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A novel three rod (tripole) ion optic to which three AC voltages with symmetrically delayed phase shifts were applied to each electrode. We studied its ion guiding, focusing, and mass filtering capabilities by SIMION ver. 7.0 computer simulations. An electric field mathematical model was developed to calculate the pseudopotential of the tripole radial AC force. The tripole showed stable ion guiding for wide ranges of AC amplitude; better collisional focusing than hexapole and octapole and similar focusing as quadrupole (rod pole). Also, the ion optic clearly showed interesting mass filtering potential when the phase shift was asymmetrically delayed. The symmetric shape of the pseudopotential field explained the tripole ion guiding and focusing capabilities. For mass filtering, the pseudopotential was asymmetric and its effect was balanced with DC voltage to separate the ions, depending in their masses. The resolution was much lower than quadrupole but useful when rough filtering was required.
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Salazar, G.A., Masujima, T. Computer simulations of a new three rods ion optic (TRIPOLE) with high focusing and mass filtering capabilities. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 18, 413–421 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasms.2006.10.007
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