Theoretical investigation of improved ion trapping in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry: independence of ion initial velocity
Theoretical investigation of improved ion trapping in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry: independence of ion initial velocity
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10.1016/s0168-1176(96)04542-9
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1997-04-01
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Wanczek, KP
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Knobeler, M;Wanczek, KP
A theoretical investigation of the switched retarding method is presented for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (MALDI FT-ICR MS). Deceleration of MALDI generated ions with a retarding potential has become experimentally important. Unfortunately, the ions are discriminated with respect to their masses and initial velocities. The basics and optimization of the method are discussed. An ideal, quadratically increasing potential is introduced to decelerate all ions of a given mass but arbitary initial velocities below a chosen maximum. Three different realizations of a near ideal potential are introduced, namely a cell with a reduced length, the use of an increased retarding voltage, or a cell with correction electrodes. The characteristics of the different solutions are compared with simulations. Moreover, it is shown that the upper mass limit with the retarding potential is larger than half the upper mass limit in normal ICR. The results prove that the introduced optimization drastically increases the number of trapped ions after a single laser shot and thus the sensitivity in MALDI FT-ICR MS. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.