High-Resolution XAS/XES ― Analyzing Electronic Structures of Catalysts

"This book presents recent developments in high-resolution X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) in terms of time-resolved and surface enhancement essential to understanding catalytic reactivity and capitalizing on core-level X-ray spectroscopy at fourth-generation light sources (XFELs). The text describes all spectrometers developed to perform core-level X-ray spectroscopy, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each. It provides detailed descriptions of methods to elucidate aspects of catalysts under working conditions, such as active sites and molecule adsorption. It also considers future opportunities in XFELs."--

Jacinto Sa is the Modern Heterogeneous Catalysis Group leader at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. He received his M.Sc from the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, and his Ph.D from The University of Aberdeen, Scotland. His work in using accelerator-based light sources to diagnose the mechanisms by which important catalytic processes proceed, and in conventional ultrafast laser sources, make him one of the most experienced researchers in the world in this area. Widely published and respected, Dr. Sa received an R&D 100 Award for his work with the CenTACat Group, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.