Mass-selected IR-VUV (118 nm) spectroscopic studies of radicals, aliphatic molecules, and their clusters

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 484-501

  Hu, Yongjun ^a,b   Guan, Jiwen ^a   Bernstein, Elliot R ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

clusters; gas phase; IR spectroscopy; molecular beam; time of flight mass spectrometry; VUV ionization

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; CLUSTERS; GASPHASE; ITS APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR CLUSTERS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHROMOPHORES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

ALKANE; FREE RADICAL;

CLUSTERS; EQUIPMENT; GAS-PHASE; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BEAM; REVIEW; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VUV IONIZATION;

CLUSTERS; GAS-PHASE; IR SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BEAM; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VUV IONIZATION;

ALKANES; FREE RADICALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 84885584732     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: 10982787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.21387     Document Type: Review

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