Multiplex data acquisition modes for ion mobility-mass spectrometry
Abstract
A method and apparatus for multiplexed data acquisition for gas-phase ion mobility coupled with mass spectrometry is described. Ion packets are injected into an ion mobility drift chamber at a rate faster than the ion mobility separation arrival time distribution. The convoluted arrival time distributions thus generated are deconvoluted by a mass spectrometer and post-processing algorithms.
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Citation
Mclean, John A.; Russell, David H.; Egan, Thomas F.; Ugarov, Michael V.; Schultz, Albert J. (2010). Multiplex data acquisition modes for ion mobility-mass spectrometry. United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /176930.