X-ray analysis of Mg0.2Co0.2Ni0.2Cu0.2Zn0.2O: disentangling elemental contributions in a prototypical high-entropy oxide Maryia Zinouyeva, Martina Fracchia, Giulia Maranini, Davide Impelluso, Nicholas B. Brookes, Lorenzo Grilli, Kurt Kummer, Francesco Rosa, Matteo Aramini, Giacomo Ghiringhelli, Paolo Ghigna, Marco Moretti Sala, Mauro Coduri
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, Nov 2025 DOI: 10.1039/D5TA05324B Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Structural and electronic modulations of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) upon chitin binding: insights from X-ray spectroscopy Chris Joseph, Ashish Tamhankar, Ole Golten, Kushal Sengupta, Sergio A. V. Jannuzzi, Morten Sørlie, Liqun Kang, Åsmund K. Røhr, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Serena Debeer
Chemical Science, Nov 2025 DOI: 10.1039/D5SC07620J Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Determining structure and Zn-specific Lewis acid-base descriptors for diorganozincs in non-coordinating solvents using X-ray spectroscopy Lewis G. Parker, Frances K. Towers Tompkins, Jake M. Seymour, Najaat Alblewi, Ekaterina Gousseva, Megan R. Daw, Shusaku Hayama, Richard P. Matthews, Adam E. A. Fouda, Joshua D. Elliott, Christopher D. Smith, Kevin R. J. Lovelock
Communications Chemistry, 8 Oct 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-025-01704-x Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Probing the mechanisms of Fe(III)/As(V) reduction and As mobilisation using mineral-coated sands; impact of electron donor treatments Oliver C. Moore, Laura A. Richards, Christopher Boothman, Sam Shaw, Babajide Milton Macaulay, David A. Polya, Bart E. Van Dongen, Jonathan R. Lloyd
Science Of The Total Environment, 1001 Oct 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180512 Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Lowering the Cu-O bond energy in CuO nanocatalysts enhances the efficiency of NH3 oxidation Lu Chen, Xuze Guan, Zhangyi Yao, Shusaku Hayama, Matthijs A. Van Spronsen, Burcu Karagoz, Georg Held, David G. Hopkinson, Christopher S. Allen, June Callison, Paul J. Dyson, Feng Ryan Wang
Nature Communications, 16 Oct 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64415-w Journal Paper B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS E01-JEM ARM 200CF I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Synthesis of primary amines via reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones over a Ni-Doped MFM-300(Cr) catalyst Wenyuan Huang, Bing An, Zeyu Chen, Yu Han, Yinlin Chen, Jiangnan Li, Xue Han, Shaojun Xu, Danielle Crawshaw, Evan Tillotson, Sarah J. Haigh, Bing Han, Christopher M. A. Parlett, Luke Keenan, Svemir Rudic, Yongqiang Cheng, Ben F. Spencer, Martin Schroeder, Sihai Yang
Advanced Science, Oct 2025 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202508892 Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS I20-EDE-Energy Dispersive EXAFS (EDE) open access Copper integrative catalytic pairs with mixed-valence Cu2+-Cu3+ species for selective alkyne conversion Yuxue Yue, Mingde Yu, Zhangyi Yao, Guangzong Fang, Bolin Wang, Saisai Wang, Chunxiao Jin, Renqin Chang, Tulai Sun, Zhiyan Pan, Yihan Zhu, Feng Ryan Wang, Xiaonian Li, Jia Zhao
Nature Communications, 16 Oct 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64639-w Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Discovery of an energy-dependent many-body process in the K β spectrum of manganese metal using extended-range high-energy-resolution fluorescence detection with advanced structural insights from principal component analysis Jack Stephens, Ramesh Rijal, Daniel Sier, Nicholas T. T. Tran, Jonathan W. Dean, Paul Di Pasquale, Tony Kirk, Minh Dao, Chanh Q. Tran, Shusaku Hayama, Sofia Diaz-Moreno, Christopher T. Chantler
Iucrj, 12 Sept 2025 DOI: 10.1107/S2052252525005573 Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Unveiling the role of the microalga Nannochloropsis gaditana in the biogenic synthesis of zinc oxide Susanna Tinello, Chiara Mazzariol, Carlo Pilotto, Paolo Dolcet, Giorgio Perin, Matteo Battistolli, Federica Sandrelli, Tomas Morosinotto, Silvia Gross
Sustainability & Circularity Now, 02 Jul 2025 DOI: 10.1055/a-2635-4606 Robust and recyclable single-atom and cluster-like Cu-based catalysts for methanol oxidative carbonylation to dimethyl carbonate Wenjie Li, Shanlin Gao, Chunbo Lai, Xinling Li, Wanjing Xiao, Xinyu Wang, Huibo Lin, Yang Zhang, Haijun Liu, Gan Yang, Chenghua Xu, Luke J. R. Higgins, Andrew M. Beale, Marc Pera-Titus, Zhiyong Deng
Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 31 Jul 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c04760 Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Hyper-resolution in X-ray emission spectroscopy: integrating extended-range high energy resolution fluorescence detection and multiple-crystal spectrometry with advanced binary data splicing Ramesh Rijal, Jack Stephens, Daniel Sier, Nicholas T. T. Tran, Truong V. B. Nguyen, Jonathan W. Dean, Pierce Bowman, Minh Dao, Paul Di Pasquale, Tony Kirk, Chanh Q. Tran, Shusaku Hayama, Matteo Aramini, Nitya Ramanan, Sofia Diaz-Moreno, Christopher T. Chantler
Journal Of Synchrotron Radiation, 32 Jul 2025 DOI: 10.1107/S1600577525004084 Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Carbon surface chemistry drives speciation and reactivity of cationic Fe species in CO2 activation: A HERFD-XANES and valence to core XES study Matteo Aramini, Rosa Arrigo
Catalysis Science & Technology, Jul 2025 DOI: 10.1039/D5CY00336A Journal Paper B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Coexisting phosphate controls arsenate speciation and partitioning during Fe(II)-catalyzed ferrihydrite transformation Jeffrey Paulo H. Perez, A. Li Han Chan, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Liane G Benning
Acs Earth And Space Chemistry, 69 June 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.5c00061 Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influence the speciation and subcellular abundance of uranium in plant roots James M. Dinsley, Kirstie Halsey, Eudri Venter, Miguel A. Gomez-Gonzalez, Katie Moore, Lorraine P. Field, Samuel Shaw, Clare H. Robinson, Jon K. Pittman
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 33 June 2025 DOI: 10.1039/D5EM00108K Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS I14-Hard X-ray Nanoprobe I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Investigating metalloprotein mechanism using ‘physiological’ X-ray absorption spectroscopy Rufus S. Frew
May 2025 Thesis I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES)
Multisite Fe3+ luminescent centers in the LiGaO2:Fe nanocrystalline phosphor Ajeesh Kumar Somakumar, Ivo Romet, Agnieszka Grabias, Marcin Kruk, Shusaku Hayama, Damian Wlodarczyk, Justyna Barzowska, Yadhu Krishnan Edathumkandy, Eduard Feldbach, Puxian Xiong, Yaroslav Zhydachevskyy, Monika Trzaskowska, Hanka Przybylinska, Andrzej Suchocki
Molecules, 30 May 2025 DOI: 10.3390/molecules30112331 Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Effect of copper dopant ions on the redox properties of electrochemically prepared cerium dioxide thin films James T. Hutton, Katherine B. Holt, Matteo Aramini, Gopinathan Sankar
Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 22 May 2025 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202500528 Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access X-ray spectroscopy to study lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases Abbey J. Telfer
Apr 2025 Thesis B18-Core EXAFS I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES)
Elucidation of the active Mn-species responsible for alkane fluorination catalyzed by Mn porphyrins Giulia Tarantino, Timothy G. Burrow, Matteo Aramini, Michael L. Baker, Ceri Hammond
Acs Catalysis, Mar 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c07251 Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Uranium mineral particles produced by weathering in Sierra Peña Blanca, Chihuahua, Mexico: a synchrotron-based study Cristina Hernández-Herrera, Jesús G. Canché-Tello, Yair Rodríguez-Guerra, Fabián G. Faudoa-Gómez, Diane M. Eichert, Konstantin Ignatyev, Rocío M. Cabral-Lares, Victoria Pérez-Reyes, Hilda E. Esparza-Ponce, Maria-Elena Montero-Cabrera
Minerals, 15 Mar 2025 DOI: 10.3390/min15040333 Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Operando XES and HERFD-XANES studies of Prussian Blue analogue battery materials Oliver F. Blackman
Mar 2025 Thesis I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES)
Nanoparticulate and colloidal uranium and plutonium in spent nuclear fuel storage pond effluents Thomas S. Neill, Katherine Morris, Scott Harrison, Pete Apps, Nick Bryan, Stephen Parry, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Giannantonio Cibin, Bruce Rigby, Francis R. Livens, Samuel Shaw
Journal Of Hazardous Materials, 4 Feb 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137629 Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Bioremediation of uranium contaminated sites through the formation of U(vi) phosphate (bio)minerals Callum Robinson, Sam Shaw, Jonathan R. Lloyd, James Graham, Katherine Morris
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 147 Feb 2025 DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00846D Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Amorphisation mechanisms of metal-organic frameworks under high pressures and temperatures Georgina H. P. Robertson
Jan 2025 DOI: 10.17863/CAM.116551 Thesis I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF) I15-Extreme Conditions I20-EDE-Energy Dispersive EXAFS (EDE) Uranium mineral transport in the Peña Blanca desert: dissolution or fragmentation? simulation in sediment column systems Victoria Pérez-Reyes, Rocio M. Cabral-Lares, Jesús G. Canche-Tello, Marusia Rentería-Villalobos, Guillermo González-Sánchez, Blanca P. Carmona-Lara, Cristina Hernández-Herrera, Fabián Faudoa-Gómez, Yair Rodríguez-Guerra, Gregorio Vázquez-Olvera, Jorge Carrillo-Flores, Ignacio A. Reyes-Cortés, Daniel Hernández-Cruz, René Loredo-Portales, Maria E. Montero-Cabrera
Applied Sciences, 15 Jan 2025 DOI: 10.3390/app15020609 Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Adsorption of Eu3+ and Gd3+ on high-charge micas as inner-sphere complexes Marina T. Candela, Rosa Martín-Rodríguez, Sofia Diaz-Moreno, Rafael Valiente, Fernando Aguado, Ana Perdigon
Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science, 213 Jan 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2025.01.015 No bridge between us: EXAFS and computations confirm two distant iron ions comprise the active site of alkane monooxygenase (AlkB) Clorice R. Reinhardt, Juliet A. Lee, Lauren Hendricks, Tierani Green, Lily Kunczynski, August Jaunzarins Roberts, Naomi Miller, Noga Rafalin, Heather J. Kulik, Christopher J. Pollock, Rachel N. Austin
Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 8 Jan 2025 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c12633 Tuning the selectivity of NH3 oxidation via cooperative electronic interactions between platinum and copper sites Lu Chen, Xuze Guan, Zhaofu Fei, Hiroyuki Asakura, Lun Zhang, Zhipeng Wang, Xinlian Su, Zhangyi Yao, Luke L. Keenan, Shusaku Hayama, Matthijs A. Van Spronsen, Burcu Karagoz, Georg Held, Christopher S. Allen, David G. Hopkinson, Donato Decarolis, June Callison, Paul J. Dyson, Feng Ryan Wang
Nature Communications, 16 Jan 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54820-y Journal Paper B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS E01-JEM ARM 200CF E02-JEM ARM 300CF I20-EDE-Energy Dispersive EXAFS (EDE) open access Same FeN4 active site, different activity: how redox peaks control oxygen reduction on Fe macrocycles Silvia Favero, Ruixuan Chen, Joyce Cheung, Luke Higgins, Hui Luo, Mengnan Wang, Jesus Barrio, Maria Magdalena Titirici, Alexander Bagger, Ifan E. L. Stephens
Acs Electrochemistry, Jan 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.4c00146 Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access Kinetic studies of metal hexacyanoferrate electrode using energy dispersive EXAFS Thomas S. A. Wakelin
Jan 2025 Thesis I20-EDE-Energy Dispersive EXAFS (EDE)
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