Spectroscopy research strategy
New molecules have been detected and studied using microwave and photoelectron spectroscopy techniques in synergistic combination.
The new molecules were mainly detected using twin techniques photoelectron and microwave spectroscopy in synergistic combination. A molecule might be more easily detected using one technique than the other and so using the two together often made success in detection more efficient.
For instance, it turned out to be very easy to detect the monomer of thioacetaldehyde by pyrolysis of the trimer by photoelectron spectroscopy and piggyback on that result using microwave techniques. Most of the molecules were detected in the products of a thermolysis using a quartz tube furnace.
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