Experimental methods Fourier transform microwave

The preceding, somewhat historical, review of spectroscopic structural methods is more-or-less complete up to the 1980s. Of course, many new experimental tools had appeared by this time and were leading to additional high-quality data, often with unprecedented precision. These included Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy... 

The main objective of this chapter is to summarize the advances attained in the knowledge of the strucmre of isolated biomolecular building blocks by the combination of the experimental methods that combine laser ablation with Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy techniques in supersonic jets. 

Laboratory measurements have been driven by continued improvements in experimental techniques such as rapid cooling Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy (see Section XI). This technique, coupled with improved species production methods, has provided capabilities to identify an increasing number of exotic molecular species. 

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