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Measurement of femtometre-scale atomic displacements by X-ray absorption spectroscopy

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  • Robert F. Pettifer

    (University of Warwick)

  • Olivier Mathon

    (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF))

  • Sakura Pascarelli

    (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF))

  • Michael D. Cooke

    (University of Sheffield
    University of Durham)

  • Michael R. J. Gibbs

    (University of Sheffield)

Abstract

EXAFS refined Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) is a technique widely used for structural studies by chemists, materials scientists, biologists and Earth scientists. Incremental improvements over the years mean that current EXAFS systems can determine interatomic distances with an accuracy of between 0.01 and 0.001 Å. In this issue, Pettifer et al. announce a more-than-incremental advance. Using the dispersive X-ray spectrometer at the ID24 beamline at the European Synchrotron Research Facility in Grenoble, they demonstrate a hundredfold improvement in sensitivity by measuring femtometre-scale atomic displacements in an iron–cobalt alloy undergoing magnetostriction. This advance should make EXAFS suitable for even more fields of study, and may be relevant to the design of instruments for new synchrotron radiation sources such as Diamond and Soleil.

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  • Robert F. Pettifer & Olivier Mathon & Sakura Pascarelli & Michael D. Cooke & Michael R. J. Gibbs, 2005. "Measurement of femtometre-scale atomic displacements by X-ray absorption spectroscopy," Nature, Nature, vol. 435(7038), pages 78-81, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:435:y:2005:i:7038:d:10.1038_nature03516
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03516
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    1. Sudipto Chakrabarti & Ayelet Vilan & Gai Deutch & Annabelle Oz & Oded Hod & Juan E. Peralta & Oren Tal, 2022. "Magnetic control over the fundamental structure of atomic wires," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.

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