MSPIRE Website: This website is dedicated to the U.S. - Dutch NSF Partnership for International Research and Education known as MSPIRE. Contact us for more information. Latest MSPIRE Research Publication: Sequential Activation of Methane by Ir+: An IRMPD and Theoretical Investigation. Complexes formed by reactions of Ir+ with up to four molecules of methane are examined using IRMPD action spectroscopy.