A high‐performance matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization orthogonal time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer with collisional cooling
- 23 October 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
- Vol. 17 (22) , 2508-2516
- https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1241
Abstract
A high-performance orthogonal time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer was developed specifically for use in combination with a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) source. The MALDI source features an ionization region containing a buffer gas with variable pressure. The source is interfaced to the TOF section via a collisional focusing ion guide. The pressure in the source influences the rate of cooling and allows control of ion fragmentation. The instrument provides uniform resolution up to 18 000 FWHM (full width at half maximun). Mass accuracy routinely achieved with a single-point internal recalibration is below 2 ppm for protein digest samples. The instrument is also capable of recording spectra of samples containing compounds with a broad range of masses while using one set of experimental conditions and without compromising resolution or mass accuracy. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords
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