METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE SHAPE OF MOLECULES AND MOLECULAR CLUSTERS, AND FOR THE SEPARATION OF DESIRED ISOMERS, BASED ON RYDBERG STATES

摘要

Method and apparatus for characterizing the shape of an isomeric form of a sample where a MALDI source (12) produces a beam of particles which are optically excited to a first Rydberg state (1) thent to a second Rydberg state (2) before ionizing the sample and correlating the energy levels to optical wavelengths to produce and analyze molecular shape.