Methods in physical chemistry

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Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Other Authors: Schäfer, Rolf, Schmidt, Peter C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Weinheim : Chichester : WiVCH ; John Wiley [distributor], 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Methods in Physical Chemistry; Contents to Volume; List of Contributors; Part I Gas Phase; 1 Manipulating the Motion of Complex Molecules: Deflection, Focusing, and Deceleration of Molecular Beams for Quantum-State and Conformer Selection; 1.1 Introduction: Controlled Molecules; 1.2 Experimental Methods; 1.2.1 Large Neutral Molecules in the Gas Phase; 1.2.2 Manipulation of Molecular Beams with Electric and Magnetic Fields; 1.2.3 Alignment and Orientation of Molecular Ensembles; 1.3 Experimental Details; 1.3.1 Deflection; 1.3.2 Alternating-Gradient Focusing.
  • 1.3.3 Alternating-Gradient Deceleration1.4 Selected Applications; 1.4.1 Cluster and Biomolecules Deflection; 1.4.2 Conformer Selection; 1.4.3 Three-Dimensional Orientation; 1.4.4 Molecular-Frame Photoelectron Angular Distributions; 1.5 Conclusions and Perspectives; References; 2 Laser Ionization Spectroscopy; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Basic Principles; 2.3 Experimental Methods; 2.3.1 Single-Photon Ionization; 2.3.2 Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization; 2.3.3 Ion-Dip Spectroscopy; 2.3.4 Pulsed-Field Ionization; 2.3.5 Strong-Field Ionization; 2.3.6 Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer.
  • 2.4 Case Studies2.4.1 Identification of Substances and Structural Isomers; 2.4.2 Trace Analysis of Molecules; 2.4.3 Laser Ionization as a Source of State-Selected Ions; 2.5 Conclusions and Perspectives; 2.6 Supplementary Material; References; 3 Mass Spectrometry for Ion Chemistry and Links from the Gas Phase to ''Real'' Processes; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Key Experimental Methods; 3.3 Ion Structures; 3.3.1 Differentiation of C7H7+ Isomers; 3.3.2 Generation, Characterization, and Spectroscopy of [FeCH4O]+ Ions; 3.4 Ion Energetics; 3.4.1 Threshold Ionization and ''Titration'' of Reaction Barriers.
  • 3.4.2 Thermochemistry of FeOmHn-/0/+/2+ Ions (''Gaseous Rust'')3.5 Reactions of Neutral Molecules Studied by Mass Spectrometry; 3.5.1 Electron-Transfer Mass Spectrometry; 3.5.2 Charge-Tagging Methods; 3.6 Ion Catalysis; 3.7 Summary and Perspectives; References; Part II Condensed-Phase; 4 Solid State NMR: a Versatile Tool in Solid State Chemistry and Materials Science; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Basic Principles; 4.2.1 Nuclear Magnetism and Precession; 4.2.2 Signal Excitation and Detection; 4.2.3 Relaxation Phenomena; 4.2.4 Internal Interactions; 4.3 Experimental Techniques.
  • 4.3.1 Sample Spinning Techniques4.3.2 Spin Echo Decay Methods; 4.3.3 Hetero- and Homonuclear Decoupling; 4.3.4 Multi-Dimensional NMR; 4.3.5 Coherence Transfer Techniques; 4.3.6 Recoupling of Homonuclear Magnetic Dipole-Dipole Interactions; 4.3.7 Recoupling of Heteronuclear Magnetic Dipole-Dipole Interactions; 4.4 Selected Applications; 4.4.1 Glasses; 4.4.2 Supramolecular Systems; 4.5 Conclusion; 4.6 Supplementary Material; References; 5 EPR-ESR-EMR, an Ongoing Success Story; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Basic Principles; 5.3 Experimental Methods; 5.3.1 Continuous Wave EMR at High Fields and Frequencies.