EP3347912A1 - Spectromètre de masse à ionisation secondaire, et procédé de spectrométrie de masse à ionisation secondaire - Google Patents

Spectromètre de masse à ionisation secondaire, et procédé de spectrométrie de masse à ionisation secondaire

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EP3347912A1
EP3347912A1 EP16762828.8A EP16762828A EP3347912A1 EP 3347912 A1 EP3347912 A1 EP 3347912A1 EP 16762828 A EP16762828 A EP 16762828A EP 3347912 A1 EP3347912 A1 EP 3347912A1
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  • the present invention relates to a secondary ion mass spectrometer and a method for secondary ion mass spectrometric analysis of a sample.
  • a variety of secondary ion mass spectrometers are known in the art. Of these, the time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometers (ToF-SIMS) are of particular interest.
  • ToF-SIMS time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometers
  • a first variant, referred to below as Variant A, of a ToF-SIMS mass spectrometer uses short primary ion pulses to generate secondary ions in the sample.
  • the sample is bombarded with very short primary-ion pulses in the nanosecond range and the secondary ions generated are accelerated to energies in the keV range.
  • the time of flight of the secondary ions is measured over a distance of a few 10 cm up to several meters. From the flight time, the mass of the secondary ions can be determined.
  • the time-of-flight spectrometers used contain ion-optical elements for efficient transport of the secondary ions to the detector as well as optional elements for energy focusing in the time of flight.
  • the primary ion beam can be focused to a small beam diameter.
  • the primary ion beam can be scanned over the sample and the mass spectrum determined for a larger number of points on the sample (pixels). This allows the lateral distribution of the sample composition to be determined (imaging ToF-SIMS).
  • imaging ToF-SIMS imaging ToF-SIMS
  • the high pulse frequency of these time of flight spectrometers allows a high pixel frequency of screening. With typical pixel counts of 128 x 128 and 256 x 256 pixels, a distribution image can be measured in seconds.
  • the composition of the sample can be measured as a function of depth z (depth profiling).
  • depth profiling The combination of imaging ToF-SIMS with a sample removal provides the three-dimensional composition of a sample area (3D ToF-SIMS).
  • a 3D measurement with an image stack in the z-direction of a few 10 to 100 images can be carried out in a few minutes to several 10 minutes due to the high pixel frequency and the short image acquisition times.
  • the mass resolution of an energy-focusing ToF-SIMS is approximately 10,000 to 16,000. Since the time of flight of these devices depends on the sample height, the mass resolution on rough samples is significantly reduced.
  • the accuracy of the mass determination is 5 to 50 ppm with suitable mass calibration methods. However, it can be significantly degraded in samples with strong topography. The interpretation of ToF-SIMS spectra can therefore be made considerably more difficult for samples with a high surface topography due to the reduced mass resolution and mass accuracy.
  • variant B In a second variant, hereinafter referred to as variant B, be
  • DC ion beams DC ion beams used to generate secondary ions.
  • the secondary ion beam can also be pulsed.
  • a DC primary beam is a static
  • the energy of this static ion beam is typically in the region of 100 eV.
  • individual ion packets are extracted and accelerated by pulsed electrostatic fields. This can be done by axial or orthogonal acceleration.
  • the secondary ions are then accelerated to a few keV and their transit time determined in a time of flight analyzer.
  • Such a time-of-flight spectrometer can be operated with similar frequencies as in the above variant A.
  • DC secondary ion beam typically, up to about 25-30% may be used for time of flight analysis. This proportion drops off at low masses.
  • the transit time for a secondary ion from the sample to the pulsed extraction is about 5 - 10 ms. Therefore, the registration of the secondary ions emitted by a sample site takes at least 10 ms. This limits the pixel frequency of such a working, mapping ToF-SIMS to a maximum of 100 Hz.
  • the mass resolutions of these devices are about 5,000 to 50,000, depending on the design and overall route. By suitable mass calibration, a mass accuracy of 1-5 ppm can be achieved. In contrast to variant A, the mass resolution and mass accuracy of these devices is not influenced by a sample roughness.
  • SIMS high mass resolution devices are known. For example, in conventional SIMS instruments with DC primary ion beams, double-focusing magnetic sector fields are also used. The mass resolution of these devices can be above 10,000. However, a parallel proof of all masses is not possible, but at best the simultaneous detection of a few masses. Therefore, these are Mass spectrometers are not suitable for the analysis of complex organic solids.
  • ion trap mass spectrometers can also be used in the SIMS.
  • FTICR Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometers
  • Ions can measure their orbital period in the magnetic field with high accuracy and from this the mass can be determined.
  • the mass resolution of these devices depends very much on the measurement time.
  • the measuring time for a high-resolution mass spectrum is approx. 0.5 - 5 s.
  • the mass accuracy is 1 - 5 ppm.
  • mass spectrometry In mass spectrometry, other mass analyzers with high mass resolution are known, but they have not yet been used in the SIMS.
  • Orbitrap TM Thermo Fischer Scientific Inc. USA
  • the measuring time for a spectrum with the highest mass resolution is approx. 0.5 to 1 s.
  • a reduction of the measurement time to 0.05 s is possible, but leads to a simultaneous reduction of the mass resolution by a factor of about 10.
  • liquid metal ion sources For the high-lateral resolution imaging ToF-SIMS, predominantly liquid metal ion sources (LMIS) are used. Particularly suitable for organic samples are heavy metal clusters, as described, for example, in US Pat. from Bismuth-LMIS, e.g. B.
  • the secondary ion yields are very high for primary ions such as Bi 3 + .
  • primary ions such as Bi 3 + .
  • surface molecules are desorbed when the high-energy primary ions penetrate, but also the underlying molecules are destroyed.
  • a high primary ion dose leads to the complete destruction of the organic sample material. Therefore, depth profiling and 3D analysis of organic samples with this ion source is not possible.
  • gasciusters For desorption of organic molecules without damage to the underlying material, gasciusters with a few 100 to a few 1000 atoms at energies of a few keV to a few 10 keV can be used.
  • Ar or H 2 O clusters from a supersonic jet are ionized with an electron beam and subsequently accelerated.
  • GCIS Ion sources
  • Ion sources typically reach DC beam currents of 1-10 nA with beam diameters of a few 10 ⁇ m. A focus on a few ⁇ is possible only at extremely low DC currents of a few pA. Beam diameter below 1 ⁇ are not achievable according to the current state of the art.
  • the generation of short pulses of a few ns is difficult due to the broad mass distribution of cluster ions generated by GCIS. At best, pulses of 10-20 ns duration can be achieved at beam diameters of about 50 ⁇ . Therefore, GCIS are not suitable as primary ion sources for ToF-SIMS in variant A described above.
  • FIG. Fig. 2 shows the timing of an analysis.
  • the surface of a sample (1) with the ion beam of an analysis ion source (2) is removed as a primary ion beam for analysis.
  • the analysis ion source (2) provides short ion pulses for the time-of-flight analysis of the emitted secondary ions by means of a time-of-flight analyzer (5).
  • the extraction voltage is switched off and the surface is removed with a sputtering ion beam from a sputtering ion source (3).
  • the removal can take place either during the transit time measurement of the secondary ions (interlaced mode, see Fig. 2) or after the end of a analysis cycle (non-interlaced mode).
  • the surface of the sample (1) can be irradiated with low energy electrons to compensate for positive charges on electrically insulating samples. This is usually done with electron energies up to 20 eV.
  • the combination of surface analysis by means of primary ions of an LMIS with removal by gas cluster ions of a GCIS avoids the accumulation of radiation damage.
  • the sample molecules destroyed by the LMIS are removed by the GCIS.
  • stable signals can be obtained from organic solid samples.
  • the typical ratio of the removal rate of the GCIS relative to the LMIS is about 10 to 1000. This means that the majority of the sample material is removed by the GCIS when the extraction voltage is switched off and therefore does not contribute to the analysis.
  • the combination of imaging ToF-SIMS analysis with high lateral resolution by means of LMIS with the removal by gas clusters of suitable size and energy, 3D analyzes of organic solids can be carried out quickly.
  • the 3D analysis can be used very versatile for the chemical characterization of organic solids. Examples are the 3D " Analysis of organic LEDs (OLED), polymer structures and biological samples such as tissue and single cells.
  • the analysis by means of LMIS allows a high lateral resolution in the sub- ⁇ and ⁇ range.
  • the pixel frequency is very high, so that a lateral distribution with a high number of pixels can be measured in a short time.
  • the analysis of a 256 x 256 pixel surface at typical 10 kHz frequency takes about 6.5 s.
  • a 3D data set with 100 layers in the z direction can be measured in approx. 11 min.
  • the interpretation of the data is often very difficult.
  • the mass resolution and mass accuracy of the time-of-flight spectrometers are usually insufficient to reliably identify molecules in the mass range from 100 u to a few 100 u.
  • the time of flight of the secondary ions is significantly influenced.
  • the corresponding displacement of the mass-spectrum peak can lead to errors in the determination of the mass of a molecule.
  • the inaccuracies in the mass determination can easily be several hundred ppm.
  • the mass resolution is reduced and the numerous interferences of molecular ions and fragment ions make the detection of molecules in complex organic matrices considerably more difficult.
  • ToF-SIMS devices of variant B avoid the influence of topography on mass resolution and mass accuracy.
  • the analysis of 3D data is greatly simplified, provided an analyzer type with high mass resolution and high mass accuracy is used.
  • the pixel frequency is significantly lower for this type of device. For example, with a pixel frequency of 50 Hz, 3D analysis of 256 x 256 pixels and 100 plies typically takes more than 36 hours in total. If one uses a mass spectrometer with extremely high mass resolution and mass accuracy like a
  • the measurement time grows to about 76 days at.
  • the analysis using LMIS with high lateral resolution leads to extreme damage to the organic samples.
  • the dose of the DC LMIS beam is already many orders of magnitude higher than the damage limit of approximately 1E13 primary ions / cm 2 when taking a picture with a high lateral resolution.
  • a GCIS could be used that avoids this sample damage.
  • the beam current of the GCIS is already too low to allow a sufficient removal rate for a 3D analysis down to a few ⁇ m depth.
  • a second mass analyzer is used in addition to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer which is suitable for analysis in the DC mode.
  • This analyzer should advantageously have the highest possible mass resolution and mass accuracy in order, for example, to reliably detect and identify organic molecules in complex mixtures.
  • the aim is therefore advantageously a mass resolution above 10,000 and a mass accuracy better than 5 ppm.
  • the lateral distribution with high spatial resolution is now carried out by means of a first primary ion beam of a first primary ion source, for example an LMIS, and by means of a ToF-SIMS analyzer in the manner described above for variant A above.
  • a first primary ion beam of a first primary ion source for example an LMIS
  • a ToF-SIMS analyzer for example, the secondary ions formed during the removal of the sample (in the z direction) by means of a second ion beam of a second primary ion source, for example a GCIS, are extracted and fed to a second mass analyzer for analysis in the DC mode.
  • Mass analyzer is now an additional high-resolution mass spectrum produced with high mass accuracy that is not or significantly less affected by the sample topography. This spectrum is now also available for the interpretation of the ToF-SIMS data generated by, for example, an LMIS. In a 3D analysis, therefore, a high-resolution mass spectrum can additionally be generated for each layer with the second analyzer. These additional high-resolution mass spectra for each position in the z-direction (ablation direction) allow for improved identification of the molecules in the 3D data set.
  • the analysis area can also be divided into several fields. Then high-mass mass spectra with high mass accuracy are available for interpretation for each of these fields.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 shows a diagram of a dual-beam ToF-SIMS with two analyzers and a pulsed Sl beam switch
  • FIG. 4 shows a timing diagram with a ToF frequency of 10 kHz with a cycle time of 100 ⁇ .
  • the sample (1) to be analyzed (see FIG. 3) is bombarded with primary ion pulses in the ns range from an LMIS (2) as analysis beam and the secondary ions generated therewith are accelerated to energies in the keV range with an extractor electrode (4).
  • a pulsed beam switch (5) leaves the generated Secondary ions enter into the ToF-SIMS analyzer (6) of variant A. This creates a ToF-SIMS spectrum. Scanning the sample with the focused LMIS primary ion beam measures the lateral distribution on the sample.
  • the sample is bombarded with a gas cluster beam from a GCIS (3).
  • This beam can also be focused and scanned over the sample, but with its own, possibly with a different pixel frequency.
  • This beam is also pulsed, but with very long ion pulses of duration ranging from 10 to a few 100 ⁇ , depending on the chosen cycle time.
  • the generated secondary ions are also extracted, but deflected with the beam switch (5) in a transfer optics (7).
  • This transfer optic (7) slows the secondary ions to low energy and typically injects them into an RF multipole (8). Through a high gas pressure area in the multipole (8) there is a collision cooling in which the secondary ions reduce their initial energy distribution and are collected on the axis of the multipole (8).
  • the secondary ions are transported with a suitable transfer optics into a high-resolution suitable for DC operation mass analyzer (9) and analyzed there.
  • the ToF-SIMS (6) is operated with a frequency of 1 to a maximum of a few 10 kHz. Both ion sources are also pulsed at this frequency but with different pulse durations as indicated above.
  • the pulsed beam splitter directs the secondary ions generated by the LMIS (2) into the ToF analyzer (6) and the secondary ions generated by the GCIS (3) into the high-resolution mass analyzer (9). Due to the low transport energy and the gas impact cooling, a large temporal dispersion of the secondary ions takes place until reaching the mass analyzer (9). Therefore, the secondary ions from a larger number of cycles are combined to form a nearly continuous secondary ion beam.
  • This secondary ion beam can then be analyzed with the mass spectrometer (9) suitable for DC operation.
  • the mass spectrometer (9) then provides mass spectra at a much lower repetition rate in the range of about 1-100 Hz.
  • the ToF-SIMS of variant A can also be operated with delayed extraction.
  • the desorption of secondary ions by the analysis source (2) with extraction of the extractor (4) switched off. Some ns after desorption, the extraction field is turned on and the secondary ions are accelerated to a few keV. Due to the delayed extraction, a high mass resolution of up to 10,000 can be achieved at primary-ion pulse durations of more than a few ns.
  • mass analyzer (9) can be used as the mass analyzer (9).
  • the mass resolution and mass accuracy of this additional mass spectrometer (9) should be possibly higher than that of the ToF analyzer (6).
  • a mass spectrometer (9) can be used for example ToF analyzers with orthogonal extraction (OTOF), FTICR or Orbitrap (TM) mass spectrometer.
  • OTOF orthogonal extraction
  • FTICR FTICR
  • TM Orbitrap
  • the potential of the sample (1) during the bombardment with primary ions of the primary ion source (3) must be selected so that after acceleration, deceleration, gas shock cooling and transfer of the secondary ions their energy within the energy window of the high-resolution mass spectrometer (9) lies.
  • the energy of the secondary ions at the inlet should advantageously amount to a few 10-100 eV. This can be achieved with a sample (1) at a corresponding bias voltage of 10 - 100 V (with respect to the ground potential).
  • Example 2 In the following example, various modes of operation of the mass spectrometer described above are exemplified.
  • the LMIS (2) in combination with the ToF analyzer (6) records the lateral distribution of substances in a sample (1) with a large number of pixels and at high pixel frequencies. Typical pixel numbers are 256 x 256 or 128 x 128. The spectral or pixel frequency frequencies are 5 to 20 kHz.
  • the sample (1) is additionally bombarded in the analysis area with primary ions of the GCIS (3) as sputtering ion source, thereby achieving removal and renewal of the sample surface.
  • the secondary ions generated during the bombardment with primary ions of the GCIS (3) are fed via the beam switch (5) to the high-resolution mass analyzer (9).
  • This spectrum can be used in subsequent data processing with the imaging ToF-SIMS data of the
  • Analyzer (6) are combined.
  • the high mass resolution and mass accuracy of this spectrum of the analyzer (9) can be used for the interpretation of the ToF-SIMS data of the analyzer (6). Since this spectrum is not or hardly influenced by the sample height and / or topography of the sample surfaces, the information therefrom may e.g. be used for the subsequent or automated calibration of the mass scale of the ToF-SIMS spectrum of the analyzer (6).
  • the primary ion beam of GCIS (3) is rasterized and multiple high resolution mass spectra are generated from different regions within the analysis area of a sample surface with the ion beam of GCIS (3).
  • the maximum number of different areas is determined by the ratio of the pixel frequencies of the two analyzers. If e.g. With the ToF SIMS analyzer (6), a picture taken with 256 x 256 pixels and a pixel frequency of 10 kHz, this takes about 6.5 s. If the maximum spectral frequency of the high-resolution second analyzer (9) is 10 Hz, then the spectra of 65 different ranges can be recorded in the same time. These can be divided into 8 x 8 fields in the analysis area. But other divisions in different areas are of course possible.
  • Example 3 The following example describes further advantageous improvements and advantageous additions of the mass spectrometer according to the invention, which can be used individually or in combination.
  • the charge of the sample resulting from the positive primary ions can be compensated. This can be done with low-energy electrons in the energy range below typically 20 eV. The low energy stabilizes the surface potential automatically.
  • the extraction field for the secondary ions must be turned off.
  • the extractor must be pulsed.
  • the sample potential must also be switched to the ground potential.
  • the low-energy electrons are each introduced within one cycle after the bombardment with the primary ions.
  • 5 shows a diagram of the time relationships for such a charge compensation extraction at an analysis frequency of 10 kHz (timing diagram). With delayed extraction, the timing scheme can be slightly modified. Then the extraction is turned on only a few ns after the arrival of the analysis pulse on the sample.
  • Example 4 Further advantageous developments of the mass spectrometer according to the invention and the mass spectrometric method according to the invention are illustrated in the following example in various variants, which can be used individually or in combination.
  • the additional IVlass spectrometer can also be equipped for MS / MS.
  • Fig. 6 shows such an arrangement with additional MS / MS device.
  • mother molecules are stimulated to collapse in a subsequent collision cell (10) (CID collision induced dissociation, shock-induced decay) by gas shocks.
  • the resulting daughter ions are then analyzed for mass in the mass spectrometer (11).
  • TM OTOF or Orbitrap
  • typically a quadrupole mass filter is optionally switched on as the mass filter (9) for the MS / MS operating mode.
  • ion traps such as FTICR as a high-resolution mass spectrometer (11)
  • FTICR a high-resolution mass spectrometer
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic representation of this combination of a dual beam
  • TOF.SIMS 5" from ION-TOF GmbH (Münster, Germany) as a mass spectrometer (6) with a "Q.Exactive HF TM" with an Orbitrap TM mass spectrometer (11) from Thermo Fisher Scientific (USA) as a mass spectrometer ( 11) used together in the manner described above.
  • a Bi-LMIS is used as the primary ion source (2) of the analytical beam and an argon GCIS is used as the primary ion source (3) for the removal of the sample.
  • the Orbitrap mass spectrometer (11) proves to be particularly advantageous, since a significantly higher mass resolution and mass accuracy than with a ToF-SIMS is achieved.
  • the Orbitrap (11) achieves a mass resolution of up to 240,000.
  • the mass accuracy of the Orbitrap (11), at about 1 ppm, is also significantly better than that of the ToF-SIMS (6).
  • the Orbitrap (11) provides the necessary information to uniquely identify the numerous mass peaks in the spatially high-resolution SIMS spectrum.
  • the apparatus in the schematic of Figure 7 is equipped with a pulsed liquid metal ion source (LMIG) (2) and a gas cluster ion source (GCIS) (3).
  • the Orbitrap mass analyzer (11) is preceded by an Ouadrupol mass filter (9), which can optionally be activated for the selection of the parent molecules for the MS / MS mode of operation.
  • a gas shock cell HCD cell, HCD higher energy collisional dissociation, collision-induced dissociation
  • the selected parent molecules are fragmented and then transferred via a pulsed injector (12) into the orbitrap (11) for mass analysis.
  • the surface analysis was carried out in this example with a pulsed Bi Cluster LMIS.
  • an argon GCIS at 5 keV was used in the dual beam process.
  • the depth profile shows the depth distribution of the different molecules in the OLED structure.
  • the mass resolution in the ToF-SIMS is not sufficient for a separation of the different masses. So there are e.g. in the region of the first 90 nm, a significant superposition of other masses with the molecules of mass 774 u, 655 u, 589 u. As a result, the concentrations of these molecules are not reflected correctly.
  • FIG. 9 shows an additionally producible depth profile of an OLED layer structure using an Orbitrap mass analyzer according to FIG. 7.
  • the secondary ions sputtered with the Ar-GCIS are now extracted and transferred by means of the pulsed beam splitter into the Orbitrap mass analyzer.
  • the mass resolution is in this additional mass analyzer depending on the mass between 100,000 and 300,000 (see Fig. 10, explanation below). Due to the high mass resolutions, the mass interferences can be canceled. As a result, much higher dynamics and a lower background in the range up to 90 nm, e.g. for the masses reached 774 u, 655 u and 589 u. Thus, the concentrations of these molecules can be determined much better.
  • Fig. 10 shows excerpts from the mass spectra measured by the second Orbitrap mass analyzer.
  • FIG. 11 shows an MS / MS mass spectrum of the NBphen parent molecule measured and determined with an assembly according to the invention and FIG. 7.
  • FIG. 11 shows an MS / MS mass spectrum of the NBphen parent molecule measured and determined with an assembly according to the invention and FIG. 7.
  • the parent molecules generated by the Ar-GCIS 3 are in this example transmitted through the quadrupole mass filter 9, fragmented in the HCD cell 10 and then injected into the Orbitrap mass analyzer 11 and measured for their masses.
  • Figure 12 shows mass spectra of a blue dye on filter paper made with a ToF-SIMS analyzer and a second Orbitrap mass analyzer were measured and determined according to the invention and according to FIG.
  • Fig. 12A shows a photograph of the sample location of a filter paper with a blue ink spot.
  • the field of view of the photo is 3 x 3 mm.
  • Dashed lines indicate the analysis range for the spectra shown in FIGS. 12C to 12D.
  • Fig. 12B shows a positive ToF-SIMS mass spectrum in the mass range of 75 to 700 ⁇ from the region marked in Fig. 12A.
  • the pulsed primary ion beam used was a Bi 3 ++ primary ion beam from a bi-liquid metal ion source with a primary ion energy of 60 keV. Due to the high sample roughness, the mass resolution and mass accuracy of the ToF-SIMS spectrum are significantly impaired.
  • Figure 12C shows a positive orbitrap mass spectrum in the mass range of 75 to 700 ⁇ from the region marked in Figure 12A.
  • Ar n gas clusters (the average value of n was about 1500) were used from an Ar gas cluster ion source having a primary ion energy of 5 keV.
  • the mass resolution and mass accuracy of the Orbitrap mass analyzer is not reduced by the sample roughness. The exact mass from the Orbitrap spectrum can now be used for the subsequent mass calibration of the ToF-SIMS spectrum.
  • FIG. 12D shows the superimposition of the spectra from the ToF-SIMS spectrum of FIG. 12B and the orbitrap spectrum of FIG. 12C in a mass range of 261.05 u to 261.23 u.
  • the significant difference in mass resolution is clearly visible.
  • the peak at the mass 261.113 u is separated from the main peak at 261.13 u, while in the ToF-SIMS spectrum both peaks are superimposed.

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La présente invention concerne un spectromètre de masse ionisation secondaire et un procédé d'analyse d'un échantillon par spectrométrie de masse à ionisation secondaire Dans l'état de la technique, on connaît une pluralité de spectromètres de masse à ionisation secondaire. Parmi ceux-ci les spectromètres de masse à ionisation secondaire à temps de vol (ToF-SIMS) présentent un intérêt particulier.
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