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Dynamic CID of selected precursor ions is achieved by the application of a two-frequency excitation waveform to the end-cap electrodes during the mass instability scan of a quadrupole ion trap (QIT) mass spectrometer. This new method permits a shorter scanning time when compared with conventional on-resonance CID. When the excitation waveform consists of two closely-spaced frequencies, the relative phase-relationship of the two frequencies plays a critical role in the fragmentation dynamics. However, at wider frequency spacings (> 10 kHz), these phase effects are diminished, while maintaining the efficacy of closely-spaced excitation frequencies. The fragmentation efficiencies and energetics of n-butylbenzene and tetra-alanine are studied under different experimental conditions and the results are compared at various scan rate parameters between 0.1 and 1.0 ms/Th. Although faster scan rates reduce the analysis time, the maximum observed fragmentation efficiencies rarely exceed 30%, compared with values in excess of 50% achieved at slower scan rates. The internal energies calculated from the simulations of n-butylbenzene at fast scan rates are ∼4 eV for most experimental conditions, while at slow scan rates, internal energies above 5.5 eV are observed for a wide range of conditions. Extensive ITSIM simulations support the observation that slowing the scan rate has a similar effect on fragmentation as widening the frequency spacing between the two excitation frequencies. Both approaches generally enhance CID efficiencies and make fragmentation less dependent upon the relative phase angle between the excitation waveform and the ion motion.
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Laskay, Ü.A., Collin, O.L., Hyland, J.J. et al. Dynamic collision-induced dissociation (DCID) in a quadrupole ion trap using a two-frequency excitation waveform: II. Effects of frequency spacing and scan rate. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 18, 2017–2025 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasms.2007.08.014
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