A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF THE QUADRUPOLE ION TRAP PRIOR TO THE APPEARANCE OF COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS

An account is given of the developments in the theory, technology, and applications of the Quistor in the time window defined broadly as the 1970s and up to the appearance of commercial quadrupole ion trap devices. The circumstances that drew the authors to pursue their research are described.

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