Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 27, Issue 6, 1255(2019)

Integrated FAIMS system using needle-ring ion source

LI Hua... YUN Hong-mei, DU Xiao-xia, ZENG Ruo-sheng, JIANG Yong-rong and CHENG Zhen-cheng |Show fewer author(s)
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    A needle-ring ion source structure based on printed circuit board technology was designed to integrate an ion source with a High-field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry (FAIMS) structure, which was composed of a needle electrode, loop electrode, air inflow pedestal, and fixed needle pedestal. A stainless steel needle tip with a diameter of 28 μm was used as the cathode, and a copper loop with a diameter of 3 mm and length of 16 mm was used as the anode. A discharge property experiment shows that corona and glow discharges are realized through discharge voltages of -2 kV and -2.8 kV, respectively, proving that the stable discharge state could be obtained in ambient air. Comparing the FAIMS system using a UV-lamp ion source with the FAIMS system using a needle-ring ion source, the compensation voltages in the FAIMS spectrum are nearly the same under the conditions of a carrier gas flow rate of 1.5 L/min and a high-field rectangular radio peak-to-peak voltage of 300 V. However, the electric currents are 64 pA and 45 pA for the needle-ring and UV-lamp ion sources, respectively. Experimental results thus reveal that the integrated FAIMS using the needle-ring ion source can work stably and that it has a better integration property and stronger signal when compared to a UV-lamp ion source.

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    LI Hua, YUN Hong-mei, DU Xiao-xia, ZENG Ruo-sheng, JIANG Yong-rong, CHENG Zhen-cheng. Integrated FAIMS system using needle-ring ion source[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2019, 27(6): 1255

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    Received: Jan. 17, 2019

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    Published Online: Jul. 29, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/ope.20192706.1255

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