Title

Ion Trajectory Simulations of Axial AC Dipolar Excitation in the Orbitrap

Authors

Guangxiang Wu, Purdue University
Robert J. Noll, Purdue University
Wolfgang R. Plass, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen - Germany
Qizhi Hu, Purdue University
Richard H. Perry, Purdue UniversityFollow
R. Graham Cooks, Purdue University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-15-2006

Publication Title

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Keywords

Orbitrap, Field solver, Harmonic motion, Dipolar ac, Excitation, Mass spectrometry, Fourier transform, Ion trajectory simulation

ISSN

1387-3806

Volume

254

Issue/No.

1-2

First Page

53

Last Page

62

Abstract

The newly developed version of the multi-particle ion trajectory simulation program, ITSIM 6.0, was applied to simulate ac dipolar excitation of ion axial motion in the Orbitrap. The Orbitrap inner and outer electrodes were generated in AutoCAD, a 3D drawing program. The electrode geometry was imported into the 3D field solver COMSOL; the field array was then imported into ITSIM 6.0. Ion trajectories were calculated by solving Newton's equations using Runge–Kutta integration methods. Compared to the analytical solution, calculated radial components of the field at the device's “equator” (z = 0) were within 0.5% and calculated axial components midway between the inner and outer electrodes were within 0.2%.

The experiments simulated here involved the control of axial motion of ions in the Orbitrap by the application of dipolar ac signals to the split outer electrodes, as described in a recently published paper from this laboratory [Hu et al., J. Phys. Chem. A 110 (2006) 2682]. In these experiments, ac signal was applied at the axial resonant frequency of a selected ion. Axial excitation and eventual ion ejection resulted when the ac was in phase with, i.e., had 0° phase relative to ion axial motion. De-excitation of ion axial motion until the ions were at z = 0 and at rest with respect to the z-axis resulted if the applied ac was out of phase with ion motion, with re-excitation of ion axial motion occurring if the dipolar ac was continued beyond this point. Both de-excitation and re-excitation could be achieved mass-selectively and depended on the amplitude and duration (number of cycles) of the applied ac. The effects of ac amplitude, frequency, phase relative to ion motion, and bandwidth of applied waveform were simulated. All simulation results were compared directly with the experimental data and good agreement was observed. Such ion motion control experiments and their simulation provide the possibility to improve Orbitrap performance and to develop tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) capabilities inside the Orbitrap.

Comments

©2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Additional Comments

NSF Major Research Instrumentation program #: CHE-0216239; Office of Naval Research program #: N00014-02-1-0834

NSUWorks Citation

Wu, G., Noll, R. J., Plass, W. R., Hu, Q., Perry, R. H., & Cooks, R. G. (2006). Ion Trajectory Simulations of Axial AC Dipolar Excitation in the Orbitrap. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 254, (1-2), 53 - 62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2006.05.007. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_chemphys_facarticles/178

DOI

10.1016/j.ijms.2006.05.007