Shimadzu UK Ltd is launching the
world's fastest LC-MS/MS, the LCMS-8040, which offers users increased levels of
productivity as it enables laboratories to run more scans and collect more data
from fewer sample injections.An expansion of Shimadzu's ultrafast mass
spectrometry (UFMS) series, the instrument also features high sensitivity
capabilities which deliver accurate measurements at low levels and high speeds
so users can be confident in the results.
The robust LCMS-8040 features the
fastest quadrupole scan speed of 15,000 u/sec at 0.1 Da step size, as well as
the world's fastest polarity switching at 15 msec. The instrument is capable of
ultrafast MRM transition monitoring, up to a maximum 555 MRMs per second.
Plus, the LCMS-8040's patented power supply technology allows the
shortest loop time to give both positive and negative ion data in the shortest
time.
The ability to scan faster, in
addition to the world's shortest pause and dwell times, of 1 and 0.8 msec
respectively, means that the LCMS-8040 is able to create more points across a
peak resulting in better quantitation to deliver more accurate measurements,
first time. The result is more information with less work which leads to
improved productivity as well as an increased level of confidence in the
results. For users doing method development, the LCMS-8040 enables full
scan data and MRM to be captured simultaneously which allows the matrix effects
to be seen more clearly.
The new LCMS-8040 features
re-engineered ion optics and collision cell technology that results in higher
ion transmission and collision induced dissociation efficiency which translates
into major sensitivity performance benefits.
The new instrument, which can be
upgraded from Shimadzu's LCMS-8030, is ideal for a wide variety of laboratory
applications including clinical analysis, drugs of abuse screening, ADME
analysis, environmental analysis and food testing. Shimadzu is also offering
customers a discount on the LCMS-8040 in return for trading in old ABSciex,
Waters and Thermo Scientific Triple Quadrupole models.
Shimadzu offers prepackaged methods
to enable rapid installation of the LCMS-8040. Once a user has developed new
methods, individual components can easily be reused which helps to reduce
rework and boost productivity. A single injection delivers full scan, MRM
and pos/neg data as well as many triggered scans. This allows quantification
and confirmation in a single scan of any compound which is ionised to either
positive or negative ion.
Shimadzu's software provides a
single platform for Shimadzu LC/GC/LCMS and GCMS with intuitive and unified
operation flow and new functionalities for more efficient data processing. For
analyses using both GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS for the same sample, such as
multi-target quantitative analysis in food safety and forensic, the unified
graphical user interface of software minimizes the time to learn the operation
for both instruments which reduces training times and minimizes the total cost
of ownership.
"The LCMS-8040 delivers a
winning combination of speed and sensitivity which enables scientists to
conduct ‘Qual/Quan' analysis and cover a wide range of applications such as
clinical, environmental, pharmaceutical, forensics and food safety. The
instrument's class leading sensitivity allows accurate quantitation of low
level analytes and its speed enables users to collect more data in a fixed
period of time. Put simply, you get more information for less work with the
LCMS-8040," explains Stuart Phillips, Shimadzu UK's LC/LCMS Business Manager.
"Shimadzu enjoys a long history of engineering reliable and robust equipment as
the company has been a scientific and engineering company for more than 135
years".
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www.shimadzu.co.uk
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