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Comprehensive Two-Dimensional
Gas Chromatography coupled with Time-of-Flight
Mass Spectrometry
for Broad Spectrum Organic Analysis
GCxGC-TOFMS
GACID - Group for Analytical Chemistry Instrument Development
Stefan Scherer
Department for Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences
Space Physics Research Laboratory
University of Michigan
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Presentation Outline
GACID
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1-Dimensional Gas Chromatography (GC)
GACID
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Comprehensive 2-Dimensional Gas Chromatography (GC x
GC) GACID
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1-Dimensional versus 2-Dimensional Gas Chromatography (1/2)
GACID
I I
C C1
C2
D D
TM
TIC (a.u.)
TIC (a.u.)
Time (s) in C2
C 1
Tim e ( s) in
e (s) Tim
in C
Time (s) 2
0
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
Time (s)
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Measurement capabilities of GCxGC
GACID
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GCxGC-TOFMS
GACID
Identification by TOFMS
Full mass spectrum with every extraction pulse firing
without necessity of scanning the entire mass range
Repetition rates up to 100kHz achievable, which allows
monitoring fast sample composition changes on time
scales much smaller than milliseconds
High initial energy spread of ions up to several hundred
eV is admissible
Neither static nor dynamic magnetic fields are required
Performance depends mainly on electrical circuits rather than
mechanical alignment
Mass scale calibration for TOFMS is simple and reliable
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Chromatogram of tholins using GCxGC-TOFMS technique (1/2)
GACID
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Chromatogram of tholins using GCxGC-TOFMS technique (2/2)
GACID
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Chemical Warefare Agent Simulants in Complex Organic Mixtures
GACID
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Human Breath Analysis
GACID
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Commercial GCxGC-TOFMS
GACID
LECO Pegasus 4D
GCxGC – TOFMS
• Resource intensive liquid LN2 cooled four jet Thermal Modulator
(dewer of LN2 /week)
http://www.leco.com
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GCxGC–TOFMS breadboard using closed-loop air-cooled TM
GACID
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Breadboard results of GCxGC - TOFMS
GACID
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Field deployment of the GCxGC-TOFMS breadboard
GACID
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2-Stage Thermal Modulator
GACID
1st Stage
2nd Stage
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Single Stage versus 2-Stage Thermal Modulator
GACID
Single-Stage Air-Cooled
• limited quantitative analysis
A • Breakthrough observed
• Peak Tailing as
concentration inside
modulator increases
Two-Stage Air-Cooled
B • Improved quantitative
analysis
• Minimal Breakthrough
• No Peak Tailing
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Time (s) 1 ppm Octane
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Future of GCxGC using Micro-Fabricated Columns
GACID
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Future of GCxGC using Micro-Fabricated Columns
GACID
• Capillary length 3m
150 µm
• Chip size (3.2cmx3.2cm)
• cross section
150 µm wide x 240 µm 240 µm
deep Digital Picture of 3-
• Side ports etched in Si for meter micro fabricated
more mechanical stability column
3.2 cm
• Etched back structure for
reduced thermal mass
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Future of GCxGC using Micro-Fabricated Columns
GACID
• Separation of series of
n-alkanes (C5 to C15) at
3 temperature
programs
a) 10 K/min
b) 20 K/min
c) 30 K/min
• Design of a meso-
scale TM using
thermo-electric cooling
and resistive heating
attached to columns in
MEMS technology
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The GACID Team
GACID
Atmospheric,
College of Oceanic, and Space Chemistry
Engineering Sciences
Richard Sacks
Charlie Hasselbrink Hunter Waite
Amy Payeur
Megan McGuigan
PT Stevens
Bruce Block
Mark Libardoni
Stefan Scherer
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Pre-Concentrator
GACID
Y B X C
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Custom designed Thermal Modulator
GACID
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Gas Chromatographic columns
GACID
Add photo of
the RVM
columns
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Murchinson Meteorite analysis using Pyrolysis-GCxGC-TOFMS
GACID
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Time-of-Flight principle
GACID
U Lin d s
Uextr
Time focus
Udrift
reflectron
fieldfree driftpath
ion source 1
detector 2
U Lout d s
Lin + Lout = L
Time focus
Dteds 2mU 0
backplane ∆ttat (m) = 2 ⋅
< 1 ns q Eextr
U
z
Uextr
Udrift
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Orthogonal Extraction Ion Source
GACID
anode
filament trap
extractor
entrance lens extraction grid
skimmer
A1 A2 lens drift
simulated peak
Dtpbd
2 ns
backplane
Dteds
<1ns
501 504
time focus TOF [ns]
U z
Uextr
Udrift
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GACID
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Thermal Modulators: Overview of techniques
GACID
P.S.
N2 gas
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