@article {723,
	title = {Resonance enhanced multiphoton dissociation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons cations in an RF ion trap},
	journal = {Chemical Physics Letters},
	volume = {373},
	number = {3-4},
	year = {2003},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 681BGTimes Cited: 7Cited Reference Count: 35},
	month = {May},
	pages = {292-298},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {We present a novel method for recording the absorption spectra of cations of non-volatile molecules using resonance enhanced multiphoton dissociation of trapped ions. Ions are produced through a 2-1aser desorption/ionization process in an RF ion trap mass-spectrometer. A third tunable visible laser induces fragmentation of the trapped ions with a yield dependent on the absorption cross-sections of the ions. Using this method we have recorded the visible absorption spectrum of two PAH isomers, phenanthrene and anthracene. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {ENERGETICS, fragmentation, GAS-PHASE, IONIZATION, IR EMISSION, MASS-SPECTROMETRY, PAHs, PHOTODISSOCIATION, RADICAL CATIONS, SPECTROSCOPY},
	isbn = {0009-2614},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000183016300010},
	author = {Rolland, D. and Specht, A. A. and Blades, M. W. and Hepburn, J. W.}
}
