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X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS)

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The phenomenon of X-ray absorption is indeed at the origin of discovery of X-ray radiation itself by William Conrad Röntgen in 1895. Nevertheless, it is only in 1971 that a seminal paper allows the development of the corresponding spectroscopy, in conjunction with the use of synchrotron radiation. Since then, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has become a widely used technique in many scientific fields. The purpose of this chapter is to give a good overview of XAS from theory, experiments, to data treatment and applications in photochemistry. After a brief introduction devoted to the history of XAS, X-ray matter interactions will be described. Then, we will focus on XAS itself, from basic knowledge to the more recent experimental developments.

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    Antonio Otavio T. Patrocinio

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Ouvrard, G., Jobic, S. (2022). X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS). In: Bahnemann, D., Patrocinio, A.O.T. (eds) Springer Handbook of Inorganic Photochemistry. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63713-2_11

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