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Title: X-ray spectroscopy

Conference ·
OSTI ID:560161
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  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

EXAFS has been a valuable tool for bioinorganic structure analysis for two decades. Dramatic improvements in x-ray optics, detectors, and sources now permit many other types of x-ray experiments. Transition metal L-edge spectroscopy in the 500-1000 eV region reveals rich information about electronic structure. X-Ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) offers powerful sum rules that can be used to determine spin and orbital angular momentum. XMCD also permits selectivity for the paramagnetic components of a metalloprotein. High resolution x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy is sensitive to oxidation state and spin state, and it complements the information revealed in absorption spectra. It also allows spin-polarized EXAFS (SPEXAFS) on dilute samples. This talk will illustrate the application of these techniques to bioinorganic samples. Specific systems include blue Cu and Fe-S proteins, Ni hydrogenases and CO dehydrogenases, nitrogenase, and the Mn in photosystem II.

OSTI ID:
560161
Report Number(s):
CONF-970443-; TRN: 97:005895-0172
Resource Relation:
Conference: 213. national meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA (United States), 13-17 Apr 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of 213th ACS national meeting; PB: 2904 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English