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Spectroscopy Principal Beamline Scientist
Shusaku (Shu) Hayama
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)123577 8625
Branchline Name Changes
26 November 2014
I20-1 is now I20-scanning
I20-2 is now I20-EDE
Please reference the beamline and the branchlines with these new names in your publications.
I20 LOLA: Versatile X-ray Spectroscopy
Status: Operational
Beamsize: I20-Scanning: 400 µm x 300 µm
Energy: I20-Scanning: design range of 4 - 34 keV; currently operating between 4.5 -20 keV
Energy: I20-Scanning: design range of 4 - 34 keV; currently operating between 4.5 -20 keV
EXAFS: Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
RIXS: Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
High Energy Resolution Fluorescence Detected XAS
XAS: X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
In situ
NEXAFS: Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structures
Spectroscopy
Scattering
XANES: X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure
XES: X-ray Emission Spectroscopy
HERFD-XANES
RXES: Resonant X-ray Emission Spectroscopy
10 items found for 2026 [total: 198]
Fourteen-analyser high-resolution hard X-ray emission spectrometer at I20 beamline at Diamond Light Source Journal Of Synchrotron Radiation, 33 May 2026 DOI: 10.1107/S1600577526001736
Characterising irradiation damage in REBCO coated conductor using multiple absorption edge polarisation dependent EXAFS Superconductivity, 382 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.supcon.2026.100253
Detailed understanding of the electrochemistry and oxygen reduction activity of La1-xCaxMnO3 obtained by in situ XAS and XES Acs Electrochemistry, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00541
Broadening the workflow for synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence and X-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging of low-abundance cellular metals Chemistry–methods, 6 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1002/cmtd.202500152
Reactive CO2 capture electrolysis at low voltage and high single-pass conversion enabled by ultra-low loading molecular catalyst Journal Of Energy Chemistry, 8 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2026.03.008
Structural determination, oxygen diffusion, and storage capacity of a high-entropy fluorite-type oxidation catalyst Small Structures, 7 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202500591
Atomic-scale structure of gadolinium in nanocrystalline fluorapatite from marine sediments Environmental Science: Nano, 99 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5EN01056J
Rational design and improvement of Cu-based catalysts in CO oxidation Feb 2026
Thesis B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS B18-Core EXAFS E01-JEM ARM 200CF I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES)
Subcellular thiol functional group distribution in Geobacter sulfurreducens determined by Hg LIII-edge EXAFS Frontiers In Microbiology, 16 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1728775
Characterising structural heterogeneity in superconducting epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-δ thin films Ieee Transactions On Applied Superconductivity, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2026.3658049
Journal Paper I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES)
- Shusaku Hayama, David Butler, Leo Cahill, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Steven Richards, Silvia Ramos, Iain Hall, Huw Shorthouse, Sofia Diaz-Moreno, "Fourteen-analyser high-resolution hard X-ray emission spectrometer at I20 beamline at Diamond Light Source", Journal Of Synchrotron Radiation, 33 (2026), DOI: 10.1107/S1600577526001736
- Jarrod C. Lewis, Joseph Fihosy, Akhil Gupta, James Tufnail, Kirk Adams, Matthew Coulson, Petr Zagura, William Iliffe, Nianhua Peng, Diego Gianolio, Shusaku Hayama, Rebecca J. Nicholls, Sofia Diaz-Moreno, Susannah C. Speller, "Characterising irradiation damage in REBCO coated conductor using multiple absorption edge polarisation dependent EXAFS", Superconductivity, 382 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.supcon.2026.100253
- Veronica Celorrio, Haoliang Huang, Shusaku Hayama, David J. Fermin, Andrea E. Russell, "Detailed understanding of the electrochemistry and oxygen reduction activity of La1-xCaxMnO3 obtained by in situ XAS and XES", Acs Electrochemistry (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00541
- Joaquin Tamargo-Azpilicueta, Rafael L. Giner-Arroyo, Pablo Rivero-García, Sofia Diaz-Moreno, Miguel A. Gomez-Gonzalez, Abbey Telfer, Michelangelo Campanella, Miguel A. De La Rosa, Irene Diaz-Moreno, "Broadening the workflow for synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence and X-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging of low-abundance cellular metals", Chemistry–methods, 6 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/cmtd.202500152
- Yuming Wu, Guohao Li, Mengxin Liu, David Inglis, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Lizhuo Wang, Zhiqiang Zhao, Catherine Stampfl, Feng Jiao, Yijiao Jiang, "Reactive CO2 capture electrolysis at low voltage and high single-pass conversion enabled by ultra-low loading molecular catalyst", Journal Of Energy Chemistry, 8 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2026.03.008
- Yuvraj Vaishnav, Mohamad Abou-Daher, Cristina I. Q. Silva, Rohit K. Rai, Walid Al Maksoud, Marcell Toth, Mohandoss Viswanathan, Peng Ren, Fumitaka Takeiri, Shusaku Hayama, Samy Ould-Chikh, Mohamed Nejib Hedhili, Maxim Avdeev, Wen Yin, Saburo Hosokawa, Genki Kobayashi, Isaac Abrahams, Aamir Farooq, Javier Ruiz-Martinez, Yoji Kobayashi, "Structural determination, oxygen diffusion, and storage capacity of a high-entropy fluorite-type oxidation catalyst", Small Structures, 7 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202500591
- Alain Manceau, Andrea Giacomelli, Yan Li, Anne-Claire Gaillot, Jianlin Liao, Lorenzo Spadini, Alexandre Simionovici, Andrea Koschinsky, Olivier Mathon, Stephan N. Steinmann, "Atomic-scale structure of gadolinium in nanocrystalline fluorapatite from marine sediments", Environmental Science: Nano, 99 (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5EN01056J
- [Thesis] Yifei Ren, "Rational design and improvement of Cu-based catalysts in CO oxidation" (2026)
- Fanchao Meng, Ulf Skyllberg, Yangyang Li, Shusaku Hayama, Erik Bjorn, Yu Song, "Subcellular thiol functional group distribution in Geobacter sulfurreducens determined by Hg LIII-edge EXAFS", Frontiers In Microbiology, 16 (2026), DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1728775
- Jarrod Lewis, Jonathan Tsun, James Tufnail, Kirk Adams, Clara Barker, Sofia Diaz-Moreno, Susannah Speller, "Characterising structural heterogeneity in superconducting epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-δ thin films", Ieee Transactions On Applied Superconductivity (2026), DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2026.3658049
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