Phys.org

Single-atom vibrational spectroscopy now sensitive at the level of chemical bonds

Researchers led by Prof. Zhou Wu from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and Prof. Sokrates T. Pantelides of Vanderbilt University have pushed the sensitivity of single-atom ...
Nanowerk

X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS): Unraveling the Atomic and Electronic Structure of Materials

What is X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS)? X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) is a powerful analytical technique that probes the local atomic and electronic structure of materials by measuring the ...
EurekAlert!

For the first time, scientists X-ray a single atom

This image shows (a) the Nature magazine cover; (b) the single atom X-ray mechanism; (c) a supramolecular ring with one iron atom; (d) X-ray spectra of one iron atom; (e) a terbium dimer complex; (f) ...
Nature

X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure Theory

X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) is a powerful technique for probing the local electronic and geometric structure of matter with element and site specificity. By measuring the absorption of X-rays ...
Nature

Direct All-Atom Nonadiabatic Semiclassical Simulations for Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy of Organic Photovoltaic Non-Fullerene Acceptor in Solution

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
AZOM

Understanding Excited State Dynamics with Transient Absorption Spectroscopy

Can you briefly explain what transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy is and why it is important? Transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy is a pump-and-probe technique used to study the absorption of ...