with concentrations of 100-500 pg/microL and 10.2 to 14.1-fold enhancement for concentrations of 10 to 50 pg/microL. The decreased enhancement at higher concentrations is attributed to space charge effects and detector saturation.

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