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Polarization-Dependent Total-Reflection Fluorescence X-ray Absorption Fine Structure for 3D Structural Determination and Surface Fine Tuning

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This short review reports the three dimensional structure analysis of oxide-supported metal species and the origin of the metal-support interaction, using single crystal oxide surfaces and polarization-dependent total-reflection X-ray absorption fine structure (PTRF-XAFS) method. The PTRF-XAFS revealed that metal species interact strongly with oxygen anions of oxide surfaces and that surface pre-modification is a promising way to stabilize the surface monoatomic species of easily-aggregating Cu and Au and to prepare finely-tuned surface metal–organic species with regulated molecular structures and orientations.

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    Satoru Takakusagi, Hiromitsu Uehara & Kiyotaka Asakura

  2. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, International Christian University, Tokyo, 181-8585, Japan

    Wang-Jae Chun

  3. Innovation Research Center for Fuel Cells and Department of Engineering Science, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan

    Yasuhiro Iwasawa

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Takakusagi, S., Chun, WJ., Uehara, H. et al. Polarization-Dependent Total-Reflection Fluorescence X-ray Absorption Fine Structure for 3D Structural Determination and Surface Fine Tuning. Top Catal 56, 1477–1487 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-013-0134-y

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