The Early Development of Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR) Spectroscopy

✍ Scribed by Comisarow, Melvin B.; Marshall, Alan G.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 518 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1076-5174
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9888(199606)31:6<581::aid-jms369>3.0.co;2-1

✦ Synopsis

The development of Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) spectroscopy is traced from its 1973 conception by analogy to Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance (FT-NMR) spectroscopy and its 1974 experimental demonstration to its 1978 demonstration as the technique of choice for examining complex ion chemistry. The intellectual connections between conventional NMR and ICR and FT-NMR are described. The theoretical prediction and experimental demonstration of the many advantageous features of FT-ICR are described. Subsequent FT-ICR technique developments and applications are mentioned briefly.