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JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
Volume 23, Issue -, Pages 1518-1525Publisher
INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
DOI: 10.1107/S160057751601362X
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time-resolved EXAFS; chemical processes; quick-XAS; time-resolved EXAFS
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An innovative scheme to carry out continuous-scan X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements similar to quick-EXAFS mode at the Energy-Scanning EXAFS beamline BL-09 at INDUS-2 synchrotron source (Indore, India), which is generally operated in step-by-step scanning mode, is presented. The continuous XAS mode has been implemented by adopting a continuous-scan scheme of the double-crystal monochromator and on-the-fly measurement of incident and transmitted intensities. This enabled a high signal-to-noise ratio to be maintained and the acquisition time was reduced to a few seconds from tens of minutes or hours. The quality of the spectra (signal-to-noise level, resolution and energy calibration) was checked by measuring and analysing XAS spectra of standard metal foils. To demonstrate the energy range covered in a single scan, a continuous-mode XAS spectrum of copper nickel alloy covering both Cu and Ni K-edges was recorded. The implementation of continuous-scan XAS mode at BL-09 would expand the use of this beamline in in situ time-resolved XAS studies of various important systems of current technological importance. The feasibility of employing this mode of measurement for time-resolved probing of reaction kinetics has been demonstrated by insitu XAS measurement on the growth of Ag nanoparticles from a solution phase.
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