Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics, Volume. 20, Issue 4, 496(2025)

Investigation of ion enhanced guidance in a new conical funnel drift tube

CHEN Jiawei1,2, ZHANG Qiangling2、*, MA Zhaoyun2, ZOU Xue2, HUANG Chaoqun2, BO Guangyu3, SHEN Chengyin2, and CHU Yannan2
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  • 1Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
  • 2Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Technology, Institute of Health and Medical Technology, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
  • 3Center of Basic Science, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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    A new drift tube structure for proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry, called conical funnel drift tube, is designed in this work, which is composed of 20 traditional ring electrodes and 5 new conical electrodes. Firstly, the ion focusing effect of the new drift tube is verified by ion trajectory simulation, and then further comparative experiments are conducted to validate the performance of the new drift tube. The results show that the new conical funnel drift tube has a softer ionization effect and higher sensitivity (4.0–6.3 times) than the traditional drift tube. Moreover, different from the traditional RF focusing method, the new conical funnel drift tube can realize ion focusing only through DC electric field without the need of additional RF power supply, making it especially suitable for instruments requiring miniaturization and low power consumption to improve detection sensitivity.

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    Jiawei CHEN, Qiangling ZHANG, Zhaoyun MA, Xue ZOU, Chaoqun HUANG, Guangyu BO, Chengyin SHEN, Yannan CHU. Investigation of ion enhanced guidance in a new conical funnel drift tube[J]. Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics, 2025, 20(4): 496

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    Received: Feb. 24, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 30, 2025

    The Author Email: Qiangling ZHANG (qlzhang@cmpt.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1673-6141.2025.04.007

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