Time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy probe in ultrafast surface chemistry

Nilsson, Anders

doi:10.1063/4.0000289

Title: Time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy probe in ultrafast surface chemistry

Journal Article · 05 February 2025 · Structural Dynamics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/4.0000289 · OSTI ID:2511171

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Stockholm University (Sweden); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis

To celebrate the scientific achievement of Jo Stöhr, I present here a personal account of the use of x-ray absorption spectroscopy to probe dynamics on surfaces using x-ray lasers. In particular, I will review the investigation of ultrafast processes in adsorbates on surfaces using an optical pump and an x-ray absorption spectroscopy probe. Here, it is shown that it is possible to gain insight into the effects of electronic excitations in metals on adsorbates as well as laser-induced vibrational motions. Furthermore, the ultrafast optical pump allows the detection of the CO precursor state in the desorption channel, species close to the transition state in CO oxidation, and the transient HCO intermediate during CO hydrogenation on Ru(0001).

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Swedish National Research Council (VR); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 2511171

Journal Information:: Structural Dynamics, Journal Name: Structural Dynamics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 12; ISSN 2329-7778

Publisher:: American Crystallographic Association/AIPCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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