ISSN:
1573-0689
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract A molecular beam spectrometer using dielectrophoresis is described which should be useful in studies of molecular polarizabilities, dipole moments, rotational energy states, and reaction rates. The special electrode system produces a constant force over a wide spatial region (hence is “isomotive”) on nonpolar and simple polar molecules. Design optima and calculations of the obtainable forces, beam intensities, and resolutions are given for some typical molecules (methane, naphthalene, hydrogen chloride) for the proposed instrument. The isomotive field geometry affords a gain in beam strength over other designs, permitting the use of velocity-selected beams in a spectrometer having a circular beam path. It is capable of separating molecules on the basis of either mass or polarizability.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01881328
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