Tools of the Trade

ZAB mass spectrometer

Three sector ZAB ms

Great for examining the metastable dissociation of radical cations with MIKE spectrometry

example MIKES spectrum
triple quadrupole mass spectrometer

Quattro Ultima triple-quadrupole ms

Explore the collision-induced dissociation of ions (formed by ESI or APCI) as a function of collision energy

example of CID data for a PAH
the SLS storage ring

Probe the dissociative photoionization of molecules to model the reactions and deriving experimental energies

Swiss Light Source Synchrotron Facility

example of asymmetric TOF distributions for an ion
example of breakdown data for an ion

Computational resources courtesy of the DRA

Calculate the reaction pathways of ions and neutrals to compare to experimental data

example of a minimum energy reaction pathway