A PERSPECTIVE ON PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO FT-ICR MASS SPECTROMETRY

Michael L. Gross; Don L. Rempel

doi:10.1002/mas.21657

A PERSPECTIVE ON PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO FT-ICR MASS SPECTROMETRY

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	178-193
Number of pages	16
Journal	Mass Spectrometry Reviews
Volume	41
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/mas.21657
State	Published - Mar 1 2022

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