Chiral recognition by mass-resolved laser spectroscopy

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 588-610

  Speranza, Maurizio ^a   Satta, Mauro ^b   Piccirillo, Susanna ^c   Rondino, Flaminia ^a   Paliadini, Alessandra ^a   Giardini, Anna ^a,b   Filippi, Antonelio ^a   Catone, Daniele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chirality; Gas phase clusters; Laser spectroscopy; Mass spectrometry; Supersonic beam

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; COOLING; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CHIRALITY; GAS-PHASE CLUSTERS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERSONIC BEAMS;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ION;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOMERISM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IONS; ISOMERISM; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 21844468540     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20040     Document Type: Review

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