title: Tandem mass spectrometry in quadrupole ion trap and ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometers.
abstract: Instruments that trap ions in a magnetic and/or electric field play a very important role in the analysis of biomolecules. The two predominant instruments in the category of trapping instrument are the quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer (QIT-MS) and the ion cyclotron resonance (ICR) MS. The latter is also commonly called Fourier transform MS (FT-MS). The QIT is an inexpensive, simple, and rugged MS used for various routine applications. The ICR-MS is an expensive, high-performance instrument with figures of merit for resolution and mass accuracy surpassing all other mass spectrometers. This chapter covers the basic principles of operation of these instruments, including the trapping/manipulation/detection of ions and various approaches used to activate ions to perform tandem mass spectrometry experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Anne H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: Gary L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Glish
mesh_terms: D017357:Cyclotrons; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D007477:Ions