Ion mobility separator for mass spectrometers

• Main Authors: Melvin Andrew Park, Desmond Allen Kaplan, Mark Ridgeway
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.11.2017
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS; ELECTRICITY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

The invention relates to the selection and separation of ions with predetermined ion mobilities, preferably for mass spectrometric analysis. The invention provides devices and methods for these separations, either by the collection and temporal storage of many ions with predetermined mobility, or by...