On January 7, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, an authoritative journal in the field of mass spectrometry technology, announced the winners of the 2019 RCM Beynon Prize. Professors Xiaohao Wang, Fei Tang, Kai Ni and their team won the prestigious award with the paper titled "Rapid mass spectrometry analysis of a rectilinear ion trap by continuous secular frequency scanning". The Beynon prize recognizes the most innovative and influential paper published in the journal in the past two years, and is the first time that the prize is granted to a Chinese research team since its establishment in 2004.
Prof. Wang’s team has been engaged in the research of miniature mass spectrometry instrumentation and its applications for more than ten years. The miniaturization of mass spectrometer will greatly promote chemical analysis in everyday life, and has important application prospects in the field of in-situ analysis.
In the award-winning paper, a two-stage vacuum RIT mass spectrometer with auxiliary AC frequency scanning function was built, and a continuous secular frequency scanning (CSFS) method was proposed.
Timing scheme for rectilinear ion trap (RIT) in different analysis modes
Unlike traditional operation modes, the CSFS mode does not need discrete ion injection, cooling, analysis and clearing phases. Continuous ion injection and cooling is realized by maintaining the radio-frequency signal and front Z electrode in ion injection state while scanning the auxiliary AC frequency periodically.
With improved speed and low requirements on power supply, the novel method provides a feasible way to improve analysis efficiency of the mass spectrometer and realize instrument miniaturization.
Link to full text:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/rcm.7880
About RCM
One of the highest impact journals in its field, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry publishes rapid publications of original research results and ideas on all aspects of gas-phase ions and associated scientific disciplines. This journal is published online via Wiley Online Library.
About the RCM Beynon Award
In 2004, to mark the 80th birthday of John Beynon, the founding Editor of Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (RCM) and its publishers (John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.) established the 'RCM Beynon Prize'. The award, consisting of a monetary reward of $1000 USD and a certificate for each contributing author, is awarded to an innovative advance in mass spectrometric instrumentation or methodology that has had the greatest immediate impact in its particular sub-discipline over the past two years
