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Durham X-ray Absorption Facility (DXAF)

Providing lab based XAS and XES. X-ray absorption spectroscopy and x-ray emission spectroscopy is a powerful technique to probe the local environment of an element of interest within a material.
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Durham X-ray Absorption Facility (DXAF)

X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), is a powerful bulk technique which can be used to probe the local chemical, structural and electronic information about an element of interest. Applicable to a variety of systems, including amorphous materials, and under experimental conditions (ex situ and in situ). X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) is a high-resolution fluorescence technique use to study the nature of bound ligands and electronics of an element of interest, complementing XAS experiments.
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Durham X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Facility (DXAF)

DXAF provide techniques to probes the atomic changes within the material of interested providing average information about the local environment of the element of interest.

DXAF provides research avenues which would be normally require the use synchrotron-based radiation. The information provided from XAFS and XES studies are complementary with other material characterisation techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and computational methods such as Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. The facility is currently in development of new techniques to study in situ chemical changes.

Equipment at the facility allow lab based XANES, EXAFS and XES experiments to be conducted. Furthermore, having the capabilities to conducted gas based chemical experiments with a dedicated in-house micro reactor and gas feeds. As well as providing access to a state of the art lab based XAFS/XES instrument, expert consultation is provided in data analysis by expert researchers at the facility.

  • Research

    XAS is very sensitive towards the bulk physical environment of an element, including its local structure and the electronics. It can be use of various types of materials in solid or liquid form. It is used in material chemistry, and seen applications in biology, electrochemistry and catalysis.
    Computer and Software for DXAD

  • Service

    As well as providing the service to the research community at Durham University, the facility offers access to the equipment to other academic and industrial partners.
    DXAF - SBCA, Crystal, X-ray, XAS, DXAF

Research

XAS is very sensitive towards the bulk physical environment of an element, including its local structure and the electronics. It can be use of various types of materials in solid or liquid form. It is used in material chemistry, and seen applications in biology, electrochemistry and catalysis.
Computer and Software for DXAD

Service

As well as providing the service to the research community at Durham University, the facility offers access to the equipment to other academic and industrial partners.
DXAF - SBCA, Crystal, X-ray, XAS, DXAF
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Durham X-ray Absorption Facility (DXAF)

Durham X-ray Absorption Facility 

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Department of Chemistry
Durham University
Stockton Road
Durham DH1 3LE UK

 

DXAF:
+44 (0)191 334 2084
(Monik Panchal)

 

Fax: +44 (0)191 384 4737
(Chemistry Department)