Symposium: New Alternatives in High- Resolution Mass Spectrometry
Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry: Ultra- high Resolution for Every Lab
Alexander Makarov
March 14, 2012 What is Orbitrap™ analyzer?
Orbitrap analyzer =
= Orbital trapping
+ Image current detection
+ Electrodynamic squeezing
+ External pulsed ion source
2 The unstable world of electrostatic trapping
Earnshaw's theorem (1842): “A collection of point charges cannot be maintained in a stable stationary equilibrium configuration solely by electrostatic interaction of the charges”
…but moving No promise? charges could be Orbital traps stable! Kingdon (1923)
3 TOF Adventures: Prelude to the Orbitrap analyzer
k U (r, z) 4z 2 r 2 / 2 R2 4ln(r / R ) 2 m m Gall L.N., Golikov Y.K., Aleksandrov M.L., Pechalina Y.E., Holin N.A. SU Pat. 1247973, 1986.
1st implementation of quadro- logarithmic potential in mass spectrometry (1989)
“A mosquito- catcher”
4 Orbital trapping
“Ideal Kingdon trap”: Characteristic frequencies:
Quadro-logarithmic potential Frequency of rotation k 2 2 2 Frequency of radial oscillations r U (r, z) 4z r / 2 Rm 4 ln(r / Rm ) 2 Frequency of axial oscillations z
C R S2 z D m T 1 2 E R U
C R S2 D m T 2 r z E R U k z m / q
Only this frequency does not depend on energy, angle, etc. “Beauty will save the world.”- F.M. Dostoevsky and is used for mass analysis
5 Detection of Ions in the Orbitrap analyzer
Image current detection All-mass detection Noise equivalent to <10 /
Frequency of axial oscillations of each ring induces an image current on split outer electrodes Multiple ions in the Orbitrap generate a complex signal with frequencies determined using a Fourier Transformation
I(t)
t 6 I(t) Injection of Ions into the Orbitrap analyzer
A short ion packet of one m/z enters the field Increasing voltage squeezes ions “Excitation by injection” is initiated Voltage stabilises and ion trajectories are also stabilized Angular spreading forms ROTATING RINGs bouncing back and forth
7 I(t) Proof of Principle: Orbitrap MS with Laser Ion Source
Field compensator Ion source
0.8 sec
High voltage 8 M record length 10 Ms/s (borrowed amplifier LeCroy) 0.8 s transient f =711 kHz,f=2.39 Hz f/f 300000 M/M=½ f/f 150000
HD Technologies Ltd A.A. Makarov, Anal. Chem., v.72 (2000), No.6, From Jan. 25, 2000- within Thermo Inc. 8 p.1156-1162. (in Thermo Masslab, Manchester, UK) Reasons Why Orbitrap Would Never Work