The Thermo Scientific LTQ FT-ICR mass spectrometer delivers unprecedented analytical power for the most demanding applications. The unmatched mass accuracy eliminates false positive identifications in bottom-up and middle-down proteomics and enables the unambiguous identification of unknow analytes with on-line LC-MS at any concentration.

Ultra high resolution is essential for the analysis of complex samples such as crude oil, Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) or intact proteins. This is available with a single mouse click.

Application areas

1. Chemical analysis:
• Used for accurate identification of molecular structure, especially in organic chemistry and materials chemistry, to analyze complex molecules and their reaction products.
• Analysis of polymers, synthetic chemicals, etc.

2. Biology and medicine:
• Proteomics: used for high-throughput protein identification, quantitative analysis, protein interaction and modification research.
• Metabolomics: used to analyze small molecule metabolites to help study metabolic pathways and disease biomarkers.
• Clinical analysis: such as disease diagnosis, especially in the detection of complex biomarkers and molecular markers.
• Drug research: Analysis of drug metabolites, research on molecular structure during drug development.

3. Environmental science:
• Used to analyze pollutants in the environment, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), chemical components in air and water quality, and provide high-precision pollutant detection.
• Monitor toxic substances in soil to support environmental protection and pollution control.

4. Food and beverage industry:
• Used for food ingredient analysis, such as fatty acids, sugars, vitamins, etc., and to detect additives and pollutants in food.
• Ensure food safety and quality control.

5. Forensic Science:
• In forensic chemistry, FT-ICR MS can be used for toxicology analysis, drug abuse detection, and analysis of chemical components at crime scenes.

6. Energy and Petrochemicals:
• Analyze organic components in oil and natural gas to help play a role in oil exploration and quality control of chemical products.
• Study components such as paraffin and aromatic compounds in petroleum.

7. Nanotechnology:
• Used for analysis of nanomaterials and nanostructures, especially in materials science, to understand their chemical composition and structure.

8. Materials Science:
• Plays an important role in structural characterization and quality control in the fields of polymers, nanomaterials, composite materials, etc.

9. Space Science:
• Used to analyze space samples (such as meteorites, lunar rocks, etc.) to help study the composition of outer space materials.

FT-ICR MS provides very precise analytical capabilities in these fields, especially in the composition analysis and molecular structure identification of complex samples, and can solve tasks that traditional mass spectrometry cannot accomplish.