With the SolariX XR, Bruker Daltonics has introduced its highest resolution Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometer (FTMS) to date.
The SolariX XR provides an even more powerful way to obtain structural information for a wide range of compounds using state of the art technology.
The SolariX XR is suitable for:
- Small molecule analysis with routine fine isotopic structure evaluation not possible on other commercial instruments.
- Advanced protein analysis for proteomics and biopharmaceutical analysis with measurement of large intact biomolecules, with isotopic resolution, followed by detailed structural analysis.
- Molecular imaging combining extreme resolution and imaging know-how for the spatial localisation of small molecules in different sample types.
- Complex mixtures, proprietary extreme resolution provides selectivity for samples containing thousands of peaks that cannot be effectively or efficiently separated by conventional chromatographic methods.
FTMS, more precisely referred to as Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance, instead of measuring the deflection of ions with a detector such as an electron multiplier, measures mass by detecting the image current produced by ions cyclotroning in the presence of a magnetic field.
Conventional mass spectrometry only sees nominal mass peaks for the isotopic peak clusters in detected compounds although they are actually comprised of several peaks from heteroatom content.
SolariX XR’s “extreme resolution” allows users to routinely view this fine isotopic structure in order to gain powerful data from this previously unanalysable domain.
Bruker has also developed its SmartFormula feature to handle the increased information provided by the XR to permit the reading of chemical formulae directly from the mass spectrum.
Using the XR, complex mixtures produced by MALDI imaging can be quickly separated in mass space and identified with a specificity that is as yet unequalled, Bruker says.
