High-energy resolution X-ray spectroscopy at actinide M_4,5 and ligand K edges: what we know, what we want to know, and what we can know.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, scientists have progressively recognized the role of electronic structures in the characterization of chemical properties for actinide containing materials. High-energy resolution X-ray spectroscopy at the actinide M_4,5 edges emerged as a promising direction because this method can probe actinide properties at the atomic level through the possibility of reducing the experimental spectral width below the natural core-hole lifetime broadening. Parallel to the technical developments of the X-ray method and experimental discoveries, theoretical models, describing the observed electronic structure phenomena, have also advanced. In this feature article, we describe the latest progress in the field of high-energy resolution X-ray spectroscopy at the actinide M_4,5<

SUBMITTER: Kvashnina KO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8725612 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature