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Dalton Trans. 2015 Apr 14;44(14):6313-9. doi: 10.1039/c5dt00210a.

Dynamic structure elucidation of chemical reactivity by laser pulses and X-ray probes.

Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)

Stuart A Bartlett, Michelle L Hamilton, John Evans

Affiliations

  1. Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK.

PMID: 25741902 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt00210a

Abstract

Visualising chemical reactions by X-ray methods is a tantalising prospect. New light sources provide the prospect for studying atomic, electronic and energy transfers accompanying chemical change by X-ray spectroscopy and inelastic scattering. Here we assess how this adventure can illuminate inorganic and catalytic chemistry. In particular X-ray inelastic scattering provides a means of exploiting X-ray free electron lasers, as a parallel to laser Raman spectroscopy.

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