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Mass‐selective vibrational spectroscopy of vanadium oxide cluster ions
Author(s) -
Asmis Knut R.,
Sauer Joachim
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
mass spectrometry reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.035
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1098-2787
pISSN - 0277-7037
DOI - 10.1002/mas.20136
Subject(s) - chemistry , vanadium , cluster (spacecraft) , vanadium oxide , ion , spectroscopy , mass spectrometry , oxide , infrared spectroscopy , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , chromatography , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
Abstract A corner stone in the study of the size‐dependent properties of cluster ions in the gas phase is their structural characterization. Over the last 10 years, significant progress has been in this research field because of significant advances in the gas phase vibrational spectroscopy of mass‐selected ions. Using a combination of modern experimental and quantum chemical approaches, it is now in most cases possible to uniquely identify the geometric structure of cluster ions, based on the comparison of the experimental and simulated infrared spectra. In this article, we highlight the progress made in this research area by reviewing recent infrared photodissociation (IR‐PD) experiments on small and medium sized (up to 30 atoms) vanadium oxide ions. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., Mass Spec Rev.