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X-ray focusing methods for X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Alexandre S. Simionovici, Laurence Lemelle and Christian G. Schroer. International Tables for Crystallography (2022). Vol. I [ doi:10.1107/S1574870721006844 ]

Abstract

X-ray focusing methods for X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) are an essential but controversial endeavour, as XAS was devised as a way to average out chemical environment effects over large numbers of atoms. However, focusing becomes necessary when one attempts to study speciation over essential but minute spatial phases, extrapolating the method towards low numbers of atoms. Following progress with X-ray sources and detectors, focusing tools completed the picture, allowing the extraction of seminal speciation results from phases of a few micrometres down to a few tens of nanometres. To do so, one must use high-intensity focused X-ray beams such as those produced by third- and fourth-generation synchrotron sources and track their spatial stability in time to fractions of their footprint, but also delve into sample-damage constraints, as required by the high flux densities employed. The section addresses the various sources of focused beam instabilities and the most frequently used focusing devices for XAS.


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International Tables for Crystallography is the definitive resource and reference work for crystallography. The multi-volume series comprises articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials.