IR spectroscopic techniques to study isolated biomolecules

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 364, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-42

  Rijs, Anouk M ^a   Oomens, Jos ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomolecules; Conformation selective; Free electron laser; FTICR; Ion trap; IR UV ion dip spectroscopy; IRMPD; Laser desorption; Molecular beam; OPO; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

GAS;

AIR; CHEMISTRY; GAS; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LASER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES;

AIR IONIZATION; GASES; LASERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 84941131299     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2014_621     Document Type: Article

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