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Dziarzhytski S, Biednov M, Dicke B, Wang A, Miedema PS, Engel RY, Schunck JO, Redlin H, Weigelt H, Siewert F, Behrens C, Sinha M, Schulte A, Grimm-Lebsanft B, Chiuzbăian SG, Wurth W, Beye M, Rübhausen M, Brenner G. The TRIXS end-station for femtosecond time-resolved resonant inelastic x-ray scattering experiments at the soft x-ray free-electron laser FLASH. Struct Dyn 2020; 7:054301. [PMID: 32953941 PMCID: PMC7498279 DOI: 10.1063/4.0000029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
We present the experimental end-station TRIXS dedicated to time-resolved soft x-ray resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) experiments on solid samples at the free-electron laser FLASH. Using monochromatized ultrashort femtosecond XUV/soft x-ray photon pulses in combination with a synchronized optical laser in a pump-probe scheme, the TRIXS setup allows measuring sub-picosecond time-resolved high-resolution RIXS spectra in the energy range from 35 eV to 210 eV, thus spanning the M-edge (M1 and M2,3) absorption resonances of 3d transition metals and N4,5-edges of rare earth elements. A Kirkpatrick-Baez refocusing mirror system at the first branch of the plane grating monochromator beamline (PG1) provides a focus of (6 × 6) μm2 (FWHM) at the sample. The RIXS spectrometer reaches an energy resolution of 35-160 meV over the entire spectral range. The optical laser system based on a chirped pulse optical parametric amplifier provides approximately 100 fs (FWHM) long photon pulses at the fundamental wavelength of 800 nm and a fluence of 120 mJ/cm2 at a sample for optical pump-XUV probe measurements. Furthermore, optical frequency conversion enables experiments at 400 nm or 267 nm with a fluence of 80 and 30 mJ/cm2, respectively. Some of the first (pump-probe) RIXS spectra measured with this setup are shown. The measured time resolution for time-resolved RIXS measurements has been characterized as 287 fs (FWHM) for the used energy resolution.
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, University of Hamburg and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS (UMR 7614), Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Department Optics and Beamlines, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, University of Hamburg and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS (UMR 7614), Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, University of Hamburg and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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Miedema PS, Thielemann-Kühn N, Calafell IA, Schüßler-Langeheine C, Beye M. Strain analysis from M-edge resonant inelastic X-ray scattering of nickel oxide films. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:21596-21602. [PMID: 31538993 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03593a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Electronic structure modifications due to strain are an effective method for tailoring nano-scale functional materials. Demonstrated on nickel oxide (NiO) thin films, Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) at the transition-metal M2,3-edge is shown to be a powerful tool for measuring the electronic structure modification due to strain in the near-surface region. Analyses from the M2,3-edge RIXS in comparison with dedicated crystal field multiplet calculations show distortions in 40 nm NiO grown on a magnesium oxide (MgO) substrate (NiO/MgO) similar to those caused by surface relaxation of bulk NiO. The films of 20 and 10 nm NiO/MgO show slightly larger differences from bulk NiO. Quantitatively, the NiO/MgO samples all are distorted from perfect octahedral (Oh) symmetry with a tetragonal parameter Ds of about -0.1 eV, very close to the Ds distortion from octahedral (Oh) symmetry parameter of -0.11 eV obtained for the surface-near region from a bulk NiO crystal. Comparing the spectra of a 20 nm film of NiO grown on a 20 nm magnetite (Fe3O4) film on a MgO substrate (NiO/Fe3O4/MgO) with the calculated multiplet analyses, the distortion parameter Ds appears to be closer to zero, showing that the surface-near region of this templated film is less distorted from Oh symmetry than the surface-near region in bulk NiO. Finally, the potential of M2,3-edge RIXS for other investigations of strain on electronic structure is discussed.
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- P S Miedema
- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Institute Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research (FG-ISRR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany and Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research (FG-ISRR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research (FG-ISRR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.
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Beye M, Engel RY, Schunck JO, Dziarzhytski S, Brenner G, Miedema PS. Non-linear soft x-ray methods on solids with MUSIX-the multi-dimensional spectroscopy and inelastic x-ray scattering endstation. J Phys Condens Matter 2019; 31:014003. [PMID: 30504529 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aaedf3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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With the intense and coherent x-ray pulses available from free-electron lasers, the possibility to transfer non-linear spectroscopic methods from the laser lab to the x-ray world arises. Advantages especially regarding selectivity and thus information content as well as an improvement of signal levels are expected. The use of coherences is especially fruitful and the example of coherent x-ray/optical sum-frequency generation is discussed. However, many non-linear x-ray methods still await discovery, partially due to the necessity for extremely adaptable and versatile instrumentation that can be brought to free-electron lasers for the analysis of the spectral content emitted from the sample into a continuous range of emission angles. Such an instrument (called MUSIX) is being developed and employed at FLASH, the free-electron laser in Hamburg and is described in this contribution together with first results.
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- M Beye
- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany. Physics Department, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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Leitner T, Josefsson I, Mazza T, Miedema PS, Schröder H, Beye M, Kunnus K, Schreck S, Düsterer S, Föhlisch A, Meyer M, Odelius M, Wernet P. Time-resolved electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis of photodissociation: Photoelectron spectra of Fe(CO)5, Fe(CO)4, and Fe(CO)3. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:044307. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5035149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- T. Leitner
- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, FS-FLASH, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Wernet P, Leitner T, Josefsson I, Mazza T, Miedema PS, Schröder H, Beye M, Kunnus K, Schreck S, Radcliffe P, Düsterer S, Meyer M, Odelius M, Föhlisch A. Communication: Direct evidence for sequential dissociation of gas-phase Fe(CO) 5 via a singlet pathway upon excitation at 266 nm. J Chem Phys 2018; 146:211103. [PMID: 28595420 DOI: 10.1063/1.4984774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We prove the hitherto hypothesized sequential dissociation of Fe(CO)5 in the gas phase upon photoexcitation at 266 nm via a singlet pathway with time-resolved valence and core-level photoelectron spectroscopy with an x-ray free-electron laser. Valence photoelectron spectra are used to identify free CO molecules and to determine the time constants of stepwise dissociation to Fe(CO)4 within the temporal resolution of the experiment and further to Fe(CO)3 within 3 ps. Fe 3p core-level photoelectron spectra directly reflect the singlet spin state of the Fe center in Fe(CO)5, Fe(CO)4, and Fe(CO)3 showing that the dissociation exclusively occurs along a singlet pathway without triplet-state contribution. Our results are important for assessing intra- and intermolecular relaxation processes in the photodissociation dynamics of the prototypical Fe(CO)5 complex in the gas phase and in solution, and they establish time-resolved core-level photoelectron spectroscopy as a powerful tool for determining the multiplicity of transition metals in photochemical reactions of coordination complexes.
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- Ph Wernet
- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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The active ions in typical laser crystals were studied with Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) and Partial Fluorescence Yield X-ray Absorption (PFY-XAS) spectroscopies as solid state model systems for dilute active centers. We analyzed Ti3+ and Cr3+ in α-Al2O3:Ti3+ and LiCaAlF6:Cr3+, respectively. The comparison of experimental data with semi-empirical multiplet calculations provides insights into the electronic structure and shows how measured crystal field energies are related across different spectroscopies.
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- P S Miedema
- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research (FG-ISRR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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Pietzsch A, Hennies F, Miedema PS, Kennedy B, Schlappa J, Schmitt T, Strocov VN, Föhlisch A. Snapshots of the fluctuating hydrogen bond network in liquid water on the sub-femtosecond timescale with vibrational resonant inelastic x-ray scattering. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:088302. [PMID: 25768783 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.088302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Liquid water molecules interact strongly with each other, forming a fluctuating hydrogen bond network and thereby giving rise to the anomalous phase diagram of liquid water. Consequently, symmetric and asymmetric water molecules have been found in the picosecond time average with IR and optical Raman spectroscopy. With subnatural linewidth resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) at vibrational resolution, we take sub-femtosecond snapshots of the electronic and structural properties of water molecules in the hydrogen bond network. We derive a strong dominance of nonsymmetric molecules in liquid water in contrast to the gas phase on the sub-femtosecond timescale of RIXS and determine the fraction of highly asymmetrically distorted molecules.
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- A Pietzsch
- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation in Synchrotron Radiation Research G-ISRR, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation in Synchrotron Radiation Research G-ISRR, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation in Synchrotron Radiation Research G-ISRR, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation in Synchrotron Radiation Research G-ISRR, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation in Synchrotron Radiation Research G-ISRR, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Lodi Rizzini A, Krull C, Balashov T, Kavich JJ, Mugarza A, Miedema PS, Thakur PK, Sessi V, Klyatskaya S, Ruben M, Stepanow S, Gambardella P. Coupling single molecule magnets to ferromagnetic substrates. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:177205. [PMID: 22107576 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.177205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We investigate the interaction of TbPc(2) single molecule magnets (SMMs) with ferromagnetic Ni substrates. Using element-resolved x-ray magnetic circular dichroism, we show that TbPc(2) couples antiferromagnetically to Ni films through ligand-mediated superexchange. This coupling is strongly anisotropic and can be manipulated by doping the interface with electron acceptor or donor atoms. We observe that the relative orientation of the substrate and molecule anisotropy axes critically affects the SMM magnetic behavior. TbPc(2) complexes deposited on perpendicularly magnetized Ni films exhibit enhanced magnetic remanence compared to SMMs in the bulk. Contrary to paramagnetic molecules pinned to a ferromagnetic support layer, we find that TbPc(2) can be magnetized parallel or antiparallel to the substrate, opening the possibility to exploit SMMs in spin valve devices.
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- A Lodi Rizzini
- Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN-CIN2), UAB Campus, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
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Miedema PS, Ikeno H, de Groot FMF. First principles multiplet calculations of the calcium L₂,₃ x-ray absorption spectra of CaO and CaF₂. J Phys Condens Matter 2011; 23:145501. [PMID: 21427477 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/14/145501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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First principles calculations are performed for the interpretation of the L₂,₃ x-ray absorption spectrum of calcium oxide and calcium fluoride. The first principles calculations are based on configuration interaction (CI) calculations using fully relativistic molecular spinors. The first principles results are compared to experimental data and also to calculations based on a semi-empirical crystal field multiplet model and also on a multichannel multiple scattering method. We show that the CI calculations show good agreement with experiment, both for bulk and for surface experiments. The remaining differences with experiment and between the theoretical models are discussed in detail.
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- P S Miedema
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Miedema PS, de Villeneuve VWA, Petukhov AV. Monte Carlo simulations of in-plane stacking disorder in hard-sphere crystals. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2008; 77:010401. [PMID: 18351809 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.77.010401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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On-lattice Monte Carlo simulations of colloidal random-stacking hard-sphere colloidal crystals are presented. The model yields close-packed crystals with random-stacking hexagonal structure. We find a significant amount of in-plane stacking disorder, which slowly anneals in the course of the simulation. The in-plane stacking disorder leads to lateral broadening of the stacking-disorder-induced Bragg rods. It is found that not only the scattering intensity, but also the width is modulated along the Bragg rods.
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- P S Miedema
- Van 't Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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