台式大气压离子源飞行时间质谱仪的研制及性能表征

自制了一款台式大气压离子源飞行时间质谱仪。该仪器采用垂直引入式结构,主要由离子源、大气压接口、离子传输装置及质量分析器组成,其中分析器长度为550 mm。以电喷雾离子源对仪器性能进行表征:仪器在m/z 38.96、132.91、609.28、1 009.58处获得的分辨率分别为4 200、4 900、6 000、7 500;可明显测到甲醇的[CH3OH+H]+峰(m/z 33)和PEG1500的[HO(CH2CH2O)39H+Na]+峰(m/z 1 758);绘制了利血平离子在质荷比609处的峰面积与样品浓度间的标准曲线,其动态线性范围为1~200 pg/μL;信噪比为3时,方法的检出限为1 pg/μL。大气压接口的分子离子反应装置通过碰撞诱导解离效应获得了样品的碎片离子,可用于样品的分子结构分析。该仪器能与多种常压电离技术联用,有望用于药品、环境、食品等领域。     

线性离子阱飞行时间质谱仪的研制及性能表征

基于飞行时间质谱技术、线性离子阱技术、大气压电离源等核心技术,自制了一款台式高分辨线性离子阱飞行时间联用质谱仪器(LIT-TOF MS)。以电喷雾离子源对仪器性能进行表征:LIT-TOF MS的质量分辨率超过12 000(利血平m/z 609),质量范围达到33～1 922 amu,灵敏度为1μg/L;能够实现MS3的三级质谱分析效果。对氨基酸进行了定性及定量的初步应用分析,结果表明:LIT-TOF MS可为代谢组学研究中实时、在线、高通量测定生物复杂样品中氨基酸的含量及其变化提供一定依据。该仪器能与多种常压电离技术联用,有望用于药品、环境、食品等领域。     

在线质谱仪在车内VOCs现场快速监测中的应用

挥发性有机物(VOCs)影响车内空气质量和驾乘者的身心健康。自主研发的在线挥发性有机物质谱仪(SPI-MS 2000),实现了有机物分子的单光子电离,产生无碎片的分子离子,可实现秒级响应,仪器的质量分辨率优于800 FWHM,质量精度优于0.02 amu,对甲苯的测定限优于3μg/m^3,且在3~8000μg/m^3范围内有良好的线性关系。将该仪器应用于某客车车内空气的在线检测:在5 s内检测到20多种微克~毫克每立方米量级的有机物。该仪器在车内VOCs现场快速监测方面有广泛的应用前景。     

顶空进样GC-SIM-MS测定硝唑尼特中溶剂残留甲醇含量

利用气相色谱-选择离子监测质谱联用仪(GC-SIM-MS)测定硝唑尼特样品中溶剂残留甲醇的含量,顶空进样,温度为70℃,时间为20 min.SIM定量离子m/z 32,参考离子m/z 31,30和29.甲醇质量浓度在0.5~100μg/m L内呈良好的线性(R~2=0.999 92).方法相对标准偏差为2.49%~4.85%,样品加标回收在94.5%~102.8%之间,检测限为0.5μg/m L,符合定量分析的要求.     

海洋鱼类血清游离皮质醇液质分析研究

血清样品中加入地塞米松作为定量内标,用氯仿提取,氮气吹干,V(甲醇):V(水)=1:3混合溶液定容后用超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间质谱(UPLC-Q-TOF-MS)对游离皮质醇进行分析。采用电喷雾电离源负离子模式,分别取m/z407.2和437.2作为皮质醇和内标的定量目标离子进行检测。结果表明,皮质醇与内标在BEHC18色谱柱上得到良好的分离,方法在0～200μg/L浓度范围内线性相关系数为0.9993。仪器检出限为1.64pg。方法平均回收率达到93.3%～98.1%,相对标准偏差小于10%。对采自浙江宁波几批大黄鱼(Preudosciaena Crocea)和鲈鱼(Lateolabrax Japonicus)血清进行测定,游离皮质醇含量在2.11～75.84μg/L范围内。与三重四极质谱仪(Q-Q-Q-MS)进行比较,仪器检测灵敏度要优于三重四极质谱仪;在0～2000μg/L。浓度范围内线性相关不及三重四极质谱仪的分析结果,但在0～200μg/L浓度范围内相关性相近。     

在线气体分析的电晕放电大气压电离质谱

研制了适合在线气体分析的电晕放电大气压电离源(corona discharge atmospheric pressure ionization source)及其与商品质谱仪(LTQ-MS)的接口,对其试剂离子的产生机理进行了研究,以H2O. (H2O)为试剂离子,对乙醇气体进行检测,并分析了该离子的产生机制。实验结果表明:在潮湿氮气中电晕放电产生的主要试剂离子是m/z36、37和55;而在含丙酮的潮湿氮气中则产生m/z59和76等离子。利用静态顶空-电晕放电大气压电离质谱对不同浓度的乙醇水溶液进行分析,结果表明:以m/z64为检测对象,乙醇气体浓度的最低检出限可达2.4×10-7g/L;而以m/z47为检测对象,检出限为5.9×10-6g/L。同时还利用动态顶空-电晕放电大气压电离质谱对栀子花香气成分进行了检测,为生物挥发性物质的在线检测提供了一种新方法。     

一种新型光电离/微型正交加速飞行时间质谱仪的设计和性能测试

介绍了自行研制的光电离/微型正交加速飞行时间质谱仪的设计原理和性能。电离源采用光子能量为10.6 eV真空紫外灯,它可将待测分子电离只产生单电荷母体离子,不产生碎片离子。采用该光电离方法得到的质谱谱图比较简单,气体样品可以不经分离直接进行分析。离子正交引入结构的飞行时间质量分析器有效地提高了质谱分辨率。用32 cm无场飞行管,测量碘甲烷得到的质谱分辨率可达430。在谱图获得频率10 kHz的操作条件下,样品总分析时间20 s,得到苯和碘甲烷的检出限分别为10×10-6,5×10-6。软电离和微型化使得该质谱仪在可挥发性有机物的实时在线监测方面有广泛的应用。     

偶氮甲酰胺分解产生呋喃西林代谢物的相关性研究

对偶氮甲酰胺(ADC)分解产生呋喃西林代谢物(SEM)的相关性进行了分析研究.采用液相色谱串联质谱法,ESI正离子模式,多反应监测MRM,内标法定量测定SEM的含量.SEM衍生物监测离子对为m/z 209/192、209/166(定性离子)、m/z 209/166(定量离子),SEM内标衍生物监测离子对为m/z 212/168(定性离子)、m/z 212/168(定量离子).定量限为0.5 μg/kg,方法的回收率为85%～94%,测定结果的相对标准偏差不大于9.4%(n=5).     

宽离子能量检测范围垂直引入反射式飞行时间质谱仪的研制

本实验室研制了国内首台宽离子能量检测范围飞行时间质谱仪。仪器采用紧凑式电子轰击源设计,配合离子透镜系统有效的调制离子流,飞行时间质量分析器采用了离子垂直引入式,双场加速和双场反射以及大尺寸MCP检测装置设计。仪器单离子信号半峰宽约2 ns,仪器分辨率优于1600FWHM,检测实际样品质量范围为1~127 amu(仪器理论质量检测上限优于800 amu),可检测离子能量范围优于2个数量级(3~140 eV)。若该TOF质量分析器与短瞬高压脉冲放电离子源耦合联用,可广泛应用于高能离子束的快速检测,如真空阴极放电对制备薄膜、离子注入材料的表征,导电材料的离子电荷态分布以及离子扩散速度的测定等。     

DART-Q-Exactive快速分析案件可疑物中新精神活性物质

使用实时直接分析离子源串联四极杆和轨道阱杂交高分辨质谱仪,对来源于实际案件中的可疑植物碎末进行分析。分析取样量小于2 mg,可疑植物碎末的一级质谱主峰质荷比范围为m/z 384.1695~384.1699,全离子裂解后得到质荷比m/z 324.15,253.08和m/z 109.04的3个主要碎片离子。通过精确分子量检索与模拟碎裂实验,推断可疑植物碎末中含有AMBFUBINACA成分,并经气相色谱-质谱联用技术确证。通过模拟添加样品考察方法灵敏度及重现性,方法检出限为0.1μg/mg。     

用于与全二维气相色谱联用的高通量飞行时间质谱仪的研制

研制了可与全二维气相色谱联用的高通量飞行时间质谱仪,并进行了性能水平测试。设计采用新型高灵敏度电子轰击源及具有垂直引入、双推斥脉冲、二级反射式结构的飞行时间质量分析器,结合高于20 kHz的推斥频率,可获得质量范围1~1000 amu,质量分辨>1000(m/z 219,ADC采集卡),检出限低于1 pg,线性动态范围超过4个数量级,同时最快可达400谱/s的高采集速度,完全满足全二维气相色谱与飞行时间质谱联用的检测要求。与一款完全国产化的全二维气相色谱仪联用,实现对石油、香精、环境等多个领域复杂样品的分析,获得令人满意的检测结果,显示了此质谱仪器与全二维气相色谱联用的适用性及其在复杂样品体系全组分分析中的应用潜力。     

Multi-turn time-of-flight mass spectrometers with electrostatic sectors

The mass resolution of a time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer is directly proportional to its total flight pathlength. Multi-turn or multi-passage ion optical geometries are necessary to obtain fight distances of sufficient length within reasonable size limitations. We have investigated ion optics for a multi-turn TOF mass spectrometer with electrostatic sectors. The concept of 'perfect' focusing conditions is introduced. Furthermore, a new type of multi-turn TOF mass spectrometer, the MULTUM Linear plus, was developed. It consists of four cylindrical electric sectors and 28 electric quadrupole lenses. It has a vacuum chamber 60 x 70 x 20 cm in size. Mass resolution is demonstrated to increase according to the number of ion cycles. A mass resolution of 350 000 (m/z = 28, FWHM) was achieved after 501.5 cycles. The MULTUM Linear plus analyzer is not simple, however; 28 electric quadrupole lenses are used. In order to reduce the number of ion optical parts, an improved multi-turn TOF mass spectrometer, the MULTUM II, consisting of only four toroidal electric sectors, was also developed. The possibility of tandem mass spectrometric applications using multi-turn TOF mass spectrometers is also discussed.     

Development and Characterization of A Linear Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometer

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is an important analytical technique for biological macromolecules, such as proteins, peptides and nucleic acid, especially in the field of microbial identification. On the basis of previous study, a linear MALDI-TOF MS was been designed and assembled for biological applications. The instrument comprised a vacuum system, a vacuum fast sample introduction system, an optical system, a time-of-flight mass analyzer, an ion source, a data acquisition system and an electronic control system. The ion source adopted two-stage source acceleration, delayed extraction and dynamic pulse focusing technique. The time-of-flight distance of field-free drift region was about 1 m. The optical system adopted a solid-state laser with adjustable frequency of 1–2000 Hz and spots of 20–100 μm. The angle of incidence laser was controlled at 5°. A series of experiments were carried out to further evaluate the instrument performances. It could not only analyze the samples more than 199 kDa, but also achieve isotope resolution at 1000–3000 Da and up to 900 (FWHM) at 5000–17000 Da. The minimum detectable concentration of gramicidin was 10 amol μL^?1, absolute sensitivity reached up to 2.56 amol. Independent detection of saliva samples from different targets showed that the instrument had higher producibility. We identified Escherichia coli and Shigella spp., which are two common bacteria but difficult to be differentiated by mass spectrometry, showing its potential identification for clinical microorganism. In summary, this instrument can play a role on clinical examination in the near future.     

Miniaturized linear time-of-flight mass spectrometer with pulsed extraction

Improved resolution for a miniaturized instrument is demonstrated at high masses using a pulsed extraction, 3(") linear time-of-flight (TOF) mass analyzer. This illustrates the utility of a small and simple mass spectrometer for biological/medical analyses. Current and future applications suggested by this instrument include rapid mass spectral reading of oligonucleotides that differ in one base (single nucleotide polymorphisms), distinction of biomarker signatures from different species of bacterial spores (biological weapons detection) and point-of-care instruments for proteomics-based diagnostics. We have incorporated a two-stage, pulsed-extraction design that places the focal plane of the ions at the detector channel plate surface. The ions are accelerated to a total energy of 12 keV to enable detection of high-mass proteins in a design that incorporates a floatable flight tube set at the voltage of the front channel plate of the detector. The resultant elimination of post-acceleration at the detector is intended to improve mass resolution by reducing the difference in arrival times between ions and their neutral products. Resolutions of one part in 1200 at m/z 4500 and one part in 600 at m/z 12 000 have been achieved. Proteins with molecular masses up to 66 000 Da, mixtures of oligonucleotides, and biological spores have all been successfully measured, results that increase the potential use of this TOF analyzer.     

Kinetic-energy-sensitive mass spectrometry for separation of different ions with the same m/z value

A double-focusing mass spectrometer (MS) equipped with a superconducting-tunnel-junction (STJ) detector has been applied to measure relative ionization cross-sections for the production of ions that are accompanied by different ion species with the same mass-to-charge (m/z) value. The STJ detector fabricated for this study enables kinetic energy (E) measurement of incoming individual ions at a counting rate of up to approximately 100 k ions/s and an energy resolution (DeltaE/E) of 15%. Both high counting rate and high-energy resolution are necessary to independently determine both m and z and not the m/z value only in ion-counting MS experiments. Ions such as (14)N(2) (2+) and (14)N(+) with the same m/z value can be clearly discriminated using a kinetic-energy-sensitive MS. This fine discrimination capability allows direct determination of relative ionization cross-sections of the homonuclear diatomic ions (14)N(2) (2+)/(14)N(2) (+) and (16)O(2) (2+)/(16)O(2) (+), which are difficult to measure due to the strong interference by the signals of their dissociated atomic ions with noticeably large ionization cross-sections. The new instrument requires no low-abundance heteronuclear diatomic molecules of the forms (14)N(15)N or (16)O(17)O to carry out ionization studies and thus, is expected to be useful in fields such as atmospheric science, interstellar science, or plasma physics.     

High-resolution time-of-flight spectra obtained using the MULTUM II multi-turn type time-of-flight mass spectrometer with an electron ionization ion source

This paper describes experiments demonstrating the high mass-resolving power of the MULTUM II multi-turn type time-of-flight (ToF) mass spectrometer with a 1.308-meter circuit controlled by four toroidal electric sector fields(1) and an electron ionization (EI) ion source. A mass resolution of 250,000 [full-width at half maximum: (FWHM)] was obtained for N(2)(+) after a flight time of 9.0 ms (flight cycles: 1,200, flight length: 1,500 M). A doublet of (12)C(5)H(5)(14)N and (13)C(12)C(5)H(6) (m/Deltam = 9,746; Deltam: mass difference of doublet, m: mass of lighter ion of doublet) was separated and a mass resolution of 91,000 (FWHM) was obtained. A doublet of CDCl(2) and CH(2)Cl(2) (m/Deltam = 54,162) was also separated. A mass resolution of 115,000 (FWHM) was then achieved. When one peak of these doublets was used as a calibrant, the mass of the other peak was determined within a few ppm by mass difference. The ToF depending on the square of m/z was significantly larger than the systematic errors in the ToF, so that good mass accuracy was obtained by one-point mass determination.     

Determination of hexanal as an oxidative marker in vegetable oils using an automated dynamic headspace sampler coupled to a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer

An automated dynamic headspace sampler coupled to a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer was evaluated as an oxidative marker to determine hexanal content in vegetable oils. For the effective analysis, a cooled injection system (CIS) was used to focus and to introduce the hexanal desorbed from the Tenax TA. The temperature of the CIS was maintained at -60 °C for 12 min before desorbing the hexanal. Hexanal was separated on a capillary column (DB-5, 0.25 mm × 60 m, 0.25 μm in film thickness) from 50 to 230 °C, followed by mass spectrometer-selected ion monitoring analysis at m/z 56. The instrumental response to hexanal was highly linear from 10 ng mL(-1) to 1 μg mL(-1) (r(2) = 0.9999). The relative standard deviation (RSD) of intra- and inter-day repeatability was acceptable, with values of less than 3.88 and 4.25%, respectively. The LOD and LOQ of hexanal were determined by gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer-selected ion monitoring to be 3.3 and 9.8 ng mL(-1), respectively. The acid value, peroxide value and fatty acid composition revealed a good correlation with the hexanal concentration.     

Investigation of an enhanced resolution triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for high-throughput liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry assays

Triple quadrupole mass spectrometers, when operated in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode, offer a unique combination of sensitivity, specificity, and dynamic range. Consequently, the triple quadrupole is the workhorse for high-throughput quantitation within the pharmaceutical industry. However, in the past, the unit mass resolution of quadrupole instruments has been a limitation when interference from matrix or metabolites cannot be eliminated. With recent advances in instrument design, triple quadrupole instruments now afford mass resolution of less than 0.1 Dalton (Da) full width at half maximum (FWHM). This paper describes the evaluation of an enhanced resolution triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for high-throughput bioanalysis with emphasis on comparison of selectivity, sensitivity, dynamic range, precision, accuracy, and stability under both unit mass (1 Da FWHM) and enhanced (相似文献