Journal of Physics: Conference Series latest papers

Relativistic many-body XMCD theory including core degenerate effects

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Takashi Fujikawa
Affiliation(s): Graduate School of Advanced Integration of Science, Chiba University, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, JAPAN

Many-pole model of inelastic losses applied to calculations of XANES

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J J Kas, J Vinson, N Trcera, D Cabaret, E L Shirley and J J Rehr
Affiliation(s): University of Washington, Department of Physics, Box 351560, Seattle, WA 98195-1560, USA; Synchrotron Soleil, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin - BP 48, 91192 GIF-SUR-YVETTE Cedex, France; Institut de Mineralogie et Physique des Milieux Condenses, UMR 7590 CNRS, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Universite Paris Diderot, IPGP, IRD, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France; NIST, Optical Technology Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8441, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8441, USA

Multiple-scattering approach to Ti L2,3-edge XMCD analyses for Co doped TiO2

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Takashi Maruyama, Takumi Ohtsuki, Enju Sakai, Hitoshi Abe, Toshihiro Shimada, Tetsuya Hasegawa, Shin-ichi Nagamatsu and Takashi Fujikawa
Affiliation(s): Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University, Japan; Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan; Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Japan

AWARD PAPER: XANES spectra of transition metal compounds

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Frank M F de Groot
Affiliation(s): Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands

Origin of the pre-edge structure at the Al K-edge: The role of atomic vibrations

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Delphine Cabaret and Christian Brouder
Affiliation(s): Institut de Mineralogie et Physique des Milieux Condenses, UMR 7590 CNRS, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Universite Paris Diderot, IPGP, IRD, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France

Theoretical and experimental study of high-magnetic-field XMCD spectra at the L2,3 absorption edges of mixed-valence rare-earth compounds

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Akio Kotani, Yasuhiro H Matsuda and Hiroyuki Nojiri
Affiliation(s): Photon Factory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan; RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan; Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8581, Japan; Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan

Multiplet coupling and band structure in L2,3-edge XAS through multi-channel multiple scattering theory

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Peter Kruger
Affiliation(s): ICB, UMR 5209 Universite de Bourgogne - CNRS, BP 47870, F-21078 Dijon, France

Which orbital and charge ordering in transition metal oxides can resonant X-ray diffraction detect?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Sergio Di Matteo
Affiliation(s): Equipe de Physique des Surfaces et Interfaces, Institut de Physique de Rennes UMR UR1-CNRS 6251, Universite de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes Cedex, France

Calculation of optical constants and related quantities from optical to x-ray frequencies

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J J Rehr, M P Prange and J J Kas
Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Materials Science and Technology Division, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

Self-consistency, spin-orbit and other advances in the FDMNES code to simulate XANES and RXD experiments

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Y Joly, O Bunau, J E Lorenzo, R M Galera, S Grenier and B Thompson
Affiliation(s): Institut Neel, CNRS & Universite Joseph Fourier, BP166, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; 17 rue Jules Flandrin, F-38100 Grenoble, France

Ab-initio CI calculations for 3d transition metal L2,3 X-ray absorption spectra of TiCl4 and VOCl3

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Hidekazu Ikeno, Frank M F de Groot and Isao Tanaka
Affiliation(s): Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Nanostructures Research Laboratory, Japan Fine Ceramics Center, Atsuta, Nagoya 456-8587, Japan

Some insight into the convergence of the multiple scattering series expansion

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Didier Sebilleau and Calogero R Natoli
Affiliation(s): Equipe de Physique des Surfaces et des Interfaces, Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS-UR1 6251, Universite de Rennes-1, 35042 Rennes-Cedex, France; Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, Italy

XAFS Debye-Waller factors for deformed hemes and metal substituted hemes

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): N Dimakis, T Mion, C Ramirez and G Bunker
Affiliation(s): Department of Physics and Geology, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX 78539, USA; Department of Biological Chemical and Physical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

Spatially resolved sulfur K-edge XANES spectroscopy of wheat leaves infected by Puccinia triticina

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): H Lichtenberg, A Prange, U Steiner, E-C Oerke and J Hormes
Affiliation(s): CAMD, Louisiana State University, 6980 Jefferson Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70806, USA; Institute of Physics, University of Bonn, Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany; Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Microbiology and Food Hygiene, Rheydter Str. 277, 41065 Moenchengladbach, Germany; INRES-Phytomedicine, University of Bonn, Nussallee 9, 53115 Bonn, Germany; Canadian Light Source Inc., University of Saskatechewan, 101 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X4, Canada

Utilization of 'elemental' sulfur by different phototrophic sulfur bacteria (Chromatiaceae, Ectothiorhodospiraceae): A sulfur K-edge XANES spectroscopy study

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): B Franz, H Lichtenberg, C Dahl, J Hormes and A Prange
Affiliation(s): Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Competence Center for Microbiology & Biotechnology (CCMB), Rheydter Strasse 277, 41065 Moenchengladbach, Germany; University of Bonn, Institute for Microbiology & Biotechnology, Meckenheimer Allee 168, 53115 Bonn, Germany; Louisiana State University, Center for Advanced Microstructures & Devices (CAMD), 6980 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70806, USA; University of Saskatchewan, Canadian Light Source, Inc. (CLS), 101 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X4, Canada

Structure of spinel at high temperature using in-situ XANES study at the Al and Mg K-edge

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): D de Ligny, D R Neuville, A-M Flank and P Lagarde
Affiliation(s): Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, LPCML, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; Physique des Mineraux et Magmas, Geochimie-Cosmochimie, CNRS-IPGP, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France; Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin, 91192 France

Spatially resolved XRF, XAFS, XRD, STXM and IR investigation of a natural U-rich clay

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M A Denecke, P Michel, T Schafer, F Huber, K Rickers, J Rothe, K Dardenne, B Brendebach, T Vitova and M Elie
Affiliation(s): Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut fur Nukleare Entsorgung (INE), PO Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany; Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor (HASYLAB) at DESY, Notkestr. 85, D-22603 Hamburg, Germany; UMR G2R 7566, Universite Henri Poincare, BP239, F-54506 Vandaeuvre-les-Nancy Cedex, France; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

Europium structural role in silicate glasses: Reduction kinetics at low oxygen fugacity

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M R Cicconi, G Giuli, E Paris, W Ertel-Ingrisch and D B Dingwell
Affiliation(s): Dept. of Earth Science, University of Camerino, Via Gentile III da Varano, I-62032, Camerino (MC), Italy; Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, LM Universitat, Theresienstrasse 41, D-80333, Munchen, Germany

A comparative study of actinide complexation in three ligand systems with increasing complexity

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A Jeanson, S Dahou, D Guillaumont, P Moisy, C Den Auwer, A Scheinost, C Hennig, C Vidaud, G Subra and P L Solari
Affiliation(s): CEA Marcoule, DEN/DRCP/SCPS, 30207 Bagnols sur Ceze, France; Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01314 Dresden, Germany; CEA Marcoule DSV/iBEB/SBTN, 30207 Bagnols sur Ceze, France; Institut des Biomolecules Max Mousseron, CNRS UMR-5247, Universite Montpellier I-II, 34093 Montpellier, France; Synchrotron SOLEIL, MARS beam line, 91192 Gif sur Yvette, France

Kinetics of iron redox reaction in silicate melts: A high temperature Xanes study on an alkali basalt

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): B Cochain, D R Neuville, D de Ligny, J Roux, F Baudelet, E Strukelj and P Richet
Affiliation(s): Physique des Mineraux et Magmas, Geochimie-Cosmochimie, CNRS-IPGP, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France; Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, LPCML, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France; Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin, France

Sulfur K-edge XANES spectroscopy as a tool for understanding sulfur chemical state in anaerobic granular sludge

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): E van Hullebusch, S Rossano, F Farges, M Lenz, J Labanowski, P Lagarde, A-M Flank and P Lens
Affiliation(s): Laboratoire Geomateriaux et Environnement, Universite Paris-Est Marne la Vallee, France; Laboratoire de Mineralogie et de Cosmochimie du Museum, CNRS UMR 7202, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, USA; Institute for Ecopreneurship, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz, Switzerland; CNRS UMR 6008, Laboratoire de Chimie et Microbiologie de l'Eau, Universite de Poitiers, France; CNRS UR1, Synchrotron Soleil, BP 48, 91192 Gif sur Yvette, France; Sub-Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen Univ., The Netherlands; UNESCO-IHE Institut for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

Sulfur incorporation in high level nuclear waste glass: A S K-edge XAFS investigation

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): B Brendebach, M A Denecke, G Roth and S Weisenburger
Affiliation(s): Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut fur Nukleare Entsorgung, P.O. Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

A metal mixture lowers the reaction temperature of copper chloride as shown using in situ quick XAFS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Takashi Fujimori, Masaki Takaoka, Yuta Tanino, Kazuyuki Oshita and Shinsuke Morisawa
Affiliation(s): Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, 615-8540, Kyoto, Japan

Electronic structure of ilmenite: X-ray absorption and DFT study

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): I S Rodina, A N Kravtsova, M A Soldatov, A V Soldatov and A J Berry
Affiliation(s): Southern Federal University, Sorge str. 5, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; Imperial College, SW7 2AZ London, England, UK

Pb in naturally irradiated monazites and zircons

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J Dubrail, F Farges, L Gautron, M Harfouche, C Borca and D Grolimund
Affiliation(s): Laboratoire des Geomateriaux, Universite Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee, Champs-sur-Marne, France; Laboratoire de mineralogie et cosmochimie du Museum et UMR CNRS 7202 Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France and Dept. of Environmental and Geological Sciences. Stanford University, USA; Swiss Light Source, Institut Paul Scherrer, Villingen, Switzerland

EXAFS spectroscopy investigation Cu(II) complexes encapsulated in cucurbit[8]uril

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S Trubina, S Erenburg, N Bausk, V Nadolinny, V Bakovets, I Dolgovesova and T Mitkina
Affiliation(s): Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS, Lavrentiev ave. 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Trubina S.V., Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Lavrentiev ave. 3, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

XANES and XEOL investigations of SiC microcrystals and SiC nanowires

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Lijia Liu, J Y P Ko, M J Ward, Y M Yiu, T K Sham and Y Zhang
Affiliation(s): Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, N6A5B7, Canada; Institute of Micro/Nanometer Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Microstructure of quantum dots ensembles by EXAFS spectroscopy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S B Erenburg, S V Trubina, N V Bausk, A V Dvurechenskii, A I Nikiforov, V G Mansurov, K S Zhuravlev and S G Nikitenko
Affiliation(s): Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS, Lavrentiev ave. 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Institute of Semiconductors Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev ave. 13, Novosibirsk 630090; NOSR (NOW), DUBBLE at ESRF, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France; Erenburg S.B., Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Lavrentiev ave. 3, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

Structural properties of Ge/Si(001) nano-islands and AlGaN nanowires by Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure and Multiwavelength Anomalous Diffraction

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): N A Katcho, M I Richard, O Landre, G Tourbot, M G Proietti, H Renevier, V Favre-Nicolin, B Daudin, G Chen, J J Zhang and G Bauer
Affiliation(s): IQFR-CSIC, Dep. Quim. Inorganica - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; Universite Paul Cezanne, IM2NP, UMR CNRS NoC 6242, Faculte des Sciences de St Jerome, Marseille, France; INAC, CEA-Grenoble, France; ICMA, Dep. Fisica de la Materia Condensada, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain; LMGP, Grenoble INP - Minatec, Grenoble, France; Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz, Institut fur Halbleiter-und Festkorperphysik, Austria

The size dependence of the Einstein temperature of the tellurium nanoparticles

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): H Ikemoto, A Goyo, H Maekawa, Y Okuda, T Miyanaga and K Nitta
Affiliation(s): Univ. of Toyama, Toyama 930-8555, Japan; Hirosaki Univ., Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan; KEK-PF, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan

XANES and photoluminescence studies of crystalline GeO2 (Tb) nanowires

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Franziskus Heigl, Lidia Armelao, X H Jeff Sun, Candice Didychuk, Xing-Tai Zhou, Tom Regier, Robert I R Blyth, P S Grace Kim, Richard A Rosenberg and Tsun-Kong Sham
Affiliation(s): ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain; CNR-ISTM, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai, China; Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA; Functional Nano & Soft Materials Lab, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

XAFS studies of Pt nanoparticles deposition on Si nanowires

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Lijia Liu, M Murphy, J Y P Ko and T K Sham
Affiliation(s): Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A5B7, Canada

Structure of the electrochemically deposited Cu nanoclusters on p-GaAs(100) surface in H2SO4 solution: X-ray absorption analysis

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Victoria L Mazalova, Alexander V Soldatov, Hiroyuki Oyanagi and Kazuhisa Tamura
Affiliation(s): Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; AIST, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan; Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan

EXAFS studies of nickel superalloys

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): N Binsted and A Bryan Edwards
Affiliation(s): 7 Cavendish Close, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 7HT, Great Britain; STFC, Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Cheshire, WA4 4AD, Great Britain

Structural characterization of bimetallic Ag-Au nanoparticles in glass

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J Haug, M Dubiel, H Kruth and H Hofmeister
Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Friedemann-Bach-Platz 6, D-06108 Halle, Germany; Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany

Growth process of Ag triangular nanoplates observed by in situ XAFS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): H Murayama, N Hashimoto and H Tanaka
Affiliation(s): Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, 13-27 Kasuga Bunkyo-ku 112-8551 Tokyo JAPAN

Fluorescence EXAFS study of residual Ga in β-FeSi2 grown from Ga solvent

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): H Yamada, M Tabuchi, Y Takeda and H Udono
Affiliation(s): Department of Crystalline Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; Venture Business Laboratory, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ibaraki University, 4-12-1 Nakanarusawa, Hitachi, Ibaraki 316-8511, Japan

XAFS studies on a modified Al-Si hypoeutectic alloy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): V S Prakash Srirangam, S Chattopadhyay, T Shibata, J A Kaduk, J T Miller, C U Segre and S Shankar
Affiliation(s): Light Metal Casting Research Center, Mechanical Engineering Department, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L7, Canada; CSRRI & BCPS Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA; Materials Research Collaborative Access Team, Sector 10, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne, IL 60439, USA; Poly Crystallography, Inc., 423 East Chicago Avenue, Naperville, Il 60540, USA; Argonne National Laboratory, CSE, 9700 S. Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439, USA

N – K edge NEXAFS study of the defects induced by indium implantation in GaN

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M Katsikini, F Pinakidou, E C Paloura, E Wendler, W Wesch and R Manzke
Affiliation(s): Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Physics, Section of Solid State Physics, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; Institut fur Festkorperphysik, Friedrich-Schiller Universitat Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany; Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Institut fur Physik, Newtonstrasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany

Polydispersity and EXAFS simulations

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S Cammelli, D Lutzenkirchen-Hecht, C Degueldre, J Bertsch and R Frahm
Affiliation(s): Laboratory for Nuclear Material, NES, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland; Fachbereich C - Physik, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Gauss-Str. 20, 42097 Wuppertal, Germany

High energy resolution fluorescence detected X-ray absorption at Mn K edge in Cu-III-S2:Mn (III = Al, Ga, In) chalcopyrites

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): R Bacewicz, A Pietnoczka and M Sikora
Affiliation(s): Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland; Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble, France

Effect of hydrogenation on the electronic state of metallic La hydrides probed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the La L-edges

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): N Ishimatsu, R Sasada, H Maruyama, T Ichikawa, H Miyaoka, T Kimura, M Tsubota, Y Kojima, T Tsumuraya, T Oguchi, N Kawamura and A Machida
Affiliation(s): Grad. Sch. of Sci., Hiroshima Univ., 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan; IAMR, Hiroshima Univ., 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan; ADSM, Hiroshima Univ., 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan; JASRI/SPring-8, 1-1-1, Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan; SRRC, JAEA, 1-1-1, Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan

EXAFS and negative thermal expansion in CdTe

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): N Abd el All, G Dalba, D Diop, P Fornasini, R Grisenti, F Rocca, B Thiodjio Sendja and M Vaccari
Affiliation(s): Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Trento, Via Sommarive 14, Povo (Trento), Italy; Department de Physique, Universite Cheick Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal; IFN-CNR, Sezione FBK-CeFSA di Trento, Povo (Trento), Italy; ESRF, Grenoble, France

X-ray absorption fine structure of bromide ions attracted by cationic surfactants at the heptane-water interface

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Hajime Tanida, Hirohisa Nagatani and Makoto Harada
Affiliation(s): Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Kouto 1-1-1, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan; Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan; Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama 2-12-1, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan

Comprehensive structural modelling of aqueous solutions using neutron diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): D T Bowron
Affiliation(s): Science and Technology Facilities Council, ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK

New insight on the local structure of Cu2+ ion in the solution of CuBr2 by EXAFS studies

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Meijuan Yu, Wangsheng Chu, Xing Chen and Ziyu Wu
Affiliation(s): Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China; The corresponding author

X-ray magnetic circular dichroism at Os L-edge under multiple extreme conditions in SmOs4Sb12

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): N Kawamura, S Tsutsui, M Mizumaki, N Ishimatsu, H Maruyama, H Sugawara and H Sato
Affiliation(s): Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI/SPring-8), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan; Department of Physical Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan; Faculty of Integrated Arts and Science, The University of Tokushima, 2-1 Minami-Josanjima, Tokushima 770-8502, Japan; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan

Composing complex EXAFS problems with severe information constraints

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): B Ravel
Affiliation(s): National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA

Variable angle XAFS study of multilayer nanostructure: Determination of selective concentration profile and depth-dependent partial atomic distributions

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Yuri Babanov, Yuri Salamatov and Enver Mukhamedzhanov
Affiliation(s): Institute of Metal Physics Russian Academy of Sciences, 18 S. Kovalevskaya str., 620041 Ekaterinburg, Russia; Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", 1 Kurchatov Sq., 123182 Moscow Russia

Negative thermal expansion and local dynamics

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): P Fornasini, N Abd el All, S I Ahmed, A Sanson and M Vaccari
Affiliation(s): Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Trento, Via Sommarive 14, Povo (Trento), Italy; Physics Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Dipartimento di Informatica, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy; ESRF, Grenoble, France

Predetermining acceptable noise limits of EXAFS spectra in the limit of stochastic noise

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Yung-Jin Hu and Corwin H Booth
Affiliation(s): Nuclear Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

Improvements in modeling EXAFS with many-pole self-energy and FEFF 8.5

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Matthew Newville, Josh J Kas and John J Rehr
Affiliation(s): Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA; Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Pressure dependence of magnetic states in Laves Phase RCo2 (R = Dy, Ho, and Er) compounds probed by XMCD

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S Watanabe, N Ishimatsu, H Maruyama, J Chaboy, M A Laguna-Marco, R Boada and N Kawamura
Affiliation(s): Grad. Sch. of Sci., Hiroshima Univ., 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan; Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragona, 50009 Zaragona, Spain; JASRI/Spring-8, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan

The XAS model of dissolved Cu(II) and its significance to biological electron transfer

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Patrick Frank, Maurizio Benfatto, Britt Hedman and Keith O Hodgson
Affiliation(s): Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5080, USA; Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, MS 69, SLAC, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati-INFN, P.O. Box 13, 00044 Frascati, Italy; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; Author to whom correspondence should be addressed

Novel XAFS capabilities at ELETTRA synchrotron light source

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Andrea Di Cicco, Giuliana Aquilanti, Marco Minicucci, Emiliano Principi, Nicola Novello, Andrea Cognigni and Luca Olivi
Affiliation(s): CNISM, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit di Camerino, I-62032 Camerino (MC), Italy; Sincrotrone Trieste, ELETTRA, 34012 Basovizza (TS), Italy; Institut de Mineralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condenses, UMR 7590, CNRS, Universites Paris 6 et Paris 7, Paris, France

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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

XAFS studies on copper(I) complexes containing scorpionate ligands

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Marco Giorgetti, Maura Pellei, Giancarlo Gioia Lobbia and Carlo Santini
Affiliation(s): Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Inorganica, Universita di Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Universita di Camerino, via S. Agostino 1, 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy

Analysis of the X-ray absorption spectra near the cobalt K-edge of the Co(2,2'-Bipy)(i-Bu2PS2)2 complex

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): G B Sukharina, A N Kravtsova, A V Soldatov, Y V Zubavichus, N A Kryuchkova and L N Mazalov
Affiliation(s): Southern Federal University, Sorge str. 5, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; Kurchatov Synchrotron radiation center, Moscow, Russia; Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Novosibirsk, Russia

Synthesis and characterization of platinum nanoparticles on single-walled Carbon nanotube "nanopaper" support

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Malka R Bromberg, Anitha Patlolla, Rebecca Segal, Yishai Feldman, Qi Wang, Zafar Iqbal and Anatoly I Frenkel
Affiliation(s): Physics Department, Yeshiva University, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Chemistry, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA; Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Reduction and re-oxidation of Cu/Al2O3 catalysts investigated with quick-scanning XANES and EXAFS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J Stotzel, D Lutzenkirchen-Hecht, R Frahm, B Kimmerle, A Baiker, M Nachtegaal, M J Beier and J-D Grunwaldt
Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, Gaussstr. 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany; Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland; Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland; Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Building 229, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed

Dynamic structural change of Pd particles on LaFeO3 under redox atmosphere and CO/NO catalytic reaction studied by dispersive XAFS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): D Matsumura, Y Okajima, Y Nishihata, J Mizuki, M Taniguchi, M Uenishi and H Tanaka
Affiliation(s): Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan; Materials Research and Development Division, Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., Gamo, Shiga 520-2593, Japan

Model compound vulcanization studied by XANES

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): W Taweepreda, R Nu-Mard, W Pattanasiriwisawa and P Songsiriritthigul
Affiliation(s): Membrane Science and Technology Research Center, Polymer Science Program, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla, 90112, Thailand; NANOTEC Center of Excellence at Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand; Synchrotron Light Research Institute, 111 University Avenue, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand; School of Physics, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand

2p x-ray absorption of iron-phthalocyanine

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Piter S Miedema, Sebastian Stepanow, Pietro Gambardella and Frank M F de Groot
Affiliation(s): Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands; Centre d'Investigacions en Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia (ICN-CSIC), UAB Campus, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain; Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA), E-08010 Barcelona, Spain

Towards a comprehensive X-ray approach for studying the photosynthetic manganese complex–XANES, Kα/Kβ/Kβ-satellite emission lines, RIXS, and comparative computational approaches for selected model complexes

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): I Zaharieva, P Chernev, M Risch, L Gerencser, G Berggren, D Shevchenko, M Anderlund, T C Weng, M Haumann and H Dau
Affiliation(s): Free University Berlin, FB Physik, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany; Dept. of Photochemistry and Molecular Science, Uppsala University, Box 523, S-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex, France; Corresponding authors

Local and electronic structure of fluorinated single-walled carbon nanotubes: X-ray absorption and DFT Analysis

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Maria Brzhezinskaya, Galina Yalovega, Valentina A Shmatko, Anatoliy Krestinin and Alexander Vinogradov
Affiliation(s): ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, 08290 Barcelona, Spain; V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia; Department of Physics, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics RAS, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia

Analysis of the nitrogen K-edge x-ray absorption spectra of Zn-porphyrin/C70-fulleren complex for solar cells

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S A Suchkova, C Castellarin Cudia and A Soldatov
Affiliation(s): Southern Federal University, Sorge str. 5, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A, s.s. 14 km 163.5 in Area Science Park, 34012 Trieste, Italy

Structure of [Ru(bpy)n(AP)(6-2n)]2+ homogeneous complexes: DFT calculation vs. EXAFS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Luca Salassa, Diego Gianolio, Claudio Garino, Giovanni Salassa, Elisa Borfecchia, Tiziana Ruiu, Carlo Nervi, Roberto Gobetto, Ranieri Bizzarri, Peter J Sadler and Carlo Lamberti
Affiliation(s): Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry (CV4 7AL), United Kingdom; Department of Inorganic, Materials and Physical Chemistry, NIS Centre of Excellence and INSTM unit, University of Turin, Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125 Turin, Italy; Laboratorio NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Complesso San Silvestro, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127, Pisa, Italy

Local structure and magnetic properties of Fe60Co40 mechanical alloy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Dong-Seok Yang, Seok-Ho Kim, Yong-Goo Yoo and Seong-Cho Yu
Affiliation(s): Department of Physics Education, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 361-763, Korea; Chungbuk Technopark, Regional Innovation Agency, Choengwon, Korea; BK 21 Physics Program and Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 361-763, Korea

Copper defects inside AlN:Cu nanorods – XANES and LAPW study

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A A Guda, S P Lau, M A Soldatov, N Yu Smolentsev, V L Mazalova, X H Ji and A V Soldatov
Affiliation(s): Southern Federal University, Zorge 5, Rostov-on-Don, 344090 Russia; Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong (P.R. China); Key Laboratory of Specially Functional Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technology, South China University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Guang zhou 510640, China

ZnO:Mn nanorods and ZnO/ZnO:Mn core/shell structures: Synthesis and local atomic structure

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): O E Polozhentsev, V L Mazalova, V E Kaidashev, E M Kaidashev, Ya Zubavichus and A V Soldatov
Affiliation(s): Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia; Kurchatov center of synchrotron radiation and nanotechnology, Moscow

Formation and reactivity of CrII carbonyls hosted in polar and non polar supports

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): D Gianolio, E Groppo, J Estephane, C Prestipino, S Nikitenko, A Zecchina, S Bordiga, M Taoufik, E A Quadrelli, J M Basset and C Lamberti
Affiliation(s): Department of Inorganic, Physical and Materials Chemistry, NIS Centre of Excellence and INSTM Center, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; Laboratoire de ChimieOrganometallique de Surface, UMR5265 "LC2P2", CNRS UCBL1 CPE, Villeurbanne Cedex, France; ESRF, Grenoble Cedex, France; present address Rennes-1 University, France; Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), DUBBLE @ESRF, Grenoble Cedex, France

Correlation of magnetic moments and local structure of FePt nanoparticles

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): C Antoniak, M Spasova, A Trunova, K Fauth, M Farle and H Wende
Affiliation(s): Fachbereich Physik and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE), Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 1, D-47048 Duisburg (Germany); Experimentelle Physik IV, Universitat Wurzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany

Effect of the capping agents on cobalt nanoparticles

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): L Sciortino, A Longo, F Giannici and A Martorana
Affiliation(s): Universita degli studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica ed Analitica "Stanislao Cannizzaro", Viale delle Scienze, I-90128 Palermo, Italy; CNR-Istituto per lo studio dei materiali nanostrutturati, via Ugo La Malfa, I-90146 Palermo, Italy

High-pressure XAFS study of bulk and nano size ZrO2 particles

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Akira Yoshiasa, Hiroshi Arima, Maki Okube, Hiroshi Fukui, Akihiko Nakatsuka, Yoshinori Katayama and Osamu Ohtaka
Affiliation(s): Graduate School of Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan; J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan; Material & Structures Lab. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-850 Japan; RIKEN, SPring-8/Harima Institute, RIKEN, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan; Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Ube 755-8611, Japan; JAERI, Spring-8, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan; Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan

Fluorescence XAFS study of local structures in high-k gate dielectrics HfSiON/SiON/Si annealed at various nitrogen gas partial pressure

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): H Ofuchi, S Toyoda, K Ikeda, G L Liu, Z Liu and M Oshima
Affiliation(s): Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, 679-5198, Japan; Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan; Synchrotron Radiation Research Organization, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center, Kohoku-ku, Kanagawa 222-0033, Japan

Multiple scattering approach to I K-edge XANES for iodine-doped PVA films

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): T Miki, K Oishi, S Nagamatsu, T Akatsuka, T Konishi, T Itatani and T Fujikawa
Affiliation(s): Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University, 1-33, Yayoi-cho, Chiba, Japan; Kuraray Co. Ltd., 7471, Tamashimaotoshima, Okayama, Japan

Temperature dependence of EXAFS cumulants of Ag nanoparticles in glass

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M Dubiel, J Haug, H Kruth, H Hofmeister and W Seifert
Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Friedemann-Bach-Platz 6, D-06108 Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, D-06120 Halle, Germany

X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of granular Fe / Si3N4 systems

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): F Jimenez-Villacorta, C Prieto and G R Castro
Affiliation(s): SpLine-Spanish CRG beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP-220 38043 Grenoble Cedex (France); Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Cantoblanco, 28049 - Madrid (Spain)

XAFS study of the thermal behaviour of gold bulk and clusters

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): T Comaschi, A Balerna and S Mobilio
Affiliation(s): Dip. di Fisica, Universit Roma Tre, via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Roma, Italy; INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, via E. Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy; TASC-CNR Laboratory, Area Science Park, SS 14, Km 163.5, 34012 Trieste, Italy

In-situ EXAFS study of nucleation process of CdSe nanocrystals

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Z H Sun, H Oyanagi, M Uehara, K Yamashita, A Fukano and H Maeda
Affiliation(s): National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan; National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People's Republic of China; Microspace Chemistry Laboratory, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Kyushu, Shuku, Tosu, Saga, 841-0052, Japan; Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan; CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8, Hon-chou, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan

Structure of catalytically active gold nanoparticles by XAFS spectroscopy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S Erenburg, S Trubina, N Bausk, B Moroz, A Kalinkin, V Bukhtiyarov and S Nikitenko
Affiliation(s): Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, SB RAS, Lavrentiev ave.3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Lavrentiev ave. 5, Novosibirsk 630090 Russia; NOSR (NOW), DUBBLE at ESRF, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France; Erenburg S.B., Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Lavrentiev ave. 3, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

Fluorescence XAFS analysis of local structures in iodine-doped Zn1-xCrxTe

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): H Ofuchi, K Ishikawa, K Zhang, S Kuroda, M Mitome and Y Bando
Affiliation(s): Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, 679-5198, Japan; Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan; Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials Laboratories, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan

Correlation of magnetism and structure for ultra thin Au/Co/Au films: Evidence for magnetoelastic effects

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M Sakamaki, T Konishi, T Fujikawa, A Persson, C Andersson, O Karis, D Arvanitis, H Rossner and E Holub-Krappe
Affiliation(s): Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoicho, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Japan; Department of Physics and Material Science, Uppsala University, Box 530, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden; Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, Lise Meitner Campus, Glienicker Str. 100, D-14109 Berlin, Germany; Present address: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Solvegatan 51, 22362 Lund, Sweden

Disentangling atomic-layer-specific x-ray absorption spectra by Auger electron diffraction spectroscopy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Fumihiko Matsui, Tomohiro Matsushita, Yukako Kato, Mie Hashimoto and Hiroshi Daimon
Affiliation(s): Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara Japan 630-0192; Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, SPring-8, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan 679-5198; To whom any correspondence should be addressed; Present address: Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, SPring-8, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan 679-5198

Depth profiling of magnetic and atomic structures of ultrathin films by depth-resolved XMCD and XAFS techniques with a sub-nm depth resolution

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): K Amemiya, J Miyawaki, H Abe, E O Sako and M Sakamaki
Affiliation(s): Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan; Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan; Soft X-ray Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan; Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Japan; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

Local structures around Mn atoms in MnxSi1-x thin films probed by fluorescence XAFS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Jian Ye, Yong Jiang, Qinghua Liu, Tao Yao, Zhiyun Pan, Zhihu Sun, Wensheng Yan, Hiroyuki Oyanagi and Shiqiang Wei
Affiliation(s): National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, People's Republic of China; Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan

Growth temperature dependence on local structures of Fe0.05Si0.95 diluted magnetic semiconductors studied by X-ray absorption near-edge structure

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Yong Jiang, Qinghua Liu, Tao Yao, Jian Ye, Qinghua Jiang, H Oyanagi and Shiqiang Wei
Affiliation(s): National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, P.R. China; Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; Authors to whom any correspondence should be addressed.

In-situ investigation of Bi thin film condensation by surface sensitive X-ray absorption spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): D Lutzenkirchen-Hecht, C Markert, R Wagner and R Frahm
Affiliation(s): Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Wuppertal, Gaussstr. 20, 42097 Wuppertal, Germany

Surface antiferromagnetic coupling of Fe/Cu(001) induced by NO adsorpion studied by means of depth-resolved XMCD method

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Hitoshi Abe, Masako Sakamaki and Kenta Amemiya
Affiliation(s): Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan; Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan; Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan; Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 4-1-8 Hon-chou, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan

MnxGe1-x dilute magnetic semiconductor studied by XAFS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Jian Ye, Yong Jiang, Qinghua Liu, Yu Sun, Zhiyun Pan and Shiqiang Wei
Affiliation(s): National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, People's Republic of China; Authors to whom any correspondence should be addressed

Depth dependent local structures in CoPt thin films

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): N M Souza-Neto, A Y Ramos, H C N Tolentino and Y Joly
Affiliation(s): Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA; Institut Neel, CNRS et Univ. Joseph Fourier, BP 166, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

Co-doped rutile TiO2-δ thin films studied by XANES and first principles calculations

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Qinghua Liu, Yong Jiang, Wensheng Yan, Zhihu Sun, Zhiyun Pan, Tao Yao, Ziyu Wu and Shiqiang Wei
Affiliation(s): National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, P.R. China

Development of ReflEXAFS data analysis for deeper surface structure studies

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Victor Lopez-Flores, Stuart Ansell, Silvia Ramos, Daniel T Bowron, Sofia Diaz-Moreno and Adela Munoz-Paez
Affiliation(s): Institute of Materials Science of Seville, Inorganic Chemistry Department (CSIC - University of Seville), 41092 Seville, Spain; ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, U.K.; Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, U.K.

EXAFS study of filled skutterudites RT4Sb12(R:La,Ce,Pr,Nd,Sm, T:Fe,Ru,Os)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Kiyofumi Nitta, Yusuke Omori, Takafumi Miyanaga, Katsuhiko Takegahara, Hitoshi Sugawara, Daisuke Kikuchi and Hideyuki Sato
Affiliation(s): KEK-PF, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan; Department of Advanced Physics, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8561, Japan; Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8502, Japan; Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan

Local scale ordering in LaMnO3 under pressure: X-ray absorption study

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A Y Ramos, H C N Tolentino, N M Souza-Neto, A Caneiro, Y Joly, J P Itie, A M Flank and P Lagarde
Affiliation(s): Institut Neel, CNRS et Univ. Joseph Fourier, BP 166, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA; Centro Atomico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica and Univ. Nacional de Cuyo, 8400 S.C. de Bariloche, Argentine; Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Probing the involvement of non-magnetic Sr ion in the ferromagnetic transition of SrRuO3, using XAFS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Debdutta Lahiri, Tomohiro Shibata, Soma Chattopadhyay, Ravi Shankar Singh, Surinder M Sharma and Kalobaran Maiti
Affiliation(s): High Pressure Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085 India; BCPS Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616 USA; CSRRI-IIT, MRCAT- Sector 10, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne, IL 60439 USA; Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai-400005 India

Broken symmetry of cage surrounding magnetic dopant Cr ion in cubic GaN

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S Emura, K Tokuda, S Kobayashi, Y K Zhou, S Hasegawa and H Asahi
Affiliation(s): The Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihoga-oka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan

Experimental and theoretical investigations on ferromagnetic nature of Mn-doped dilute magnetic semiconductors

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Yong Jiang, Wensheng Yan, Zhihu Sun, Qinghua Liu, Zhiyun Pan, Tao Yao, Yuanyuan Li, Zemin Qi, Guobin Zhang, Pengshou Xu, Ziyu Wu and Shiqiang Wei
Affiliation(s): National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, P.R. China

Double-well potential for oxygen ion vibrations in Nd2−xCexCuO4−δ

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A P Menushenkov, R V Chernikov, A A Ivanov, V V Sidorov and K V Klementiev
Affiliation(s): Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (State University), 115409 Moscow, Russia; ALBA-CELLS, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Local environment of Mn in Mn delta-doped Si layers

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Q F Xiao, S Kahwaji, T L Monchesky, R A Gordon and E D Crozier
Affiliation(s): Dept. of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6 Canada; Physics and Atmos. Sci, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 3J5 Canada

EXAFS study of double perovskite (Sr2-xCax)FeMoO6 (0 ≤ x ≤ 2.0) and Sr2CrMO6 (M = Mo, W) systems

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): T S Chan, J-F Lee and R S Liu
Affiliation(s): National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan; Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan

Local lattice response in LaFeAsO0.93F0.07 probed by x-ray absorption spectroscopy: Evidence for carrier-induced lattice distortion

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): H Oyanagi, C J Zhang, Z H Sun, Y Kamihara and H Hosono
Affiliation(s): Photonics Research Institute, AIST, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan; Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Mail Box R3-1, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan

Electronic correlations in V2O3 studied with K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): F Rodolakis, P Hansmann, J-P Rueff, A Toschi, M W Haverkort, G Sangiovanni, K Held, M Sikora, A Congeduti, J-P Itie, F Baudelet, P Metcalf and M Marsi
Affiliation(s): Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS-UMR 8502, Universite Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France; Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France; Institut for Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austria; Max-Planck-Institut fur Festkorperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany; Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matiere et Rayonnement, CNRS-UMR 7614, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France; ESRF, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France; Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA

Time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy: Watching atoms dance

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Chris J Milne, Van-Thai Pham, Wojciech Gawelda, Renske M van der Veen, Amal El Nahhas, Steven L Johnson, Paul Beaud, Gerhard Ingold, Frederico Lima, Dimali A Vithanage, Maurizio Benfatto, Daniel Grolimund, Camelia Borca, Maik Kaiser, Andreas Hauser, Rafael Abela, Christian Bressler and Majed Chergui
Affiliation(s): Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland; Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland; Laser Processing Group, Instituto de Optica, CSIC, Spain; Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Italy; Departement de Chimie Physique, Universite de Geneve, Switzerland; European XFEL Project Team, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Germany

Local structural change under antiferro- and ferromagnetic transition in FeRh alloy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Takafumi Miyanaga, Tatsunori Itoga, Teiko Okazaki and Kiyofumi Nitta
Affiliation(s): Department of Advanced Physics, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8561, Japan; KEK-PF, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan

Ti K-edge XANES and Pb LIII-edge EXAFS studies of PbZr0.40Ti0.60O3 ferroelectric material

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Alexandre Mesquita, Alain Michalowicz and Valmor Roberto Mastelaro
Affiliation(s): Instituto de Fisica de Sao Carlos, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil; Institut de Chimie et des Materiaux Paris-Est, CNRS and University Paris East-Paris 12, Thiais, France

Charge and orbital ordering in Fe and Mn perovskite oxides far from half- doping by resonant x- ray scattering

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J Herrero-Martin, J Garcia, G Subias, J Blasco, C Mazzoli and M C Sanchez
Affiliation(s): European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain

Resonant x-ray scattering in 3d-transition-metal oxides: Anisotropy and charge orderings

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): G Subias, J Garcia, J Blasco, J Herrero-Martin and M C Sanchez
Affiliation(s): Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009-Zaragoza, Spain; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38043-Grenoble-Cedex, France

Soft resonant x-ray scattering in highly stoichiometric magnetite

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Gloria Subias, Vera Cuartero, Joaquin Garcia, Javier Herrero-Martin, Javier Blasco, M Concepcion Sanchez and Flora Yakhou
Affiliation(s): Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

A UV-induced one-dimensional motion of titanium ions in perovskite titanates

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Nobuo Nakajima, Masataka Deguchi, Naoki Ishimatsu, Hiroshi Maruyama, Kotaro Ishiji and Toshiaki Iwazumi
Affiliation(s): Grad. Sch. of Sci., Hiroshima Univ., 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan; SAGA Light Source., 8-7 Yayoigaoka, Tosu, Saga 841-0005, Japan; Grad. Sch. of Engnr., Osaka Prefecture Univ., 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan

Resonant x-ray scattering at the forbidden reflections in Mn3+ perovskites REMnO3 (RE:La and Tb)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M C Sanchez, G Subias, V Cuartero, J Garcia, J Blasco, J Herrero-Martin, K Hatada, Hayakawa K, S Di Matteo and C R Natoli
Affiliation(s): Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble Cedex 38042, France; Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati INFN, C.P. 13, I-00044 Frascati Roma, Italy; Univ Rennes 1, Inst Phys Rennes, UMR UR1 CNRS 6251, F-35042 Rennes, France

Magnetite at low temperature: Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) at the Fe K-edge

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M Wilke, W A Caliebe and P Machek
Affiliation(s): Helmholtzzentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany; Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor at DESY, Notkestr. 85, D-22603 Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Physics of the AS CR, Cukrovarnicka 10, CZ-16253 Prague, Czech Republic

Local crystalline structure of Sm-Co alloys: Results of XAFS-analysis

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A P Menushenkov, V P Menushenkov, R V Chernikov, T A Sviridova, O V Grishina, V V Sidorov and K V Klementiev
Affiliation(s): Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (State University), 115409 Moscow, Russia; State Technological University "Moscow Steel and Alloys Institute", 119049 Moscow, Russia; ALBA-CELLS, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Pressure-induced magnetic transition in Fe3O4 and CoFe2O4 spinels

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): G Subias, V Cuartero, J Garcia, J Blasco, O Mathon and S Pascarelli
Affiliation(s): Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble Cedex 38042, France

Interpretation of EXAFS in ReO3 using molecular dynamics simulations

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A Kalinko, R A Evarestov, A Kuzmin and J Purans
Affiliation(s): Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Kengaraga street 8, Riga LV-1063, Latvia; Department of Quantum Chemistry, St Petersburg State University, 26 Universitetskiy Prospekt, Stary Peterhof 198504, Russian Federation

Copper K-edge XANES of Cu(I) and Cu(II) oxide mixtures

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A Gaur, B D Shrivastava and S K Joshi
Affiliation(s): School of Studies in Physics, Vikram University, Ujjain 456010, India; Government College, Badnawar (Dhar) 454660, India

Origin of oxygen vacancies in resistive switching memory devices

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): B P Andreasson, M Janousch, U Staub, G I Meijer, A Ramar, J Krbanjevic and R Schaeublin
Affiliation(s): Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland; IBM Research, Zurich Research Laboratory, 8803 Ruschlikon, Switzerland; Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Centre de Recherche en Physique des Plasmas, Association Euratom-Confederation Suisse, 5332 Villigen PSI, Switzerland; Present address: Center for Electron Nanoscopy, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

Local and electronic structure of tribological materials: XANES analysis

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A V Soldatov, V I Kolesnikov, A A Guda, M A Soldatov and N A Myasnikova
Affiliation(s): Southern Federal University, Zorge 5, Rostov-on-Don, 344090 Russia; Rostov State University of Railway Communications, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

A structural study of praseodymium gallate glasses by combined neutron diffraction, molecular dynamics and EXAFS techniques

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): P Kidkhunthod and A C Barnes
Affiliation(s): H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Royal Fort, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, U.K.

Local atomic structure around Ni, Nb, and Zr atoms in Ni-Nb-Zr-H glassy alloys

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): H Oji, K Handa, J Ide, T Honma, N Umesaki, S Yamaura, M Fukuhara, A Inoue and S Emura
Affiliation(s): Industrial Application Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 678-5198, Japan; SPring-8 Service Co., Ltd., 2-23-1 Kouto, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1205, Japan; Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan; Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan; Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihoga-oka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan

Structural analysis of group V, VI, VII metal compounds by XAFS and DFT calculation

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Tetsuya Shishido, Hiroyuki Asakura, Seiji Yamazoe, Kentaro Teramura and Tsunehiro Tanaka
Affiliation(s): Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan; Department of Materials Chemistry, Ryukoku University, Seta Otsu, Shiga 520-2194, Japan; Kyoto University Pioneering Research Unit for Next Generation, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan

XANES and XEOL studies of Eu-doped calcium tungstate in silica synthesized by sol-gel method

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J Y Peter Ko, Yongfeng Hu, Lidia Armelao and Tsun-Kong Sham
Affiliation(s): The Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada; Canadian Light Source Inc., The University of Saskatchewan, 101 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4, Canada; Department of Chemistry, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

Local structure of gallate proton conductors

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): F Giannici, D Messana, A Longo, L Sciortino and A Martorana
Affiliation(s): Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica ed Analitica, Viale delle Scienze, I-90128 Palermo, Italy; CNR, Istituto per lo studio dei materiali nanostrutturati, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, I-90146 Palermo, Italy

Oxidation state of sulfur, iron and tin at the surface of float glasses

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): P Lagarde, A-M Flank, J Jupille and H Montigaud
Affiliation(s): Synchrotron SOLEIL, l'Orme des Merisiers, BP 48 91192 Gif/Yvette cedex (France); IMPMC, Universite P. & M. Curie, Campus de Boucicaut, 140 rue de Lourmel 75015 Paris (France); Saint-Gobain Recherche 39, quai Lucien Lefranc, BP 135 93303 Aubervilliers Cedex (France)

Iodine K-edge EXAFS analysis of iodide ion-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes in aqueous solution

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): T Kaneko, M Ueda, S Nagamatsu, T Konishi, T Fujikawa and M Mizumaki
Affiliation(s): Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Japan; Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Japan; JASRI, SPring-8, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan

An EXAFS study of the structure of the Zn1-xBexSe alloy system

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Tapas Ganguli, J Mazher, A Polian, S K Deb, O Pages and F Firszt
Affiliation(s): Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452013, India; IMPMC, CNRS, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie -Paris 6, 75015 Paris, France; Institut de Physique, Universite de Metz, 57078, Metz, France; Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, 87-100 Torun, Poland; Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed

Femtometer accuracy EXAFS measurements: Isotopic effect in the first, second and third coordination shells of germanium

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J Purans, J Timoshenko, A Kuzmin, G Dalba, P Fornasini, R Grisenti, N D Afify, F Rocca, S De Panfilis, I Ozhogin and S I Tiutiunnikov
Affiliation(s): Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Kengaraga 8, LV-1063 Riga, Latvia; Dip. di Fisica dell'Universita di Trento, Via Sommarive 14, I-38050 Povo (Trento), Italy; Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie del CNR, Sezione "FBK-CeFSA" di Trento, Povo (Trento), Italy; Research Center Soft INFM-CNR, c/o Universita di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France; Institute of Molecular Physics, Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", 123182 Moscow, Russian Federation; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russian Federation

Structure and dynamics in liquid water from x-ray absorption spectroscopy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Philippe Wernet
Affiliation(s): Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Elektronenspeicherring BESSYII, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany

Ion hydration in high-density water

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): V Migliorati, G Chillemi, G Mancini, A Zitolo, S Tatoli, A Filipponi and P D'Angelo
Affiliation(s): Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza", P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy; CASPUR, Inter-University Consortium for Supercomputing in Research, via dei Tizii 6b, 00185 Roma, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita dell'Aquila, via Vetoio, 67010 Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy

Retrieving photochemically active structures by time-resolved EXAFS spectroscopy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Renske M van der Veen, Christian Bressler, Chris J Milne, Van-Thai Pham, Amal El Nahhas, Frederico A Lima, Wojciech Gawelda, Camelia N Borca, Rafael Abela and Majed Chergui
Affiliation(s): Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland; Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland; Now at: European XFEL Project Team, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Germany; Now at: Laser Processing Group, Instituto de optica, CSIC, Spain

Molecular dynamics to rationalize EXAFS experiments: A dynamical model explaining hydration behaviour across the lanthanoid(III) series

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Riccardo Spezia, Magali Duvail, Pierre Vitorge and Paola D'Angelo
Affiliation(s): LAMBE UMR 8587 CNRS, Universite d'Evry Val d'Essonne, Bd F. Mitterrand, 91025 Evry Cedex, France; CEA Saclay, DEN/DPC/SECR/LSRM, France; Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy

XAFS measurements on Zr in aqueous fluids at high pressures and temperatures using a modified hydrothermal diamond-anvil cell

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A Stechern, M Wilke, C Schmidt, K Rickers, S Pascarelli and C E Manning
Affiliation(s): Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany; HASYLAB at DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, 38043 Grenoble, France; Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA

Delay of laser excited electron/hole interaction with germanium lattice

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Edward A Stern and Dale Brewe
Affiliation(s): Physics Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1560, USA; Advance Photon Source Bldg. 435, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA

The accuracy of the spin sum rule in XMCD

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Cinthia Piamonteze, Piter Miedema and Frank M F de Groot
Affiliation(s): Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland; Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands

Theoretical study of focusing and double slit effects in x-ray photoelectron diffraction

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Misato Kazama, Hiroshi Shinotsuka, Masakazu Yamazaki, Jun-ichi Adachi, Akira Yagishita and Takashi Fujikawa
Affiliation(s): Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage, 263-8522, Japan; National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan; Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, KEK, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan

UV-visible emission as a probe of core excitations applied to the furan and carbon dioxide molecules

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A Kivimaki, M Coreno, J Alvarez Ruiz, M de Simone, M Dampc and M Zubek
Affiliation(s): CNR-INFM, Laboratorio Nazionale TASC, 34149 Trieste, Italy; CNR-IMIP, Monterotondo, 00016 Roma, Italy; Departamento de Quimica Laser, Instituto de Quimica-Fisica Rocasolano Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain; Department of Physics of Electronic Phenomena, Gdansk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80233 Gdansk, Poland

Improvement in XAFS beamline BL01B1 at SPring-8

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): T Uruga, H Tanida, K Kato, Y Furukawa, T Kudo and N Azumi
Affiliation(s): JASRI/SPring-8, 1-1-1 Koto, Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

Laboratory EXAFS using photographic method

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S K Joshi, A Gaur, A Johari and B D Shrivastava
Affiliation(s): Government College, Badnawar (Dhar)-454660, India; School of Studies in Physics, Vikram University, Ujjain-456010, India

Low kinetic energy photoelectron diffractions for C 1s and O 1s electrons of free CO molecules in the EXAFS region

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Jun-ichi Adachi, Masakazu Yamazaki, Misato Kazama, Yusuke Ohori, Takahiro Teramoto, Yasuyuki Kimura, Akira Yagishita and Takashi Fujikawa
Affiliation(s): Photon Factory, IMSS, KEK, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan; Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan; Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage 263-8522, Japan; present address: IMRAM, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; present address: The Univ. of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu 182-8585, Japan; present address: Doshisha Univ., 1-3 Tatara, Miyakodani, Kyotanabe 610-0394, Japan

Borrmann spectroscopy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S P Collins, M Tolkiehn, R F Pettifer and D Laundy
Affiliation(s): Diamond Light Source Ltd, Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE; Physics Department, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK; Present address: HASYLAB at DESY, Notkestr. 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany; Deceased; STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, WA4 4AD, UK

Valence-selective XAFS spectroscopy using EuLγ4 emission

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): H Hayashi, N Kawamura, M Mizumaki, T Takabatake, H Imura, K Okamoto and T Akai
Affiliation(s): Japan Women's University, 2-8-1, Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8681, Japan; JASRI/SPring-8, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan; Graduate School of Advanced Science of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan; Mitsubishi Chemical Group, Science and Technology Research Center, Inc., 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama 227-8502, Japan; Mitsubishi Chemical Group, Science and Technology Research Center, Inc., 8-3-1, Chu-o, Ami, Inashiki, Ibaraki 300-0332, Japan

Orientation-dependent x-ray Raman scattering from cubic crystals: Natural linear dichroism in MnO and CeO2

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): R A Gordon, M W Haverkort, Subhra Sen Gupta and G A Sawatzky
Affiliation(s): Dept. of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada; Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70506 Stuttgart, Germany; Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 Canada

MARS, a new beamline for radioactive matter studies at SOLEIL

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Pier Lorenzo Solari, Sandrine Schlutig, Herve Hermange and Bruno Sitaud
Affiliation(s): Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, BP 48, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, Saint-Aubin, France

The electronic structure in 3d transition metal complexes: Can we measure oxidation states?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Pieter Glatzel, Grigory Smolentsev and Grant Bunker
Affiliation(s): European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France; Faculty of Physics and Research center for Nanoscale Structure of Matter, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, ILL 60616-3793, USA

New developments at the INE-Beamline for actinide research at ANKA

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): K Dardenne, B Brendebach, M A Denecke, X Liu, J Rothe and T Vitova
Affiliation(s): Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut fur Nukleare Entsorgung, P.O. Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

B18: A core XAS spectroscopy beamline for Diamond

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A J Dent, G Cibin, S Ramos, A D Smith, S M Scott, L Varandas, M R Pearson, N A Krumpa, C P Jones and P E Robbins
Affiliation(s): Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom; STFC, Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick Lane, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4AD, United Kingdom

Polycapillary based μ-XAS and confocal μ-XANES at a bending magnet source of the ESRF

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Geert Silversmit, Bart Vekemans, Sergey Nikitenko, Kristof Tirez, Wim Bras, Frank E Brenker and Laszlo Vincze
Affiliation(s): X-ray Microspectroscopy and Imaging Research Group (XMI), Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S12, B-9000 Gent, Belgium; Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), DUBBLE at ESRF, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France; VITO, Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium; Geoscience Institute - Mineralogy, Goethe University, Altenhoeferallee 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

High-resolution hard-X-ray fluorescence spectrometer

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Evgueni Kleimenov, Anna Bergamaschi, Jeroen van Bokhoven, Markus Janousch, Bernd Schmitt and Maarten Nachtegaal
Affiliation(s): Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland; ETH Zurich, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland

XAS at the materials science X-ray beamline BL8 at the DELTA storage ring

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): R Frahm, R Wagner, A Herdt and D Lutzenkirchen-Hecht
Affiliation(s): Fachbereich C - Physik, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Gaussstrasse 20, 42097 Wuppertal, Germany; Fachbereich Physik/DELTA, Technische Universitat Dortmund, Maria-Goppert-Mayer-Strasse 2, 44221 Dortmund, Germany

Towards a black-box for biological EXAFS data analysis – III. A universal post-processor for fluorescence XAS: KEMP2

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Gerd Wellenreuther and Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke
Affiliation(s): HASYLAB at DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22637 Hamburg, Germany; EMBL, Outstation Hamburg, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany

MAX: Multiplatform Applications for XAFS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Michalowicz Alain, Moscovici Jacques, Muller-Bouvet Diane and Provost Karine
Affiliation(s): Institut de Chimie et des Materiaux Paris Est (ICMPE) UMR CNRS & Universite Paris 12, 2 rue H. Dunant, 94320 Thiais, France

Quantum mechanics-classical molecular dynamics approach to EXAFS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Alexei Kuzmin and Robert A Evarestov
Affiliation(s): Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Kengaraga street 8, Riga LV-1063, Latvia; Department of Quantum Chemistry, St Petersburg State University, 26 Universitetskiy Prospekt, Stary Peterhof 198504, Russian Federation

I20; the Versatile X-ray Absorption spectroscopy beamline at Diamond Light Source

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S Diaz-Moreno, S Hayama, M Amboage, A Freeman, J Sutter and G Duller
Affiliation(s): Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK

Comparison of EXAFS foil spectra from around the world

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S D Kelly, S R Bare, N Greenlay, G Azevedo, M Balasubramanian, D Barton, S Chattopadhyay, S Fakra, B Johannessen, M Newville, J Pena, G S Pokrovski, O Proux, K Priolkar, B Ravel and S M Webb
Affiliation(s): EXAFS Analysis, Bolingbrook, IL 60440, USA; UOP LLC, a Honeywell Company, Des Plaines, IL 60017, USA; LNLS - Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, Caixa Postal 6192, CEP 13084-971, Campinas -SP, Brazil; PNC-XOR, APS, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA; The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48642, USA; CSRRI-IIT, MRCAT, BCPS Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA; ALS, LBNL, 1 cyclotron Rd, MS 80-114, Berkeley, Ca 94720, USA; Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Menai NSW 2234, Australia; Department of Geophysical Sciences and CARS, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720-3114, USA; LMTG-CNRS-UPS-IRD, 14 av. Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France; OSUG, 414 rue de la piscine, F-38400 St Martin d'Heres, France; Department of Physics, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa 403206, India; NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA; SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA

MXAN: New improvements for potential and structural refinement

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Maurizio Benfatto and Stefano Della Longa
Affiliation(s): Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN CP13, 00044 Frascati, Italy; Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Universita dell' Aquila via Vetoio, loc. Coppito II 67100 L'Aquila Italy

Theory of XAS and XMCD for the field-controlled valence mixed state in RE compounds

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Masataka Oko, Isao Harada and Kozo Okada
Affiliation(s): Dept. Phys. Okayama Univ., 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka Kita-ku 700-8530 Okayama Japan

XMCD spectroscopy on valence fluctuating and heavy fermion compounds in very high magnetic fields up to 40 T

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Y H Matsuda, J L Her, T Inami, K Ohwada, Z W Ouyang, K Okada, H Nojiri, A Mitsuda, H Wada, K Yoshimura, H Amitsuka, N Kawamura, M Suzuki and A Kotani
Affiliation(s): ISSP, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kahiswa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan; Synchrotron Radiation Research Unit, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan; Depertment of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; IMR, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan; Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan; Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan; JASRI/SPring-8, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan; KEK-PF,Oho 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan; RIKEN/SPring-8, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyougo 679-5148, Japan

Multiple scattering approach to XMCD for Bi substituted Gd iron garnet

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Ikuko Hojo, Shin-ichi Nagamatsu, Takashi Maruyama, Hiroshi Maruyama and Takashi Fujikawa
Affiliation(s): Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho 1-33, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Japan; Department of Physical Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8562, Japan

Single and multiple scattering XAFS Debye-Waller factors for crystalline materials using periodic Density Functional Theory

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): N Dimakis, T Mion and G Bunker
Affiliation(s): Department of Physics and Geology, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX 78539, USA; Department of Biological Chemical and Physical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

Full potential multiple scattering calculations of transition metals K-edges

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Keisuke Hatada, Kuniko Hayakawa, Jesus Chaboy and Calogero R Natoli
Affiliation(s): Equipe de Physique des Surfaces et des Interfaces, Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS-UR1 6251, Universite de Rennes-1, 35042 Rennes-Cedex, France; INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via E. Fermi 40, c.p. 13, I-00044 Frascati, Italy; Centro Fermi, Compendio Viminale, Roma I-00184, Italy; ICMA and DFMC, CSIS-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain

Magnetic switching of Fe-porphyrin molecules adsorbed on surfaces: An XAFS and XMCD study

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Klaus Baberschke
Affiliation(s): Institut fur Experimentalphysik, Freie Universitat Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

Confirmation of standard error analysis techniques applied to EXAFS using simulations

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Corwin H Booth and Yung-Jin Hu
Affiliation(s): Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; Nuclear Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

Potential antitumor gold drugs: DFT and XANES studies of local atomic and electronic structure

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M A Soldatov, I Ascone, A Congiu-Castellano, L Messori, M A Cinellu, A Balerna, A V Soldatov and G E Yalovega
Affiliation(s): Southern Federal University, Sorge str. 5, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91192 Saint-Aubin, France; University of Rome "La Sapienza", 00185 Rome, Italy; University of Florence, 50121 Florence, Italy; University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy; LNF, 00044 Frascati, Italy

The role of spin state on the local atomic and electronic structures of some metalloporphyrin complexes

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S A Suchkova, A Soldatov, K Dziedzik-Kocurek and M J Stillman
Affiliation(s): Southern Federal University, Sorge str. 5, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; Yagellonian University, Krakow, Poland; University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Local atomic order in low Pt-content nanocatalysts investigated in situ by XAS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Emiliano Principi, Agnieszka Witkowska and Andrea Di Cicco
Affiliation(s): CNISM, Department of Physics, University of Camerino, via Madonna delle Carceri 9, I-62032 Camerino (MC), Italy; Department of Solid State Physics, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland; IMPMC-CNRS UMR 7590, Universite P. et M. Curie, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France

Measurement and comparison of absolute value of soft X-ray natural circular dichroism of serine and alanine

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Yudai Izumi, Akiko Imazu, Aki Mimoto, Masafumi Tanaka, Kazumichi Nakagawa, Masahito Tanaka, Akane Agui and Takayuki Muro
Affiliation(s): Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, 3-11 Tsurukabuto, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan; Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 8 Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8472, Japan; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8561, Japan; Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan; Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan

Zn-K edge EXAFS study of human nails

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M Katsikini, E Mavromati, F Pinakidou, E C Paloura and D Gioulekas
Affiliation(s): School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece

EXAFS analysis of a human Cu,Zn SOD isoform focused using non-denaturing gel electrophoresis

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Sylviane Chevreux, Pier Lorenzo Solari, Stephane Roudeau, Guillaume Deves, Isabelle Alliot, Denis Testemale, Jean Louis Hazemann and Richard Ortega
Affiliation(s): Laboratoire de Chimie Nucleaire Analytique et Bioenvironnementale, CNRS UMR5084, Universite Bordeaux 1, Chemin du Solarium, F-33175 Gradignan cedex, France; Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, BP 48, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, Saint-Aubin, France; FAME, ESRF, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP220, F-38043 Grenoble cedex, France; CEA/Grenoble, DRFMC/SP2M/NRS, 17 avenue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble cedex 9, France; Institut Neel, MCMF, CNRS, 25 avenue des Martyrs, F-38042 Grenoble cedex 9, France

Degradation of platinum based anticancer drugs by methionine: An EXAFS study

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): K Provost, D Bouvet-Muller, S Crauste-Manciet, L Olivi, G Vlaic and A Michalowicz
Affiliation(s): ICMPE, UMR 7182 CNRS-Universite Paris 12, 94320 Thiais, France; Laboratoire de Pharmacie Galenique, Universite Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France; EXAFS Beamline, ELETTRA, Sincrotone Trieste, 34012 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy

Synchrotron X-ray microscopy and spectroscopy analysis of iron in hemochromatosis liver and intestines

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J Y Peter Ko, Tsun-Kong Sham, Subrata Chakrabarti and Paul C Adams
Affiliation(s): Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada; Department of Pathology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada; Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London Health Sciences Centre-University Hospital, The University of Western Ontario, 339 Windermere Road, London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

XAS study of the active site of a bacterial heme-sensor

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S Della Longa, A Arcovito, M Brunori, N Castiglione, F Cutruzzola, P D'Angelo, G Giardina and S Rinaldo
Affiliation(s): Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Universita dell' Aquila via Vetoio, loc. Coppito II 67100 L'Aquila Italy; Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1,00168, Roma, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Universit/a di Roma, P. le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy; Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza Universita di Roma, P. le A.Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy

Characterization of the optically excited state of a bis (μ-oxo)-dicopper(III) species mimicking the hemocyanin and tyrosinase active sites

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Stephan Binder, Marco Salomone-Stagni, Roxana Haase, Benjamin Schulz, Andreas Eich, Gerald Henkel, Michael Rubhausen, Sonja Herres-Pawlis and Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke
Affiliation(s): EMBL, Outstation Hamburg, Notkestr. 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany; Institut fur Angewandte Physik, Universitat Hamburg, Jungiusstr. 11, 20355 Hamburg and Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Notkestr. 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany; Department Chemie, Anorganische Chemie, Universitat Paderborn, 33098 Paderborn, Germany

Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering on synthetic nickel compounds and Ni-Fe hydrogenase protein

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Oliver Sanganas, Simone Loscher, Stefan Pfirrmann, Nicolas Marinos, Pieter Glatzel, Tsu-Chien Weng, Christian Limberg, Matthias Driess, Holger Dau and Michael Haumann
Affiliation(s): Free University Berlin, Experimental Physics, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany; Humboldt-University Berlin, Chemistry Dept., Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany; Technical University Berlin, Chemistry Dept., Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), BP220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

Microfocus study of metal distribution and speciation in tissue extracted from revised metal on metal hip implants

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Alister J Hart, Ann Sandison, Paul Quinn, Barry Sampson, Kirk D Atkinson, John A Skinner, Angela Goode, Jonathan J Powell and J Frederick W Mosselmans
Affiliation(s): Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Imperial College and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital Campus, Fulham Palace Rd, London W6 8RF, UK; Department of Histopathology, Imperial College and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital Campus, Fulham Palace Rd, London W6 8RF, UK; Science Division, Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0DE, UK; Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Imperial College and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital Campus, Fulham Palace Rd, London W6 8RF, UK; Department of Orthopaedics, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, HA7 4LP, UK; Dept of Materials, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK; Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research Centre, Cambridge CB1 9NL, UK; 8 Nuclear Department Defence Academy College of Management & Technology HMS Sultan Military Road Gosport PO12 3BY, UK

Combined in situ analysis of Ni2P/MCM-41 under hydrodesulfurization conditions – Simultaneous observation of QXAFS and FTIR –

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): K K Bando, T Wada, T Miyamoto, K Miyazaki, S Takakusagi, T Gott, A Yamaguchi, M Nomura, S T Oyama and K Asakura
Affiliation(s): National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan; Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku N21W10, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan; Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Unversity, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0211, USA; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tohoku, 4-2-1, Nigatake, Miyagino-ku, Sendai 983-8551, Japan; Photon Factory, Institue of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation, Oho 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

Fe and Mn speciation in road dust particles by XAS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): F Bardelli, E Cattaruzza, F Gonella, G Rampazzo and G Valotto
Affiliation(s): NIS, Department of Chemistry IFM, Via Pietro Giuria 7, I-10125 Torino, Italy; Physical Chemistry Department, Ca' Foscari University, Dorsoduro 2137, I-30123 Venice, Italy; Environmental Sciences Department, Ca' Foscari University, Dorsoduro 2137, I-30123 Venice, Italy; Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed.

Structure and dynamics of hemeproteins using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Alessandro Arcovito, Paola D'Angelo and Stefano Della Longa
Affiliation(s): Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy; Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza-Universita di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy; Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Universita "L'Aquila", Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy

Oxidation state variation under β-irradiation in an iron-bearing soda lime glass system

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S Rossano, L Jean-Soro, B Boizot, F Farges, E van Hullebusch, J Labanowski, L Gouzin, R Combes, J Linares, J C Swarbrick and M Harfouche
Affiliation(s): Lab. des Solides Irradies, UMR 7642 CEA-CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France; Lab. Geomateriaux et Environnement, EA 4119, Univ. Paris-Est Marne la Vallee, France; Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, UMR CNRS 7202, Paris, France; Lab. de Chimie et Microbiologie de l'Eau, UMR CNRS 6008, Univ. de Poitiers, France; GEMAC, UMR 8635, Univ. de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 38043 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France; Paul Scherrer Institut, Swiss Light Source, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland

Iron phase transformations resulting from the respiration of Shewanella putrefaciens on a mixed mineral phase

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M I Boyanov, E J O'Loughlin and K M Kemner
Affiliation(s): Molecular Environmental Science Group Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, U.S.A.

X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structure Spectra as a basis for the speciation of lead

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): G L Bovenkamp, A Prange, A Roy, W Schumacher and J Hormes
Affiliation(s): Bonn University, Institute of Physics, Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany; Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Section Microbiology and Food Hygiene, Rheydter Strasse 277, 41065 Monchengladbach, Germany; Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD), Louisiana State University, 6980 Jefferson Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70806, USA; Canadian Light Source, University of Saskatchewan, 101 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, S7N 0X4, sk Canada; Bonn University, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Department: Ecology of Cultural Landscape - Geobotany and Nature Conservation - Karlrobert-Kreiten-Strasse 13, 53115 Bonn, Germany

Anion binding in biological systems

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Martin C Feiters, Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke, Alexander V Kostenko, Alexander V Soldatov, Catherine Leblanc, Gurvan Michel, Philippe Potin, Frithjof C Kupper, Kaspar Hollenstein, Kaspar P Locher, Loes E Bevers, Peter-Leon Hagedoorn and Wilfred R Hagen
Affiliation(s): Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands; EMBL Hamburg Outstation at DESY, Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany; Faculty of Physics, Southern Federal University, Sorge 5, Rostov-na-Donu, 344090 Russia; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris-VI, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, BP 74, F-29682 Roscoff cedex, Bretagne, France; Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, Scotland, United Kingdom; Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Schafmattstrasse 20, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland; Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands

Assessment of Zn bioavailability: XAFS study on speciation of zinc-particulate organic matter associations in polluted soils

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M Harfouche, J Labanowski, F Farges, E van Hullebusch, C Borca, D Grolimund and F van Oort
Affiliation(s): Swiss Light Source, Institut Paul Scherrer, Villigen, Switzerland; UMR CNRS 6008, Laboratoire de Chimie et Microbiologie de l'Eau, Universite de Poitiers, France; USM 201 and CNRS UMR 7202, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, USA; Laboratoire Geomateriaux et Environnement, Universite de Paris-Est, France; UR INRA 251, Physico-chimie et Ecotoxicologie des Sols d Agrosystemes Contamines, Versailles, France; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

Time resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy applied during ignition of oxidation of carbon monoxide

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J Singh, E M C Alayon, M Nachtegaal and J A van Bokhoven
Affiliation(s): Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland; Paul Scherrer Institute, General Energy Research Department, Laboratory for Energy and Material Cycles, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

A combined XAFS, ESI TOF-MS and LIBD study on the formation of polynuclear Zr(IV), Th(IV) and Pu(IV) species

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J Rothe, C Walther, B Brendebach, S Buchner, M Fuss, M A Denecke and H Geckeis
Affiliation(s): Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe - Institut fur Nukleare Entsorgung, P.O. Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany

Extended X-ray absorption fine structure of the [Fe]-hydrogenase Hmd active site

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Marco Salomone-Stagni, Sonja Vogt, Seigo Shima and Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke
Affiliation(s): European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Outstation Hamburg, Notkestr. 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany; Max-Planck-Institut fur terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany

Electron transfer during selenium reduction by iron surfaces in aqueous solution: High resolution X-ray absorption study

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): K O Kvashnina, S M Butorin, D Cui, J Vegelius, A Puranen, R Gens and P Glatzel
Affiliation(s): European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP220, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, 38043 Grenoble, France; Department of Physics, Uppsala University, Box 530, 75121, Uppsala, Sweden; Studsvik AB,61182, Nykoping, Sweden & Department of Physical Inorganic and Structural Chemistry, Stockholm University, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Chemistry, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, 10044, Stockholm, Sweden; ONDRAF/NIRAS, 1210 Bruxelles, Belgium

Fe and S K-edge XAS determination of iron-sulfur species present in a range of acid sulfate soils: Effects of particle size and concentration on quantitative XANES determinations

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Kate E Morgan, Edward D Burton, Perran Cook, Mark D Raven, Robert W Fitzpatrick, Richard Bush, Leigh A Sullivan and Rosalie K Hocking
Affiliation(s): Monash University, Clayton Campus, Clayton, Vic, 3800 Australia; Southern Cross GeoScience, Southern Cross University Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia; CSIRO Land and Water, Urrbrae Adelaide, SA, 5064 Australia

Characterisation of a water-oxidizing Co-film by XAFS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Marcel Risch, Franziska Ringleb, Varsha Khare, Petko Chernev, Ivelina Zaharieva and Holger Dau
Affiliation(s): Free University Berlin, FB Physik, Arminallee 14, D-14195 Berlin

Experimental evidence of six-fold oxygen coordination for phosphorus and XANES calculations

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A-M Flank, N Trcera, F Brunet, J-P Itie, T Irifune and P Lagarde
Affiliation(s): Synchrotron Soleil, L'Orme des Merisiers, BP 48, 91192 Gif sur Yvette, France; Laboratoire de Geologie, CNRS-ENS-UMR8538, 24 rue Lhommond, 75005 Paris, France; Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan

Nb and Fe K-edges XAFS study on the structure of supported Fe-NbN catalysts

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): N Ichikuni, Y Wakai, T Hara and S Shimazu
Affiliation(s): Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, JAPAN

In situ Quick XAFS studies on the structure of Rh supported on zeolites

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): K Kato, K Okumura, T Sanada, T Murakami, S Ito and M Niwa
Affiliation(s): Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan; Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University, Koyama-cho, Tottori 680-8552, Japan

Distinguishing surface adsorbed hydrogen from bulk-dissolved hydrogen in supported Pd nanoparticles using in situ Pd L3-edge XANES

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M W Tew, J T Miller and J A van Bokhoven
Affiliation(s): Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland; Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA

Not all chromates show the same pre-edge feature. Implications for the modelling of the speciation of Cr in environmental systems

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J Dubrail and F Farges
Affiliation(s): Laboratoire des geomateriaux, Univ. de Marne-la-Vallee/Paris-Est, Marne-la-Vallee, France; Laboratoire de Mineralogie et de Cosmochimie du Museum, CNRS UMR 7202, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, USA

Sulfur K-edge XANES study of S sorbed onto volcanic ashes

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): F Farges, H Keppler, A-M Flank and P Lagarde
Affiliation(s): Laboratoire de Mineralogie et de Cosmochimie du Museum, CNRS UMR 7202, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, USA; Bayerische Geoinsitut, Universitat Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany; CNRS UR1 Synchrotron Soleil, BP 48, 91192 Gif sur Yvette, France; To whom any correspondence should be addressed

Study of the atomic structure and morphology of the Pt3Co nanocatalyst

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): G Greco, A Witkowska, Y Soldo, E Larquet, N Menguy, A Cognigni, M Minicucci, E Principi and A Di Cicco
Affiliation(s): CNISM, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Camerino, I-62032 Camerino (MC), Italy; Department of Solid State Physics, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland; LEPMI, CNRS-Grenoble INP-UJF 1130 rue de la Piscine, 38402 St. Martin d'Heres, France; Institut de Mineralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condenses, UMR 7590, CNRS, Universites Paris 6 et Paris 7, Paris, France; Sincrotrone Trieste, ELETTRA, 34012 Basovizza (TS), Italy

Speciation of Mg in biogenic calcium carbonates

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): F Farges, A Meibom, A-M Flank, P Lagarde, M Janousch and J Stolarski
Affiliation(s): Laboratoire de Mineralogie et de Cosmochimie du Museum, CNRS UMR 7202, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, USA; CNRS UR1 Synchrotron Soleil, BP 48, 91192 Gif sur Yvette, France; Swiss Light Source, Institut Paul Scherrer, Villigen, Switzerland; Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland

Stability of silver cluster in zeolite A and Y catalysts

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Takashi Yamamoto, Sakae Takenaka, Tsunehiro Tanaka and Toshihide Baba
Affiliation(s): Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8502, Japan; Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; Department of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan; Department of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa 226-8502, Japan

Energy dispersive x-ray absorption spectroscopy for studies of catalysts in solution

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): G Guilera, G Smolentsev, A V Soldatov, M Hii, M Benfatto, M A Newton and S Pascarelli
Affiliation(s): ALBA-CELLS, Crta. BP 1413, de Cerdanyola a Sant Cugat del Valles, Km. 3,3 08290 Cerdanyola del Valles, Barcelona, Spain; Center for nanoscale structure of matter and Faculty of physics, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia; Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom; INFN, Via E. Fermi 40, Frascati 00044, Italy; ESRF, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP220, 38043 Grenoble, France

Analysis of local structure of Ru1-xNixO2 electrocatalytic materials

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): V Petrykin, K Macounova, M Okube, J Franc and P Krtil
Affiliation(s): J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Dolejskova 3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic; Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technlogy, 4259 Nagatsuta, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan

In situ XAFS studies of the oxygen reduction reaction on carbon supported Pt and PtNi(1:1) catalysts

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Q Jia, E A Lewis, C Grice, E S Smotkin and C U Segre
Affiliation(s): CSRRI & BCPS Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA; Northeastern University Center for Renewable Energy Technology (NUCRET), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115, USA; NuVant Systems, Inc. Purdue Technology Center of NW Indiana, Crown Point, IN 46307, USA

XAFS study of Ce-enhanced stability of Pt/KL catalyst

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Wensheng Yan, Zhongrui Li, Liqiu Zheng, Zhiyun Pan and Shiqiang Wei
Affiliation(s): National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China; Nanotechnology Center, University of Arkansas at Little rock, AR 72204, USA; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, SC 29631 USA

Investigation of the ignition behaviour of the noble metal catalyzed catalytic partial oxidation of methane

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In-situ Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy of catalytic materials under reaction conditions

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Emiel de Smit, J Fredrik Creemer, Henny W Zandbergen, Bert M Weckhuysen and Frank M F de Groot
Affiliation(s): Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, Netherlands; DIMES-ECTM, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GB Delft, The Netherlands; Kavli Institute of NanoScience, National Centre for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands

In situ observation of RedOx reactions of Pd/Sr-Fe-O catalysts for automotive emission

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M Kimura, K Uemura, T Nagai, Y Niwa, Y Inada and M Nomura
Affiliation(s): To whom any correspondence should be addressed; Present: College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, JAPAN; Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel Corp., 20-1 Shintomi, Futtsu, Chiba 293-8511, JAPAN; Photon Factory, IMSS, KEK, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, JAPAN

Continuous tubular flow reactor for XAFS studies of organometallic reactions: Possibilities and limitations for studies of the Soai reaction

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Luanga N Nchari, Guy A Hembury, Angela M Beesley, David J Meehan, Nikolaos Tsapatsaris, Matthew Hudson, Matthew Thomason and Sven L M Schroeder
Affiliation(s): School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, PO Box 88, Manchester, M60 1QD, UK; School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

Insight into the structure of Pd/ZrO2 during the total oxidation of methane using combined in situ XRD, X-ray absorption and Raman spectroscopy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, Niels van Vegten, Alfons Baiker and Wouter van Beek
Affiliation(s): Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Building 229, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland; The Swiss Norwegain Beamlines (SNBL) at ESRF, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex, France; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Avanzate, Universita del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Viale T. Michel 11, I-15121 Alessandria, Italy; To whom the correspondence should be addressed

XAS studies of the effectiveness of iron chelating treatments of Mary Rose timbers

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A Berko, A D Smith, A M Jones, E J Schofield, J F W Mosselmans and A V Chadwick
Affiliation(s): School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, CT2 7NR, United Kingdom; STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4AD, United Kingdom; The Mary Rose Trust, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, PO1 3LX, United Kingdom; Diamond Light Source, Didcot, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom

Structural studies of Ba1-xLaxTiO3 using X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): O Kamon-in, W Pattanasiriwisawa, A Yangthaisong and S Srilomsak
Affiliation(s): School of Ceramic Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon ratchasima 30000, Thailand; Synchrotron Light Research Institute, Nakhon ratchasima 30000, Thailand; Department of Physics, Faculty of science, Ubonrajathanee University, Ubonratchathanee 34190, Thailand

EXAFS and XANES simulations of Fe/Co hexacyanoferrate spectra by GNXAS and MXAN

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Marco Giorgetti, Stefano Della Longa and Maurizio Benfatto
Affiliation(s): Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Inorganica, Universita di Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4 40136 Bologna, Italy; Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Universita dell' Aquila via Vetoio, loc. Coppito II 67100 L'Aquila Italy; Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN CP13, 00044 Frascati, Italy

Shining X-rays on catalysts at work

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): J-D Grunwaldt
Affiliation(s): Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Building 229, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark

In situ XAS probes partially oxidized platinum generating high activity for CO oxidation

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): E M C Alayon, J Singh, M Nachtegaal, M Harfouche and J A van Bokhoven
Affiliation(s): Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland; Paul Scherrer Institute, General Energy Research Department, Laboratory for Energy and Material Cycles, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland; Author to whom correspondence should be addressed

Distinct site- and state-selective dissociation of methyl-trifluoroacetate observed in core-electron excitation at the oxygen K-edge region

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): T Yamanaka, K Tabayashi, T Maruyama, C Harada and H Yoshida
Affiliation(s): Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan; Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan; To whom any correspondence should be addressed