Differential Ion Mobility Separations of Peptides with Resolving Power Exceeding 50

Abstract
Differential ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) or field asymmetric waveform IMS (FAIMS) separates gas-phase ions by mobility differences with respect to the electric field intensity. A major emerging FAIMS application is the fractionation of proteolytic digests. Using a planar FAIMS unit with helium/nitrogen mixtures, we have increased FAIMS resolving powers for peptide analyses from the prior maximum of ∼20−30 to ∼50−70. The resolution improved nearly 3-fold, allowing, in particular, separation of previously unresolved conformers.

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