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NanoEngineering Corporation ...maneuvering matter on a molecular scale... Slide 1 Conventional DMA Voltage Sweep Single “pixel” Electrometer Collected Signal Ion Trajectories Spread out according to size DMA Bottom Plate DMA Top Plate Low Voltage Medium Voltage No Signal High Voltage Wasted Signals Collected Signal Air Flow Field VOLTAGE SWEEP (Duty Cycle = 1%) Ion Current (fA) Sweep Voltage (kV) Proportional to particle / ion size Proportional to Particle / ion concentration Output Spectrum Sample inlet slit Sample outlet slit Electric Field Ion-trajectories (rays) rotate around inlet slit with increased voltage

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Page 1: NanoEngineering Corporation...maneuvering matter on a molecular scale... Slide 1 Conventional DMA Voltage Sweep Single “pixel” Electrometer Collected Signal.

NanoEngineering Corporation

...maneuvering matter on a molecular scale...

Slide 1

Conventional DMAVoltage Sweep

Single “pixel”Electrometer

Collected Signal

Ion TrajectoriesSpread out according to size

DMA Bottom Plate

DMA Top Plate

Low Voltage Medium Voltage

No Signal

High Voltage

Wasted SignalsCollected Signal

Air Flow Field

VOLTAGE SWEEP (Duty Cycle = 1%)

Ion

Cur

rent

(fA

)

Sweep Voltage (kV)

Proportional to particle / ion size

Proportional to Particle / ion concentration

Output Spectrum

Sample inlet slit

Sample outlet slit

Electric Field

Ion-trajectories (rays) rotate around inlet slit with increased voltage

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DMA + CCD

ConstantVoltage

Ion CCD

Ion

Cur

rent

(fA

)

IonCCD Pixel

Proportional to particle / ion size

Output Spectrum

Proportional to Particle / ion concentration

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First Stage Ion Sampling Slit

Second Stage Ion Sampling Slit

Ion CCD

ConstantVoltage

Mid VoltageLower Voltage Higher Voltage

Ion CCD Ion CCD

DMA2 + CCD

2-Stage Tandem DMAs + CCD