Ion source with controlled superpositon of electrostatic and gas flow fields
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1. A device for outputting ions, the device comprising:
- a first housing; and
a second housing, wherein said first housing comprises at least one pneumatic element that segregates the space within the first housing into a gas reservoir and an ion expansion chamber, the gas reservoir being in axisymmetric gas communication with the ion expansion chamber and in gas communication with the exterior of said first housing;
wherein said second housing comprises at least one pneumatic element that segregates the space within the second housing into an axial trajectory region and a gas sink region, the gas sink region being in axisymmetric gas communication with the axial trajectory region and in gas communication with the exterior of said second housing;
wherein the first housing expansion chamber is axially aligned with and in gas and ion communication with the second housing axial trajectory region and wherein the second housing axial trajectory region is in axial alignment with and in ion communication with an ion outlet of the device, wherein ions introduced into the ion expansion chamber are guided during use along the device axis from the expansion chamber through the axial trajectory region to the ion outlet by pneumatic and electrostatic fields, and wherein the pneumatic and electrostatic fields are superposed.
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Abstract
Ion source devices with controlled superposition of electrostatic and gas flow fields to effect rapid collisional cooling with improved ion collection and collimation, analytical apparatus comprising such ion source devices, and methods for use are presented.
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1. A device for outputting ions, the device comprising:
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a first housing; and
a second housing, wherein said first housing comprises at least one pneumatic element that segregates the space within the first housing into a gas reservoir and an ion expansion chamber, the gas reservoir being in axisymmetric gas communication with the ion expansion chamber and in gas communication with the exterior of said first housing;
wherein said second housing comprises at least one pneumatic element that segregates the space within the second housing into an axial trajectory region and a gas sink region, the gas sink region being in axisymmetric gas communication with the axial trajectory region and in gas communication with the exterior of said second housing;
wherein the first housing expansion chamber is axially aligned with and in gas and ion communication with the second housing axial trajectory region and wherein the second housing axial trajectory region is in axial alignment with and in ion communication with an ion outlet of the device, wherein ions introduced into the ion expansion chamber are guided during use along the device axis from the expansion chamber through the axial trajectory region to the ion outlet by pneumatic and electrostatic fields, and wherein the pneumatic and electrostatic fields are superposed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40, 41)
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20. An ion source device, the device comprising:
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ion introduction or generating means;
first ion guidance means; and
second ion guidance means, wherein said first ion guidance means are configured to establish a first superposed electrostatic fields and pneumatic fields, wherein said second ion guidance means are configured to establish a second superposed electrostatic fields and pneumatic fields, and wherein, during use, ions introduced or generated by said ion introducing or generating means are guided by the first and second superposed electrostatic fields and pneumatic fields along the device axis to a device outlet. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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37. A method of increasing the collimated output of ions from an ion source device, the method comprising:
guiding ions introduced into or generated within said source along the device axis to an ion source outlet using superposed electrostatic and axisymmetric pneumatic fields. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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