Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) have developed a novel method for investigating the internal structure of atoms and discovered ...

What is X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS)? X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) is a powerful analytical technique that probes the local atomic and electronic structure of materials by measuring the ...

Analytical spectrometry comprises a suite of techniques that probe the composition of matter by measuring its interaction with electromagnetic or particle radiation. In optical spectrometry, atoms or ...

Transitions between different electronic energy levels in elements occur at unique energies and intensities, giving each element a distinctive emission spectrum. When the energy of an incident photon ...

Time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy encompasses a suite of methods that probe structural and electronic dynamics in materials on timescales ranging from femtoseconds to seconds. At synchrotron ...