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      Developments in tandem ion mobility mass spectrometry

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          Ion Mobility (IM) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) is a useful tool for separating species of interest out of small quantities of heterogenous mixtures via a combination of m/z and molecular shape. While tandem MS instruments are common, instruments which employ tandem IM are less so with the first commercial IM–MS instrument capable of multiple IM selection rounds being released in 2019. Here we explore the history of tandem IM instruments, recent developments, the applications to biological systems and expected future directions.

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              Applications of a travelling wave-based radio-frequency-only stacked ring ion guide.

              The use of radio-frequency (RF)-only ion guides for efficient transport of ions through regions of a mass spectrometer where the background gas pressure is relatively high is widespread in present instrumentation. Whilst multiple collisions between ions and the background gas can be beneficial, for example in inducing fragmentation and/or decreasing the spread in ion energies, the resultant reduction of ion axial velocity can be detrimental in modes of operation where a rapidly changing influx of ions to the gas-filled ion guide needs to be reproduced at the exit. In general, the RF-only ion guides presently in use are based on multipole rod sets. Here we report investigations into a new mode of ion propulsion within an RF ion guide based on a stack of ring electrodes. Ion propulsion is produced by superimposing a voltage pulse on the confining RF of an electrode and then moving the pulse to an adjacent electrode and so on along the guide to provide a travelling voltage wave on which the ions can surf. Through appropriate choice of the travelling wave pulse height, velocity and gas pressure it will be shown that the stacked ring ion guide with the travelling wave is effective as a collision cell in a tandem mass spectrometer where fast mass scanning or switching is required, as an ion mobility separator at pressures around 0.2 mbar, as an ion delivery device for enhancement of duty cycle on an orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight (oa-TOF) mass analyser, and as an ion fragmentation device at higher wave velocities. 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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                Journal
                Biochem Soc Trans
                Biochem Soc Trans
                BST
                Biochemical Society Transactions
                Portland Press Ltd.
                0300-5127
                1470-8752
                18 December 2020
                18 December 2020
                : 48
                : 6
                : 2457-2466
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
                [2 ]Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck University, Malet Place, London WC1E 7HX, U.K.
                Author notes
                Correspondence: Konstantinos Thalassinos ( k.thalassinos@ 123456ucl.ac.uk )
                Author information
                https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5306-3644
                http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5072-8428
                Article
                BST-48-2457
                10.1042/BST20190788
                7752082
                33336686
                c78a8751-a8ef-4a90-b756-1095c4d84e2e
                © 2020 The Author(s)

                This is an open access article published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY). Open access for this article was enabled by the participation of University College London in an all-inclusive Read & Publish pilot with Portland Press and the Biochemical Society under a transformative agreement with JISC.

                History
                : 15 June 2020
                : 14 October 2020
                : 17 November 2020
                Categories
                Biophysics
                Structural Biology
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                Biochemistry
                ion mobility,mass spectrometry,protein structure,tandem ion mobility
                Biochemistry
                ion mobility, mass spectrometry, protein structure, tandem ion mobility

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