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A linear octopole trap interface for an ion mobility time-of-flight mass spectrometer has been developed for focusing and accumulating continuous beams of ions producedby electrospray ionization. The interface improves experimental efficiencies by factors of ~50-200 compared withan analogous configuration that utilizes a three-dimensional Paul geometry trap (Hoaglund-Hyzer, C. S.; Lee,Y. J.; Counterman, A. E.; Clemmer, D. E. Anal. Chem.2002, 74, 992-1006). With these improvements, it ispossible to record nested drift (flight) time distributionsfor complex mixtures in fractions of a second. We demonstrate the approach for several well-defined peptidemixtures and an assessment of the detection limits isgiven. Additionally, we demonstrate the utility of theapproach in the field of proteomics by an on-line, three-dimensional nano-LC-ion mobility-TOF separation of tryptic peptides from the Drosophila proteome.