Ion Cyclotron Resonance Facility

Pairing mass spectrometry with high magnetic fields for a range of research applications.

This facility is charged with developing and exploiting the unique capabilities of Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry, and leads the world in instrument and technique development as well as novel applications of FT-ICR mass spectrometry.

The facility features directors for instrumentation, biological applications, environmental, petrochemical applications, and user services as well as a machinist, technician and numerous rotating postdocs who are available to collaborate and/or assist with projects.

ICR Numbers

3 Magnets

10 Techniques

Trained User Support Scientists

Located at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL.

Get a Closer Look

Instruments

Scientist adjusting the 9.4 Tesla FT-ICR MS 155mm

Techniques

Magnet Schedule

User using the 9.4 Tesla FT-ICR MS 220mm

Research

MagLab Scientist running experiment on the 9.4 Tesla FT-ICR MS 220mm

Staff

Applications

ICR Software

Featured Research

Science Highlights

a. Schematic illustration of a 1T′-WS2 device and the rotation experiment setup. b. Magnetic field dependence of the normalized resistance of the 1T′-WS2 device at T = 0.33 K with different in-plane rotation angles φ. c. The φ-dependence of the upper critical field. The green dashed line indicates the Pauli limit.

Ultrahigh Supercurrent Density in a Two-Dimensional Topological Material

Zhang, Q.; Hossain, S.MD.; Casas, B.W.; Zheng, W.; Cheng, Z.J.; Lai, Z.; Tu, Y.H.; Chang, G.; Yao, Y.; Li, S.; Jiang, Y.X.; Mardanya, S.; Chang, T.R.; You, J.Y.; Feng, Y.P.; Cheng, G.; Yin, J.X.; Shumiya, N.; Cochran, T.A.; Yang, X.P.; Litskevich, M.; Yao, N.; Watanabe, K.; Taniguchi, T.; Zhang, H.; Balicas, L.; Hasan, M.Z., Ultra high supercurrent density in a two-dimensional topological material, Physical Review Materials, 7, L071801 (2023)

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Representative DBP molecular formula identifications for a molecule that contains (a) one chlorine atoms. Confident assignment requires the ultrahigh mass resolving power and mass accuracy provided by 21T FT-ICR MS.

Scouring Drinking Water for Disinfection Byproducts

Dong, H.; Cuthbertson, A.A.; Plewa, M.; Weisbrod, C.; McKenna, A.M.; Richardson, S.D., Unravelling High-Molecular-Weight DBP Toxicity Drivers in Chlorinated and Chloraminated Drinking Water: Effect-Directed Analysis of Molecular Weight Fractions, Environmental Science and Technology (2023)

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