Abstract:
A new method for focusing ions at atmospheric pressure by a strongly swirled gas jet is proposed and verified. It is shown that, using the driven swirled jet, it is possible to ensure a significant (tenfold) increase in the efficiency of distant ion sampling as compared to that in the aspiration regime. The influence of recombination losses on the efficiency of vortex-driven take-off of ionized samples is discussed.
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