UV-POSIT: Web-Based Tools for Rapid and Facile Structural Interpretation of Ultraviolet Photodissociation (UVPD) Mass

Jake Rosenberg1, W Ryan Parker1, Michael B Cammarata1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.

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