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Experimental techniques and terminology in gas‐phase ion spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Pereverzev Aleksandr,
Roithová Jana
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 1076-5174
DOI - 10.1002/jms.4826
Subject(s) - terminology , chemistry , notation , spectroscopy , unification , ion , mass spectrometry , gas phase , field (mathematics) , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical physics , computer science , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , programming language , philosophy , linguistics , arithmetic , mathematics , chromatography , pure mathematics
This perspective gives an overview of the action spectroscopy methods for measurements of electronic, vibrational, and rotational spectra of mass‐selected ions in the gas phase. We classify and give a short overview of the existing experimental approaches in this field. There is currently a plethora of names used for, essentially, the same techniques. Hence within this overview, we scrutinized the notations and suggested terms to be generally used. The selection was either driven by making the name unique and straightforward or the term being the most broadly used one. We believe that a simplification and a unification of the notation in ion spectroscopy can make this field better accessible for experts outside the mass spectrometry community where the applications of gas‐phase action ion spectroscopy can make a large impact.