“…F I G U R E 13 Measured trends down the periodic table in the effective bimolecular rate coefficient for the ligation of d 10 s 1 atomic transition metal cations with five different ligands at 295 ± 2 K in He at 0.35 ± 0.01 Torr (Blagojevic et al, 2018) F I G U R E 14 Measured trends across the periodic table in the effective bimolecular rate coefficient for the ligation of third-row atomic transition metal cations with six different ligands at 295 ± 2 K in He at 0.35 ± 0.01 Torr (Blagojevic et al, 2018) F I G U R E 15 Variation in the ligation efficiency, k/k c , of CS 2 adding to bare atomic transition metal cations, M + , down the periodic table for Row 1-3 atomic cations in Group 9-11 at room temperature (Blagojevic et al, 2021) F I G U R E 16 Variation in the ligation efficiency, k/k c , of CS 2 adding to ligated atomic transition metal cations, M + (CS 2 ), down the periodic table for Row 1-3 atomic cations in Group 9-11, at room temperature (Blagojevic et al, 2021) ICP-SIFT MS, a derivative of FA and SIFT MS, has proven to be an extraordinarily powerful technique for the exploration of the intrinsic kinetics and chemistry of atomic ion-molecule reactions in general and atomic ion ligation in particular. My journey leading to its invention and subsequent application has been most rewarding.…”