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ArticleJournal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry2017

On the Nature of Mass Spectrometer Analyzer Contamination.

Yang Kang, Bradley B Schneider, Thomas R Covey

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Article in Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Design Characteristics to Eliminate the Need for Parameter Optimization in Nanoflow ESI-MS.Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yang KangSCIEX, 71 Four Valley Drive, Concord, ON, L4K 4V8, Canada. yang.kang@sciex.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3314-5551
Bradley B SchneiderSCIEX, 71 Four Valley Drive, Concord, ON, L4K 4V8, Canada.
Thomas R CoveySCIEX, 71 Four Valley Drive, Concord, ON, L4K 4V8, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sample throughput in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is limited by the need for frequent ion path cleaning to remove accumulated debris that can lead to charging and general performance degradation. Contamination of ion optics within the vacuum system is particularly problematic as routine cleaning requires additional time for cycling the vacuum pumps. Differential mobility spectrometry (DMS) can select targeted ion species for transmission, thereby reducing the total number of charged particles entering the vacuum system. In this work, we characterize the nature of instrument contamination, describe efforts to improve mass spectrometer robustness by applying DMS prefiltering to reduce contamination of the vacuum ion optics, and demonstrate the capability of DMS to extend the interval between mass spectrometer cleaning. In addition, we introduce a new approach to effectively detect large charged particles formed during the electrospray ionization (ESI) process. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.

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ClustersContaminationDMS prefilteringRobustness

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PMID28733968

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