Understanding the local structure of materials with chemical specificity is of vital importance in answering central questions in many scientific disciplines. Among the diverse research activities conducted at Diamond, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a major field in which it excels.

The unique feature of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is its ability to investigate the local electronic and geometric information around a particular element irrespective of its state or environment. This powerful technique is suitable for the study of solids, liquids or even gases. Moreover, time-resolved XAFS can be combined simultaneously with other complementary techniques to provide powerful analytical strategies for investigating the relationship between chemical structure and reactivity.

Diamond has a suite of three dedicated beamlines for XAS and while each beamline is capable of running standard measurements, the individual beamlines also provide specific configurations for different types of experiments. Generally these beamlines operate in the energy range from 2 to 35 keV. Over the last 30 years the analysis of X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) data has provided insight into scientific problems in very different disciplines from physics, chemistry and biology through to materials, environmental and geological sciences.

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Service options

We offer a range of services for X-ray absorption spectroscopy:

• mail-in data collection and analysis
• scientific and technical support and training during experiments
• collaboration on design of sample environment equipment to allow in situ experiments.