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CN111024804A
CN111024804A CN201911319854.5A CN201911319854A CN111024804A CN 111024804 A CN111024804 A CN 111024804A CN 201911319854 A CN201911319854 A CN 201911319854A CN 111024804 A CN111024804 A CN 111024804A
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一种基于芯片的鞘气辅助纳升电喷雾质谱离子源系统及方法,涉及检测分析技术领域,包括:弹性石英毛细管、鞘气辅助装置、等内径镀铬金导电喷针、有机玻璃芯片系统。将弹性石英毛细管尖端进行刻蚀制得等内径锥形尖端,采用低温磁控溅射的方法在其表面镀铬金导电层,制得可导电的等内径毛细管喷针,将喷针与有机玻璃芯片配合使用,且该芯片集成了鞘气辅助模块和高电压加电模块。本发明的装置除具有结构简单,容易搭建,不需要高流速的载气,无需加热且离子化过程可在大气压下实现等优点外,实现了微升及纳升流速下的灵敏度高信号稳定的质谱检测,从而弥补了传统大流速电喷雾与常规纳升级电喷雾技术的覆盖薄弱区,完善了电喷雾技术的应用范围。A chip-based sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray mass spectrometry ion source system and method relates to the technical field of detection and analysis, including: elastic quartz capillary, sheath gas auxiliary device, equal inner diameter chrome-plated gold conductive spray needle, and plexiglass chip system. The tip of the elastic quartz capillary is etched to obtain a tapered tip of equal inner diameter, and a chrome-gold conductive layer is plated on its surface by low-temperature magnetron sputtering to obtain a conductive equal-inner diameter capillary spray needle. Used together, the chip integrates a sheath gas auxiliary module and a high-voltage power-on module. The device of the invention has the advantages of simple structure, easy construction, no need for a carrier gas with high flow rate, no need for heating, and the ionization process can be realized under atmospheric pressure, etc., and realizes high sensitivity and stable signal at microliter and nanoliter flow rates. Mass spectrometry detection, thus making up for the weak coverage of traditional high-flow electrospray and conventional nano-scale electrospray technology, and improving the application range of electrospray technology.

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Chip-based sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray ionization mass spectrometry ion source system and method
Technical Field
The invention relates to a sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray ionization mass spectrometry ion source system and method based on a chip, and belongs to the field of micromachining and mass spectrometry.
Background
In the 60's of the 20 th century, Dole et al realized the use of electrospray coupled with mass spectrometry for the first time in a real sense. In the 90 s of the 20 th century, electrospray ionization (ESI) and mass spectrometry technologies were developed and widely used in the field of instrument manufacture and practical application, and commercial electrospray ion sources were widely deployed on mass spectrometers of various types.
Electrospray ionization is one of the ionization methods widely used in organic mass spectrometry instruments, and has been increasingly used for complicated biological sample analysis because of its good soft ionization performance and multi-charge ionization characteristics, and the development of electrospray technology is roughly divided into two directions: one direction is to combine with liquid phase, and seek to ensure good concentration response and stability of spraying system in large dynamic range of flow rate (several milliliters to tens of microliters), for which means of promoting ionization such as sheath gas auxiliary gas, heating, ultrasound, etc. are introduced in the spraying process, such electrospray process generally does not consider sample economy (in fact, sample supply is often excessive), sample consumption is large, ionization efficiency is limited and is not suitable for spraying process of microliter and nanoliter flow rate; the other direction is a liquid-phase-independent nano-liter electrospray technology, which focuses on the rapid analysis of precious samples, focuses more on the economy and detection sensitivity of the samples, and realizes an electrospray process with nano-liter or even pico-liter flow rate by further reducing the caliber of a mass spectrum spray needle, so that the problem of difficult solvent gasification does not exist at the small flow rate, and therefore, sheath gas and auxiliary gas are omitted from the spraying device. However, the self-contained sample delivery method and the 'pure' electrostatic spraying process without the assistance of sheath airflow are easily affected by the external environment, the stability of mass spectrum signals is greatly reduced, and the method cannot be applied to the electrospray process with micro-upgrading flow rate. In summary, neither the conventional electrospray by liquid mass spectrometry nor the nanoliter electrospray by direct sampling can simultaneously realize the electrospray mass spectrometry detection with high stability, high sample utilization rate and high sensitivity in the flow velocity range of a few microliters to a few tens of nanoliters, which becomes an application weak area of the electrospray technique. However, in the trend of precise and intensive analytical chemistry, especially in recent years driven by the development of microfluidic technology, many separation analysis and detection systems that originally operate at high flow rates are gradually moving into the weak area. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an electrospray system and method to overcome the shortcomings of conventional electrospray and nanoliter electrospray techniques at flow rates of several microliters to several tens of nanoliters and to improve the application range of electrospray techniques. The commercial electrospray ion source has a large volume and a high price, and the microfluidic chip has the advantages of miniaturization, integration, automation, portability and the like, has the functions of integrating a plurality of units such as a conventional ionization source, has the advantages of simple structure and low cost, and is more and more concerned by various circles.
The ion source system not only inherits the advantages of stable conventional electrospray signal and highly controllable ionization process, but also inherits the characteristics of simple structure, less sample consumption and high sensitivity of the traditional nano-liter electrospray, further improves the stability, controllability and intensive cheapness of the system by taking a chip as an integrated carrier of the system, and realizes high stability, high sample utilization rate and high sensitivity of the electrospray process at microliter to dozens of nano-liter flow rates, thereby further perfecting the electrospray technology, and having important significance for the development of the mass spectrum analysis field.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention constructs a sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray ionization mass spectrometry ion source system and method based on a chip, and realizes high stability, high sample utilization rate and high sensitivity of an electrospray process at a flow rate of microliter to dozens of nanoliters.
In order to realize the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that: the utility model provides a sheath gas assists nanoliter electrospray mass spectrometry ion source system based on chip which characterized in that: comprises a conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary spray needle (2), an organic glass chip (4) and a sheath gas auxiliary device (5);
the conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary spray needle (2) is prepared by etching one end of an equal-inner-diameter elastic quartz capillary into a tip from the outer surface and then preparing a conductive layer on the surface of the end; the axial direction of the conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary spray needle (2) is recorded as the horizontal direction, a capillary spray needle micro-channel which is horizontally communicated from left to right is arranged in the organic glass chip (4), and a nitrogen gathering and conveying channel is also arranged at the same time, one end of the nitrogen gathering and conveying channel is communicated with the capillary spray needle micro-channel, and the other end of the nitrogen gathering and conveying channel is communicated with the outside of the organic glass chip (4); the tip end of the capillary spray needle (2) with the equal inner diameter penetrates through the organic glass chip (4) to reach a sample inlet of a mass spectrometer, the axis of the capillary spray needle (2) with the equal inner diameter and the axis of the sample inlet of the mass spectrometer are positioned on the same straight line, the inner diameter of a micro channel of the capillary spray needle is larger than the outer diameter of the capillary spray needle (2) with the equal inner diameter, and gaps are reserved around the capillary spray needle (2) with the equal inner diameter when the capillary spray needle (2) is in the micro channel of the capillary spray needle; the surface of the organic glass chip (4) through which the tip of the capillary spray needle (2) with the same inner diameter penetrates is marked as a front end surface, and the opposite surface is a rear end surface; a gasket (3) is arranged on the rear end face of the organic glass chip (4) and used for fixing the spray needle and a high-voltage power supply lead, the high-voltage power supply lead is connected with a conductive layer of the capillary spray needle (2) with the same inner diameter, and ionization of a sample at the needle point of the spray needle is realized by applying high voltage; the sheath gas auxiliary device (5) comprises a nitrogen conveying pipe, the nitrogen conveying pipe extends into the nitrogen gathering conveying channel, and the nitrogen gathering conveying channel and the outer surface of the nitrogen conveying pipe are sealed by a sealing material, so that nitrogen can be sprayed out from the periphery of the outer side surface of the tip of the capillary spray needle (2) with the same inner diameter as the front end surface of the organic glass chip (4), and the desolvation and ionization efficiency of a sample is improved; the other end of the capillary spray needle (2) with the same inner diameter is connected with a liquid chromatogram sample injection device (1) bearing a sample to be tested.
According to the conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary spray needle (2) prepared in the invention, the taper length of the tip of the spray needle is 1-10 mm, the outer diameter of the taper tip is 5-360 microns, the inner diameter is 1-50 microns, the thickness of the conductive layer is 1-10 microns, the length of the covered section of the conductive layer is 4-8 cm, the length of an organic glass chip is 2-4 cm, the width of the organic glass chip is 1-1.5 cm, and the thickness of the organic glass chip is 0.5-1.1 cm, wherein the diameter of a micro-channel of the capillary spray needle is 0.1-0.3 cm, the length of the micro-channel is 0.5-1 cm (consistent with the thickness direction), the diameter of a nitrogen gathering and conveying channel is 0.1-0.3 cm, and the length.
The method comprises the steps of etching the elastic quartz capillary tip by hydrofluoric acid to form an equal-inner-diameter conical tip, performing chrome plating on the surface of the elastic quartz capillary tip by adopting a low-temperature magnetron sputtering method, forming a conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary spray needle (2), matching the spray needle with an organic glass chip for use, namely preparing a penetrating capillary spray needle micro-channel in the organic glass chip (4) in a punching mode, avoiding direct contact between a sample and the organic glass surface by unique structural design, reducing sample pollution, integrating a sheath gas auxiliary module and a high-voltage power-up module on the chip, and realizing integration and miniaturization of an ion source device.
The preparation method comprises the following steps:
s1, preparation of equal-diameter capillary (2): intercepting a section of elastic quartz capillary tube with the length of about 30-60 cm and the inner diameter of 1-50 mu m, and preparing a tip with the same inner diameter by using a hydrofluoric acid etching method;
s2, plating a conductive gold layer on the surface of the tip: after the surface treatment of the plasma cleaning instrument, the equal-inner-diameter tip obtained in the step S1 is placed in a film plating machine, chromium plating and gold particles are plated on the surface of the equal-inner-diameter tip by adopting a low-temperature magnetron sputtering method to form a conductive layer, and a conductive equal-inner-diameter nano-scale spray needle is prepared;
s3, preparing an organic glass chip: intercepting an organic glass with the length of 2-4 cm, the width of 1-1.5 cm and the thickness of 0.5-1 cm, and preparing two micro channels by utilizing a drilling mode of a drill bit, wherein the two micro channels respectively correspond to a capillary needle micro channel and a nitrogen gathering and conveying channel; inserting the front end of a nitrogen conveying pipe connected with a nitrogen bottle into a nitrogen gathering channel on a chip in a length of 0.3-0.4 cm, sealing an interface by using epoxy glue, inserting the tip end of a capillary into a capillary needle micro-channel, connecting a lead and fixing the position by using a gasket.
And S2, performing surface treatment on the prepared equal-inner-diameter tip by using a plasma cleaner, wherein the surface treatment is mainly used for performing surface treatment on the tip of the capillary tube to enhance the adhesion of the chromium layer on the surface.
The rear end of the conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary needle (2) is connected with the liquid chromatogram (1), so that a direct sample introduction mode under constant-current hydraulic drive is realized, and volume and flow rate controllable operation is realized on a sample to be introduced through regulation and control of a driving force.
The method comprises the steps of plating a nanoscale metal chromium layer on the surface of the quartz capillary tube by using a low-temperature magnetron sputtering method, plating a micron gold conductive layer on the surface of the quartz capillary tube, wherein the chromium layer serves as a connecting layer of the quartz capillary tube and the gold layer, so that the mechanical strength and the adhesive force of the plating layer are improved, and the service life of a spray needle is prolonged.
The gasket (3) is made of polytetrafluoroethylene, and the safety of the experiment is guaranteed while the probe and the high-voltage power supply lead are fixed.
And a nitrogen gathering and gas conveying channel of the sheath gas auxiliary device (5) surrounds the periphery of the spray needle, so that the desolvation efficiency of the sample is improved.
A penetrating capillary needle-spraying micro-channel is prepared in the organic glass chip (4) in a punching mode, so that direct contact between a sample and the surface of organic glass is avoided, and sample pollution is reduced.
The organic glass chip (4) realizes the integration of a capillary spray needle, a sheath gas auxiliary module and a high-voltage power-up module.
The method for ionizing by using the chip-based sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray ionization mass spectrometry ion source system comprises the following steps of: (1) inserting the conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary spray needle (2) into a capillary spray needle micro-channel, and enabling the tip of the conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary spray needle (2) and a sample inlet of a mass spectrometer to be positioned on the same straight line; (2) placing a solution to be detected into a liquid chromatogram sample introduction device (1), and introducing the solution to the tip of a conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary needle (2) through a capillary under the hydraulic drive; (3) and applying direct current voltage to the surface of the conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary spray needle (2) through a lead to ionize the sample to be tested, forming an ion beam to enter a mass spectrometer, namely completing the ionization process of the sample to be tested in one nanoliter electrospray spray needle, and continuously providing nitrogen gas by a sheath gas auxiliary device (5) in the process.
Due to the adoption of the technical scheme, the invention has the following advantages:
(1) the injection end of the prepared equal-inner-diameter mass spectrum spray needle has the same inner diameter with the tip of the spray needle, so that the blockage condition of the tip of the spray needle can be effectively reduced, and the service life of the spray needle is prolonged;
(2) the tail end of the capillary spray needle with the equal inner diameter is connected with a liquid chromatogram, a direct sample introduction mode under constant-current hydraulic drive is realized, and volume and flow rate controllable operation is realized on a sample to be introduced through regulating and controlling a driving force;
(3) by preparing the micro-channel on the organic glass chip, the spray needle is matched with the organic glass chip for use, and the penetrating capillary spray needle micro-channel is prepared in a punching mode, the unique structural design avoids direct contact between a sample and the surface of the organic glass, and the sample pollution is reduced;
(4) the organic glass chip integrates the sheath gas auxiliary module and the high-voltage power-up module, so that the miniaturization and simplification of the ion source device are realized;
(5) the prepared sheath gas-assisted nano-spraying system can realize ionization under atmospheric pressure, does not need high-flow-rate carrier gas and does not need heating.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a chip-based sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray ionization mass spectrometry ion source system of the present invention;
the device comprises a liquid chromatogram sample injection device 1, a conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary needle 2, a gasket 3, an organic glass chip 4 and a sheath gas auxiliary device 5.
FIG. 2 is a comparison graph of the intensity of detection signals of glucose solutions with gradient concentrations measured by three ion source devices (ESI, Nano-ESI are commercial ion sources, and Nano-ESI-onchip is the device of the present invention) according to an embodiment of the present invention
FIG. 3 is a graph showing the comparison of signal stability when the same amount of glucose solution is measured by using three ion source devices according to the embodiment of the present invention at 100. mu.M.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments.
The embodiment of the invention provides a sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray ionization mass spectrometry ion source system and a method based on a chip, and the method is described in detail by taking an elastic quartz capillary tube with the outer diameter of 360 micrometers and the inner diameter of 25 micrometers as raw materials to prepare a conductive nanometer upgrading spray needle with the equal inner diameter and an organic glass chip with the length of 3cm, the width of 1cm and the thickness of 0.5cm as examples, and comprises the following specific implementation steps:
s1, preparation of equal-diameter capillary (2): intercepting a section of elastic quartz capillary tube with the length of about 30cm and the diameter of 25 mu m, and preparing a tip with the same inner diameter by utilizing a hydrofluoric acid etching method;
s2, plating a conductive gold layer on the surface of the tip: placing the tip with the equal inner diameter obtained in the step S1 after the surface treatment of the plasma cleaning instrument into a film plating machine, and plating a gold conducting layer on the surface of the tip by adopting a low-temperature magnetron sputtering method to prepare a conductive nano-scale spray needle;
s3, preparing an organic glass chip: intercepting a piece of organic glass with the length of 3cm, the width of 1cm and the thickness of 0.5cm, and preparing two micro-channels by utilizing a drilling mode of a drill, wherein the diameter of the micro-channel of the capillary spray needle is 0.1cm, the length of the micro-channel is 0.5cm, and the diameter of the nitrogen gathering and conveying channel is 0.1cm, and the length of the nitrogen gathering and conveying channel is 0.5 cm. Inserting the front end of a nitrogen conveying pipe connected with a nitrogen bottle into a nitrogen gathering channel on a chip in a length of 0.3-0.4 cm, sealing an interface by using epoxy glue, inserting the tip end of a capillary into a capillary needle micro-channel, connecting a lead and fixing the position by using a gasket.
The chip-based sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray ionization mass spectrometry ion source system prepared according to the method of the embodiment is used for detecting signals of glucose solution with gradient concentration.
S1, preparing a glucose solution with gradient concentrations of 0nM, 10nM, 100. mu.M, 10. mu.M and 1. mu.M;
s2, building a chip-based sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray ionization mass spectrometry ion source system;
s3, adopting three different mass spectrum ion source devices for sample injection analysis to obtain a detection signal intensity comparison result of the glucose solution with the same sample injection amount and gradient concentration;
and S4, adopting three different mass spectrum ion source devices for sample injection analysis, and obtaining a signal stability comparison result during mass spectrum detection of 100 mu M glucose solution under the same sample injection amount.

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1.一种基于芯片的鞘气辅助纳升电喷雾质谱离子源系统,其特征在于:包括可导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2)、有机玻璃芯片(4)、鞘气辅助装置(5);1. a chip-based sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray mass spectrometry ion source system, is characterized in that: comprise conductive equal inner diameter capillary spray needle (2), plexiglass chip (4), sheath gas auxiliary device (5) ; 所述的导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2)为等内径弹性石英毛细管的一端从外表面刻蚀成尖端,然后在此端表面制备一层导电层而得;记导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2)的轴向为水平方向,有机玻璃芯片(4)中设有自左向右水平贯通的毛细管喷针微通道,同时还设有一个氮气聚集输送通道,氮气聚集输送通道一端与毛细管喷针微通道连通,另一端与有机玻璃芯片(4)外相通;等内径毛细管喷针(2)的尖端穿过有机玻璃芯片(4)直达质谱仪的进样口,且使得等内径毛细管喷针(2)轴线与质谱仪的进样口轴线位于一条直线上,毛细管喷针微通道的内径大于等内径毛细管喷针(2)的外径,使得等内径毛细管喷针(2)在毛细管喷针微通道内时四周均有空隙;等内径毛细管喷针(2)尖端所穿出的有机玻璃芯片(4)的面记为前端面,则相背的一面为后端面;有机玻璃芯片(4)在后端面处设有一垫片(3)用于固定喷针和高压电源导线,高压电源导线与可导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2)的导电层连接,通过施加高压电实现喷针针尖样品离子化;所述鞘气辅助装置(5)包括氮气输送管,氮气输送管伸入到氮气聚集输送通道中,并将氮气聚集输送通道与氮气输送管外表面之间用密封材料密封,使得氮气能从有机玻璃芯片(4)前端面等可导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2)尖端的外侧面四周喷出,提高样品去溶剂化和离子化效率;可导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2)的另一端与承载待测样品的液相色谱进样装置(1)连接。The conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary spray needle (2) is obtained by etching one end of an equal-inner-diameter elastic quartz capillary into a tip from the outer surface, and then preparing a layer of conductive layer on the surface of this end; mark the conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary spray needle The axial direction of (2) is the horizontal direction. The plexiglass chip (4) is provided with a capillary spray needle micro-channel that runs horizontally from left to right, and also has a nitrogen gas gathering and conveying channel. One end of the nitrogen gathering and transport channel is connected to the capillary spray. The needle microchannel is communicated, and the other end is communicated with the outside of the plexiglass chip (4); the tip of the equal-inner-diameter capillary spray needle (2) passes through the plexiglass chip (4) to reach the injection port of the mass spectrometer, and makes the equal-inner-diameter capillary spray needle (2) The axis is on a straight line with the axis of the injection port of the mass spectrometer, and the inner diameter of the capillary needle microchannel is larger than the outer diameter of the capillary needle (2) with the same inner diameter, so that the capillary needle (2) with the same inner diameter is in the capillary needle. There are gaps all around in the microchannel; the surface of the plexiglass chip (4) pierced by the tip of the capillary needle (2) of equal inner diameter is marked as the front end surface, and the opposite side is the rear end surface; the plexiglass chip (4) A gasket (3) is provided at the rear end for fixing the spray needle and the high-voltage power supply wire. The high-voltage power supply wire is connected to the conductive layer of the conductive capillary spray needle (2) with the same inner diameter, and the needle tip of the spray needle is realized by applying high-voltage electricity. The sample is ionized; the sheath gas auxiliary device (5) includes a nitrogen delivery pipe, the nitrogen delivery pipe extends into the nitrogen accumulation and delivery channel, and the nitrogen accumulation and delivery channel and the outer surface of the nitrogen delivery pipe are sealed with a sealing material, so that Nitrogen gas can be ejected from the outer side of the tip of the conductive equal-inner diameter capillary needle (2), such as the front face of the plexiglass chip (4), to improve the desolvation and ionization efficiency of the sample; the conductive equal-inner diameter capillary needle ( The other end of 2) is connected to the liquid chromatography sampling device (1) carrying the sample to be tested. 2.按照权利要求1所述的一种基于芯片的鞘气辅助纳升电喷雾质谱离子源系统,其特征在于:可导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2),喷针尖端锥形长度为1~10mm,锥尖外径5~360μm,内径为1~50μm、导电层厚度为1~10μm、导电层覆盖段长4~8cm,有机玻璃芯片长2~4cm、宽1~1.5cm、厚0.5~1cm,其中毛细管喷针微通道直径为0.1~0.3cm、长0.5~1cm(与厚度方向一致),氮气聚集输送通道直径为0.1~0.3cm、长0.5~0.8cm(基本上是宽度的一半)。2. according to a kind of chip-based sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray mass spectrometry ion source system according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the conductive equal inner diameter capillary spray needle (2), the needle tip cone length is 1 ~10mm, the outer diameter of the cone tip is 5~360μm, the inner diameter is 1~50μm, the thickness of the conductive layer is 1~10μm, the length of the covering section of the conductive layer is 4~8cm, the length of the plexiglass chip is 2~4cm, the width is 1~1.5cm, and the thickness is 0.5cm ~1cm, wherein the diameter of the capillary nozzle microchannel is 0.1~0.3cm and the length is 0.5~1cm (consistent with the thickness direction); ). 3.按照权利要求1所述的一种基于芯片的鞘气辅助纳升电喷雾质谱离子源系统,其特征在于:利用氢氟酸将弹性石英毛细管尖端进行刻蚀制得等内径锥形尖端,采用低温磁控溅射的方法在其表面镀铬、金导电层,制得可导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2)。3. according to a kind of sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray mass spectrometry ion source system based on a chip according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: utilizing hydrofluoric acid to etch the elastic quartz capillary tip to obtain an equal inner diameter conical tip, A chrome and gold conductive layer is plated on the surface by the method of low temperature magnetron sputtering to prepare a conductive capillary spray needle (2) of equal inner diameter. 4.按照权利要求1所述的一种基于芯片的鞘气辅助纳升电喷雾质谱离子源系统,其特征在于:所述导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2)另一端与液相色谱进样装置(1)相连,实现恒流液压驱动下的直接进样方式,通过对驱动力的调控,对进样的样品实现体积和流速可控操作。4. a kind of sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray mass spectrometry ion source system based on chip according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the other end of described conductive equal inner diameter capillary needle (2) is injected with liquid chromatography The device (1) is connected to realize the direct injection mode under constant flow hydraulic drive, and the volume and flow rate of the injected sample can be controlled by adjusting the driving force. 5.按照权利要求1所述的一种基于芯片的鞘气辅助纳升电喷雾质谱离子源系统,其特征在于:利用低温磁控溅射的方法在其表面镀一层纳米级金属铬层,再在其基础上镀一层微米级金导电层,铬层充当石英毛细管和金层的连接层,增加镀层的机械强度和附着力,延长喷针寿命。5. according to a kind of chip-based sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray mass spectrometry ion source system according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: utilize the method of low temperature magnetron sputtering to coat one layer of nanoscale metal chromium layer on its surface, Then, a micron-scale gold conductive layer is plated on the basis, and the chrome layer acts as the connection layer between the quartz capillary and the gold layer, which increases the mechanical strength and adhesion of the coating and prolongs the life of the spray needle. 6.按照权利要求1所述的一种基于芯片的鞘气辅助纳升电喷雾质谱离子源系统,其特征在于:所述垫片(3)的材料为聚四氟乙烯,在固定探针和高压电源导线的同时保证实验的安全性。6. A chip-based sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray mass spectrometry ion source system according to claim 1, characterized in that: the material of the gasket (3) is polytetrafluoroethylene, and when the fixed probe and the The safety of the experiment is ensured at the same time as the high-voltage power supply wire. 7.权利要求1-6任一项所述的一种基于芯片的鞘气辅助纳升电喷雾质谱离子源系统的制备方法,其特征在于,包括以下步骤:7. the preparation method of a kind of chip-based sheath gas-assisted nanoliter electrospray mass spectrometry ion source system according to any one of claims 1-6, is characterized in that, comprises the following steps: S1、毛细管等内径尖端的制备:截取一段长约30~60cm、内径为1~50μm的弹性石英毛细管,利用氢氟酸刻蚀的方法制得等内径尖端;S1. Preparation of inner diameter tip of capillary tube: cut a section of elastic quartz capillary tube with a length of about 30-60 cm and an inner diameter of 1-50 μm, and use the method of hydrofluoric acid etching to obtain a tip of equal inner diameter; S2、尖端表面镀导电金层:将S1中所得的等内径尖端经等离子体清洗仪表面处理后放入镀膜机中,采用低温磁控溅射的方法在其表面镀铬、金粒子,形成导电层,制得可导电的等内径纳米级喷针;S2. The surface of the tip is plated with conductive gold layer: the tip of equal inner diameter obtained in S1 is surface-treated by a plasma cleaner and placed in a coating machine, and chrome and gold particles are plated on its surface by low-temperature magnetron sputtering to form a conductive layer. , to obtain a conductive nanometer needle of equal inner diameter; S3、有机玻璃芯片的制备:截取一块长2~4cm、宽1~1.5cm、厚0.5~1cm的有机玻璃,利用钻头打孔的方式制备两条微通道分别对应毛细管喷针微通道、氮气聚集输送通道;将连接氮气瓶的氮气输送管前端0.3~0.4cm长插入芯片上的氮气聚集通道中,利用环氧胶将接口处密封,将毛细管尖端插入毛细管喷针微通道内,并连接导线,利用垫片固定位置。S3. Preparation of plexiglass chip: Cut out a piece of plexiglass with a length of 2-4cm, a width of 1-1.5cm and a thickness of 0.5-1cm, and use a drill to make holes to prepare two microchannels corresponding to the capillary spray needle microchannel and nitrogen gas accumulation. Delivery channel; insert the front end of the nitrogen delivery tube connected to the nitrogen bottle with a length of 0.3-0.4 cm into the nitrogen gathering channel on the chip, seal the interface with epoxy glue, insert the tip of the capillary into the microchannel of the capillary spray needle, and connect the wires. Secure the position with spacers. 8.按照权利要求7所述的方法,其特征在于,S2步骤中将制得的等内径尖端经放入等离子体清洗仪中处理,主要目的是进行毛细管尖端表面处理,增强铬层在其表面的附着力。8. according to the described method of claim 7, it is characterized in that, in S2 step, the equal inner diameter tip that will make is put into plasma cleaning instrument for processing, the main purpose is to carry out capillary tip surface treatment, strengthen chromium layer on its surface of adhesion. 9.采用权利要求1-6任一项所述的一种基于芯片的鞘气辅助纳升电喷雾质谱离子源系统进行离子化的方法,包括如下步骤:(1)将所述可导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2)插入到毛细管喷针微通道中,并使可导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2)尖端与质谱仪的进样口位于一条直线上;(2)将待测溶液放置到液相色谱进样装置(1)中,在液压驱动下,经过毛细管引入到可导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2)尖端;(3)通过导线向所述可导电的等内径毛细管喷针(2)表面施加直流电压,使所述待测样品发生离子化,形成离子束进入质谱仪,即完成对一个所述纳升电喷雾喷针中的所述待测样品的离子化过程,在此过程中由鞘气辅助装置(5)不断提供氮气。9. The method for ionization using a chip-based sheath gas-assisted nano-electrospray mass spectrometry ion source system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising the steps of: (1) ionizing the conductive etc. The inner diameter capillary needle (2) is inserted into the capillary needle microchannel, and the tip of the conductive equal inner diameter capillary needle (2) is located in a straight line with the injection port of the mass spectrometer; (2) the solution to be tested is placed into the liquid chromatography sampling device (1), and under hydraulic drive, it is introduced into the tip of a conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary needle (2) through a capillary; (3) is directed to the conductive equal-inner-diameter capillary needle through a wire (2) Applying a DC voltage on the surface to ionize the sample to be tested and form an ion beam to enter the mass spectrometer, that is, to complete the ionization process of the sample to be tested in one of the nanoliter electrospray needles. During this process, nitrogen gas is continuously supplied by the sheath gas auxiliary device (5).
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