Proof of Concept Coded Aperture Miniature Mass Spectrometer Using a Cycloidal Sector Mass Analyzer,a Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Field Emission Electron Ionization Source,and an Array Detector

Despite many potential applications, miniature mass spectrometers have had limited adoption in the field due to the tradeoff between throughput and resolution that limits their performance relative to laboratory instruments. Recently, a solution to this tradeoff has been demonstrated by using spatially coded apertures in magnetic sector mass spectrometers, enabling throughput and signal-to-background improvements of greater than an order of magnitude with no loss of resolution. This paper describes a proof of concept demonstration of a cycloidal coded aperture miniature mass spectrometer (C-CAMMS) demonstrating use of spatially coded apertures in a cycloidal sector mass analyzer for the first time. C-CAMMS also incorporates a miniature carbon nanotube (CNT) field emission electron ionization source and a capacitive transimpedance amplifier (CTIA) ion array detector. Results confirm the cycloidal mass analyzer’s compatibility with aperture coding. A >10× increase in throughput was achieved without loss of resolution compared with a single slit instrument. Several areas where additional improvement can be realized are identified.

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径向电场对纳米管中水分子通量的影响

水分子在纳米通道中的运动对于生命活动、纳米器件的设计等都有着重要的意义. 现在已经证实, 在(6,6)的碳纳米管中, 水分子会以单分子水链的形式协同通过碳纳米管. 但是如何控制水分子的流量仍然是一个困难的课题. 本文研究了在径向电场作用下, 碳纳米管中水分子通量的变化趋势和碳纳米管的开关行为.发现在碳纳米管两端存在200 MPa的压力差时, 电场强度从1 V·nm^-1增加到3 V·nm^-1, 水分子通量线性减小. 当径向电场强度增加到3 V·nm^-1时, 碳纳米管处于关闭状态, 水分子无法通过碳纳米管. 进一步, 我们发现水偶极与碳纳米管管轴夹角的平均值的概率分布和翻转频率都与水分子在纳米管中的个数有很大关系.     

Effects of a Constant Magnetic Field on the Electrochemical Reactions of Quercetin

The paper presents a study of the effect of a constant magnetic field (CMF) on the basic processes of quercetin electrochemical reactions. According to the observation made in previous studies, the presence of a double bond in the C-ring of quercetin enhances the antioxidant properties of that compound, whereas the presence of −OH groups also affects the antioxidant properties. Using cyclic voltammetry it was found that the constant magnetic field improves the efficiency of quercetin electrooxidation, especially of the third stage of the process, i. e. the stage in which the oxidation of the OH groups in the A-ring is the most difficult. The use of HPLC confirmed the electrochemical measurements and the results of cyclic voltammetry studies. The beneficial effect of the magnetic field on the efficiency of quercetin oxidation was confirmed by the results of impedance spectroscopy measurements.     

Optical Absorption and Magnetic Field Effect Based Imaging of Transient Radicals

Short‐lived radicals generated in the photoexcitation of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) in aqueous solution at low pH are detected with high sensitivity and spatial resolution using a newly developed transient optical absorption detection (TOAD) imaging microscope. Radicals can be studied under both flash photolysis and continuous irradiation conditions, providing a means of directly probing potential biological magnetoreception within sub‐cellular structures. Direct spatial imaging of magnetic field effects (MFEs) by magnetic intensity modulation (MIM) imaging is demonstrated along with transfer and inversion of the magnetic field sensitivity of the flavin semiquinone radical concentration to that of the ground state of the flavin under strongly pumped reaction cycling conditions. A low field effect (LFE) on the flavin semiquinone–adenine radical pair is resolved for the first time, with important implications for biological magnetoreception through the radical pair mechanism.     

Magnetic Field Effects on Fluorescence Polarization Spectroscopy of Perylene

In the passed decade, great attention has been paid on the study of external magnetic filed effects on chemical reactions and relative phenomena. Our recent previous study show to molecular spectra of some system, such as α-bromonaphthalene in aqueous solution of β-Cyclodextrin, can be modified by external magnetic field effects.     

Performance of Orbitrap Mass Analyzer at Various Space Charge and Non-Ideal Field Conditions: Simulation Approach

The orbital trap mass analyzer provides a number of unique analytical features along with inevitable limitations as an electrostatic instrument operating in high space charge regimes resulting in systematic measured frequency errors as an effect of stored ion clouds on the trap field and each other effect of non-ideal machining the trap electrodes, effect of injection slot, effect of real versus theoretical trap dimensions, etc. This paper deals with determining the influence of the space charge effect and imperfection of the electrostatic field on the motion of ion ensembles in the orbital trap. We examine effects of theoretically modeled non-harmonicity of the electrostatic potential and the number of confined ions on stability of coherent ion motion in the trap that determines the frequency shifts of axial ion oscillation. Three different Orbitrap geometries were considered: geometry close to preproduction Orbitrap, close to standard Orbitrap, close to high field Orbitrap. Frequency shifts for m/z = 500 and for charge state +23 of cytochrome c isotopic cluster particles with 10⁴ {10^4} -6*10⁶ {10^6} elemental charges in the trap were considered. Refined spectra were calculated using the filter diagonalization method proposed by Mandelshtam et al. and applied to mass spectrometry by O’Connor and Aizikov.     

On Nonlinear Orientational Effects in the Ferrocolloid Rotating in a Magnetic Field

The orientational dynamics of a system of noninteracting hard-magnetic ferroparticles in a fluid matrix rotating in a transverse magnetic field small as compared with the effective anisotropy field of a particle was considered. The problem of the dynamics of an individual particle with a magnetic moment incompletely frozen in the crystalline matrix was solved. An orientational microkinetic equation was formulated with allowances made for the Brownian motion of particles for high rotation frequencies. It was established that the presence of a small orientational freedom of the moment in the particle body dramatically changes the behavior of the system. A particular result is a giant retardation of the mechanical and magnetic orientational relaxation in the colloid preliminary magnetized along the rotation axis.     

Magnetic Field and Magnetic Isotope Effects upon Reactions of Heavy Atom-Centered Radicals

We present our recent studies on magnetic field effects (MFEs) observed in reactions of heavy atom-centered radicals such as Si-,P-, Ge-, and Sn-radicals with a ns-laser photolysis technique under magnetic fields of 0–10 T. Although the MFES of heavy atom-centered radicals are much smaller than those of C-radicals due to the spin-orbit interaction of heavy atoms, we have found appreciable MFEs in many reactions of such heavy atom-centered radicals. Comparing the MFES of C-radicals with those of heavy atom-centered ones, we have explained the MFEs of heavy atom-centered radicals in terms of the Δg and relaxation mechanisms. We have found that the separation between the MFES due to the Δg mechanism and those due to the relaxation one is possible with the enhancement of spin relaxation by the addition of a paramagnetic ion. We have also tried to enrich magnetic isotopes of heavy atoms with the magnetic isotope effect (MIE), using the reactions which show fairly large MFES. Recently, we have succeeded in enriching ⁷³Ge. This is the heaviest isotope which has so far been enriched with the MIE from samples of natural abundance.     

Mapping the Stability Diagram of a Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer with a Static Transverse Magnetic Field Applied

Previous experimental and theoretical work identified that the application of a static magnetic (B) field can improve the resolution of a quadrupole mass spectrometer (QMS) and this simple method of performance enhancement offers advantages for field deployment. Presented here are further data showing the effect of the transverse magnetic field upon the QMS performance. For the first time, the asymmetry in QMS operation with B _x and B _y is considered and explained in terms of operation in the fourth quadrant of the stability diagram. The results may be explained by considering the additional Lorentz force (v x B) experienced by the ion trajectories in each case. Using our numerical approach, we model not only the individual ion trajectories for a transverse B field applied in x and y but also the mass spectra and the effect of the magnetic field upon the stability diagram. Our theoretical findings, confirmed by experiment, show an improvement in resolution and ion transmission by application of magnetic field for certain operating conditions.

磁场对含稀土铝锂合金断裂特征的影响

以含铈铝锂合金为研究对象，研究了磁场对含稀土铝锂合金时效过程的影响，从断裂特征及微观组织两方面分析了磁场作用规律。实验结果表明：未加磁场时，合金的断裂特征以理断裂为主；扁平晶粒厚度不匀，在磁场作用下，此合金的断裂特征与微观组织发生明显改观，随磁感应强度增强，合金主断裂面上准解理断裂特征减弱，同时二次裂纹增多，分层比较升高；扁平晶粒厚度变薄，尺寸趋于均匀。用少体物理理论，探讨了磁场对含稀土合金原子扩散过程的影响，为进一步研究稀土元素在磁场中的行为及其局域效应提供了一定的实验依据。     

Magnetic Field Effects on the Behavior of Radicals in Protein and DNA Environments

We have examined the behavior of radical pairs derived by hydrogen abstraction of triplet benzophenone and some of its derivatives from bovine serum albumin, human serum albumin and calf thymus DNA. They have been investigated by means of nanosecond laser flash photolysis techniques. The dynamics of radical pair behavior are shown to be sensitive to external magnetic fields; these effects are interpreted using the established model for the influence of magnetic fields on radical pairs in micellar aggregates, in which intersystem crossing of the radical pair is slowed by the external magnetic field. Our results indicate that proteins and DNA can confine the radicals for a sufficiently long period of time for spin evolution to be affected by external fields. In proteins the radical pair retains its geminate character ( i.e . remains confined) for about 0.5–1 μs. Interestingly, the magnetic field effects observed in proteins and in DNA seem to occur in distinct timescales; for example, for 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzophenone bound to DNA, the magnetic field alters the radical reactivity only over times ≤50 ns, suggesting poor confinement. The timescale for these effects can be increased by promoting Coulombic attraction between DNA and the radical precursor. Electron transfer interactions play a role in the case of DNA.     

磁场对苯胺微乳液聚合体系相行为的影响

通过十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)/正丁醇(n-butanol)/苯胺/水微乳液体系的拟三元相图,考察了恒定磁场(0.4T)和助表面活性剂与表面活性剂的质量比(Km=mn-butanol/mSDBS)对苯胺微乳液聚合体系的相行为、电导行为以及微乳化作用的影响.结果表明:随着体系醇含量的增加,微乳区面积先增大后减小,当Km值为1.0时,形成的微乳区最大;外加磁场可以增大微乳区面积.通过对外加磁场条件下溶液电导率随水含量变化规律的分析,印证了拟三元相图的表征结果.透射电镜分析结果表明,磁场条件下合成的聚苯胺颗粒比无磁场条件下合成的聚苯胺颗粒小.     

Electrically Switchable Magnetic Molecules: Inducing a Magnetic Coupling by Means of an External Electric Field in a Mixed‐Valence Polyoxovanadate Cluster

Herein we evaluate the influence of an electric field on the coupling of two delocalized electrons in the mixed‐valence polyoxometalate (POM) [GeV₁₄O₄₀]^8? (in short V₁₄) by using both a t‐J model Hamiltonian and DFT calculations. In absence of an electric field the compound is paramagnetic, because the two electrons are localized on different parts of the POM. When an electric field is applied, an abrupt change of the magnetic coupling between the two delocalized electrons can be induced. Indeed, the field forces the two electrons to localize on nearest‐neighbors metal centers, leading to a very strong antiferromagnetic coupling. Both theoretical approaches have led to similar results, emphasizing that the sharp spin transition induced by the electric field in the V₁₄ system is a robust phenomenon, intramolecular in nature, and barely influenced by small changes on the external structure.     

强磁场作用对聚苯胺颗粒形貌及电性能的影响

聚苯胺的聚合掺杂条件对其颗粒结构及其导电性能有着很大的影响. 本文在10 T强磁场的作用下用化学氧化溶液原位聚合法得到聚苯胺并观察充分聚合后聚苯胺的颗粒结构、形貌特征及与其形成复合材料的电性能. 实验表明, 在没有强磁场作用下掺杂聚苯胺颗粒呈现礁石状, 而强磁场作用下的原位聚合聚苯胺颗粒呈现直径大约50 nm的棒状, 但其复合材料的电阻率与没有强磁场相比高出3个数量级; 本征态聚苯胺在强磁场下再掺杂得到20～30 nm的球状颗粒, 其复合材料电阻率却降低1个数量级. 分析认为这主要由于强磁场对聚苯胺晶粒的取向作用以及强磁场对聚合掺杂过程的影响所至.     

Inertial Hydrodynamic Effects in Electrophoresis of Particles in an Alternating Electric Field

The influence of the effects associated with the inertia of particles and the surrounding fluid on the electrophoresis in an alternating electric field has been theoretically investigated. From solving the hydrodynamic equations the electrophoretic velocity of a spherical particle was found to depend on the frequency of the external electric field and on the particle-to-fluid-density ratio. It is shown that, due to inertial effects, the liquid flow around particles with a thin electrical double layer (EDL) is no longer potential. A mechanism of the formation of steady-state flow in the vicinity of oscillating particles with a thin EDL is proposed. Using numerical methods, a picture of the fluid streamlines in such a flow is obtained. The spatial distribution of the fluid velocity in the vicinity of a particle is also found. It was established that with an increasing frequency of the electric field the steady-state flow velocity passes through a maximum. The flow direction depends on the ratio between the densities of a particle and the surrounding fluid. The reversal of direction takes place when this ratio is about 0.7. The case of a thick EDL has also been considered, and a comparative analysis of the flow distributions around the particles with a thin and those with a thick EDL has been carried out.     

Electric Field Effects on Photoconductivity and Electronic Absorption Spectra of Photogeneration Sites in Amorphous Molecular Semiconductors

Field dependences of photogeneration quantum yields of charge carriers in films of amorphous molecular semiconductors at high external electric field strengths cannot be always explained in terms of the Onsager or the Poole–Frenkel model, which do not consider the effect of an electric field on basic parameters of these materials. It is assumed that an external electric field shifts the electron density in molecules from its equilibrium distribution, thus altering the probability of electronic transitions. The assumption has been verified in studying the effect of an external electric field on the absorption spectra of poly(N-epoxypropylcarbazole) films doped with a merocyanine dye. Correlation between the theoretical and experimental results has been obtained.     

外电场对锂修饰氧化石墨烯结构储氢性能的影响

基于密度泛函理论(DFT)的第一性原理方法,研究了外加电场对锂修饰氧化石墨烯结构(Li@GO)储氢性能的影响.考察Li@GO结构的稳定性及其对外加电场的响应,研究H_2-Li@GO结构的H_2分子吸附能、几何构型与外加电场的关系.研究结果表明,当外加电场方向垂直Li@GO平面向下(负电场)时,随电场强度增加,H_2分子的吸附能逐渐降低,H_2分子逐渐接近Li原子;当外加电场方向向上(正电场)时,随电场强度增加,H_2分子的吸附能逐渐升高,H_2分子逐渐远离Li原子,分波态密度(PDOS)分析表明:与无外加电场体系的PDOS相比,当对体系施加负电场时,H_2-Li的杂化峰向低能量方向位移,H_2分子与Li@GO结合更加紧密,提升了储氢稳定性;施加正电场时,H_2-Li的杂化峰向高能量方向位移,H_2分子与Li@GO作用减弱提升了氢气释放动力学性能.进一步计算表明,在无外加电场情况下,Li@GO结构最大储氢量在3.1%以上.     

Development and Investigation of a Mesh-Electrode Linear Ion Trap (ME-LIT) Mass Analyzer

A mesh-electrode linear ion trap (ME-LIT) mass analyzer was developed and its performance was primarily characterized. In conventional linear ion trap mass analyzers, the trapped ions are mass-selected and then ejected in a radial direction by a slot on a trap electrode. The presence of slots can strongly affect the electric field distribution in the ion trapping region and distort the mass analysis performance. To compensate for detrimental electric field effects, the slot is usually designed and fabricated to be as small as possible, and also has very high mechanical accuracy and symmetry. A ME-LIT with several mesh electrodes was built to compensate for the effects caused by slots. Each mesh electrode was fabricated from a plate electrode with a relatively large slot and the slot was covered with a conductive mesh. Our preliminary experimental results show that the ME-LIT could considerably diminish the detrimental electric field effects caused by slots, and increase the mass resolving power and ion detection efficiency. Even with 4-mm-wide slots, a mass resolution in excess of 600 was obtained using the ME-LIT. Mass resolution could be remarkably improved using mesh electrodes in ion traps with asymmetric electrodes. The stability diagram of the ME-LIT was mapped, and highly efficient tandem mass spectrometry was demonstrated. The ME-LIT was qualified as a LIT mass analyzer. The ME-LIT can improve the mass resolution and decrease the requirements of mechanical accuracy and symmetry of slots, so it shows potential for a wide range of practical uses.

Nonlinear Hall Effect on Metal Surfaces in a Periodic Electric Field

A theory of nonlinear Hall effect arising in the metal surface layer as a result of the application of an alternating electric field is given. Expressions for the Hall current are derived.