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  • Separation Science
  • Mass Spectrometry

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  • Ion mobility separations offer valuable structural information but often lack sufficient resolution for complex samples.
  • Achieving ultrahigh resolution in ion mobility requires impractically long separation paths, limiting practical applications.

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  • To introduce and validate an iterative approach for enhancing ion mobility resolution using Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulation (SLIM).
  • To demonstrate the capability of this method for resolving isomeric compounds and enabling liquid chromatography-free small molecule identification.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of a bidirectional, rounded-turn ion path design within a SLIM device for iterative ion manipulation.
  • Repetitive cycling of mobility-separated ions through the SLIM path to effectively increase separation length without increasing device footprint.
  • Integration of iterative SLIM (itSLIM) with MS/MS fragmentation for targeted analysis and identification.

Main Results:

  • Achieved ultrahigh-resolution ion mobility (UHRIM) separation with a two-peak resolution of 2.48 for challenging phosphatidylethanolamine lipid isomers.
  • Demonstrated a liquid chromatography-free workflow for definitive identification of isomeric drugs (norcodeine and norhydrocodone) using a 90-m itSLIM path coupled with MS/MS.
  • itSLIM process showed minimal ion loss across multiple iterations, preserving separation order and enabling enhanced resolution.

Conclusions:

  • Iterative SLIM (itSLIM) significantly enhances ion mobility resolution by increasing effective path length, offering a powerful strategy for high-performance analytical separations.
  • This technique provides a pathway to simplified mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry spectra and improved identification accuracy, particularly beneficial for targeted analysis.
  • The itSLIM approach holds potential for increasing throughput in screening workflows by reducing or eliminating liquid chromatography run times.