title: Interleaved Distance-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: A Simple Method to Improve the Instrument Duty Factor.
abstract: Distance-of-flight mass spectrometry (DOFMS) is a velocity-based, spatially dispersive MS technique in which ions are detected simultaneously along the plane of a spatially selective detector. In DOFMS, ions fly though the instrument and mass separate over a set period of time. The single flight time at which all ions are measured defines the specific m/z values that are detectable; the range of m/z values is dictated by the length of the spatially selective detector. However, because each packet of ions is detected at a single flight time, multiple groups of ions can fly through the instrument concurrently and be detected at a single detector. In this way, DOFMS experiments can be interleaved to perform several mass separation experiments within a single DOF repetition period. Interleaved operation allows the orthogonal acceleration region to be operated at a repetition rate higher than the reciprocal of the flight time, which improves the duty factor of the technique. In this paper, we consider the fundamental parameters of interleaved DOFMS and report first results.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Gundlach-Graham
authors: Elise A
authors: EA
authors: Dennis
authors: Steven J
authors: SJ
authors: Ray
authors: Christie G
authors: CG
authors: Enke
authors: Charles J
authors: CJ
authors: Barinaga
authors: David W
authors: DW
authors: Koppenaal
authors: Gary M
authors: GM
authors: Hieftje
mesh_terms: D007477:Ions; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008970:Molecular Weight
chemical_list: D007477:Ions
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