基于喷雾形态识别的NanoESI去溶剂化效率自动优化系统研制

Development of Automatic Optimization System for NanoESI Desolvation Efficiency Based on Spray Morphology Recognition

  • 摘要: 纳升电喷雾电离(nanoelectrospray ionization, NanoESI)是一种被广泛应用于生命科学、药物分析等领域的高灵敏度质谱电离技术。与传统ESI技术相比,NanoESI具有更高的样品利用率和去溶剂化效率。但在实际应用中,NanoESI的喷雾形态易受温度、湿度和背景空气流速等环境扰动的影响,从而降低了质谱信号稳定性。为了提升NanoESI的去溶剂化稳定性,本研究提出一套基于机器视觉技术实现NanoESI最佳去溶剂化效率的喷雾形态自动控制系统。该系统使用基于通道差异先验的反射率图像识别算法,实现喷雾形态的实时监测和有效提取,通过对NanoESI进样速率、激发电压等参数的实时调节,完成喷雾形态自动优化和调稳。结果表明:该系统可大幅减小NanoESI喷雾形态变化率(37.41%),显著提升质谱信号稳定性(32.33%),且平均响应时间仅为0.02 s。该研究可为进一步提升NanoESI在复杂环境下的应用提供有效的解决方案,并为相关技术的发展提供思路。

     

    Abstract: Nanoelectrospray ionization (NanoESI) is a highly sensitive mass spectrometry ionization technique, which has been widely used in life science, drug analysis and other fields. Compared with conventional ESI technology, NanoESI has higher sample utilization and desolvation efficiency, mainly due to its smaller spray needle inner diameter (usually 1-10 μm) and lower injection rate (usually in the level of nL/min), which enables the sample to form smaller charged droplets and more easily further convert into ions. However, in practical application, the spray morphology of NanoESI is susceptible to environmental disturbances such as temperature, humidity, and background air flow rate, resulting in a significant decrease in the stability of mass spectrum signal, which is one of the main bottlenecks limiting its performance. In order to improve the desolvation stability of NanoESI, an automatic spray control system based on machine vision technology was proposed to achieve the optimal desolvation efficiency of NanoESI. The system consists of three core modules, including a desolvation efficiency verification module, an image processing module, and a feedback control module. In the desolvation efficiency verification module, a series of experiments were carried out with a self-made verification device to determine the spray morphology when the desolvation efficiency was optimal. The image processing module used reflectivity image recognition algorithm based on channel difference prior to realizing real-time monitoring and effective extraction of spray morphology. By analyzing the reflectance difference between the spray region and the air, the algorithm combined with morphological processing method can accurately identify the morphological characteristics of the spray. The feedback control module adjusted NanoESI’s injection rate, excitation voltage and other parameters in real time through PID control algorithm, so as to achieve automatic optimization and stabilization of spray morphology. The experimental results showed that the system can greatly reduce the NanoESI spray morphology change rate (37.41%) and significantly improve the stability of mass spectrum signal (32.33%), and the average response time is only 0.02 s. The results of this study provide an effective solution for further improving the application of NanoESI in complex environments, and a new idea for the development of related techniques. The successful development of the system not only solves the key problems of NanoESI technique in practical application, but also provides a reference for the automatic control of other precision analytical instruments. In the future, this technique is expected to play a role in the frontier research field of mass spectrometry analysis technology, and promotes the development of mass spectrometry technology to higher sensitivity and higher stability.

     

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