Publications. Pump-probe project

  • Bugaev A, Clark AH, Genz NS, Safonova OV, Smolentsev G, Nachtegaal M
    X-ray spectroscopy at the SuperXAS and Debye beamlines: from in situ to operando
    Chimia. 2024; 78(5): 304-312. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2024.304
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  • Chen H-Y, Versteeg RB, Mankowsky R, Puppin M, Leroy L, Sander M, et al.
    A setup for hard x-ray time-resolved resonant inelastic x-ray scattering at SwissFEL
    Structural Dynamics. 2024; 11(2): 024308 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/4.0000236
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  • Kahraman A, Socie E, Nazari M, Kazazis D, Buldu-Akturk M, Kabanova V, et al.
    Tailoring p-type behavior in ZnO quantum dots through enhanced sol-gel synthesis: mechanistic insights into zinc vacancies
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2024; 15: 1755-1764. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03519
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  • Khanppnavar B, Choo JPS, Hagedoorn PL, Smolentsev G, Štefanić S, Kumaran S, et al.
    Structural basis of the Meinwald rearrangement catalysed by styrene oxide isomerase
    Nature Chemistry. 2024; 16: 1496-1504. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-024-01523-y
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  • Jay RM, Banerjee A, Leitner T, Wang R-P, Harich J, Stefanuik R, et al.
    Tracking C-H activation with orbital resolution
    Science. 2023; 380(6648): 955-960. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adf8042
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  • Kavun V, Uslamin E, van der Linden B, Canossa S, Goryachev A, Bos EE, et al.
    Promoting photocatalytic activity of NH2 -MIL-125(Ti) for H2 evolution reaction through creation of Ti III - and CoI-based proton reduction sites
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2023; 15(47): 54590-54601. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c15490
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  • Cannelli O, Wiktor J, Colonna N, Leroy L, Puppin M, Bacellar C, et al.
    Atomic-level description of thermal fluctuations in inorganic lead halide perovskites
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2022; 13(15): 3382-3391. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00281
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  • Cannelli O, Wiktor J, Colonna N, Leroy L, Puppin M, Bacellar C, et al.
    Decoupled structural responses upon light and thermal functional activation in CsPbBr3 perovskites
    In: Proceedings the international conference on ultrafast phenomena (UP) 2022. Technical digest series. Washington, DC: Optica Publishing Group; 2022:F1A.3 (2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1364/UP.2022.F1A.3
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  • Ebner K, Clark AH, Saveleva VA, Smolentsev G, Chen J, Ni L, et al.
    Time-resolved potential-induced changes in Fe/N/C-catalysts studied by in situ modulation excitation X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Advanced Energy Materials. 2022; 12(14): 2103699 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202103699
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  • Jay RM, Banerjee A, Leitner T, Stefanuik R, Wang R-P, Harich J, et al.
    From femtosecond excited-state and dissociation dynamics to nanosecond reaction kinetics: following C-H bond activation with X-rays
    In: Proceedings the international conference on ultrafast phenomena (UP) 2022. International conference on ultrafast phenomena. Optica Publishing Group; 2022:(2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1364/UP.2022.Tu1A.2
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  • Vogt M, Smolentsev G
    Time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy to study luminophores with relevance for OLEDs
    ChemPhotoChem. 2022; 6(5): e202100180 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202100180
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  • Cannelli O, Colonna N, Puppin M, Rossi TC, Kinschel D, Leroy LMD, et al.
    Quantifying photoinduced polaronic distortions in inorganic lead halide perovskite nanocrystals
    Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2021; 143(24): 9048-9059. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c02403
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  • Guda A, Windisch J, Probst B, van Bokhoven JA, Alberto R, Nachtegaal M, et al.
    Excited-state structure of copper phenanthroline-based photosensitizers
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2021; 23(47): 26729-26736. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP02823E
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  • Kopelent R, Tereshchenko A, Guda A, Smolentsev G, Artiglia L, Sushkevich VL, et al.
    Enhanced reducibility of the ceria-tin oxide solid solution modifies the CO oxidation mechanism at the platinum-oxide interface
    ACS Catalysis. 2021; 11: 9435-9449. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c01685
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  • Mardegan JRL, Zerdane S, Mancini G, Esposito V, Rouxel JR, Mankowsky R, et al.
    Ultrafast electron localization in the EuNi2(Si0.21Ge0.79)2 correlated metal
    Physical Review Research. 2021; 3(3): 033211 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033211
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  • Saveleva VA, Ebner K, Ni L, Smolentsev G, Klose D, Zitolo A, et al.
    Potential‐induced spin changes in Fe/N/C electrocatalysts assessed by in situ X‐ray emission spectroscopy
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2021; 60: 11707-11712. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202016951
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  • Shapovalova SO, Guda AA, Bubnov MP, Smolentsev G, Rusalev YV, Shapovalov VV, et al.
    Temperature and time-resolved XANES studies of novel valence tautomeric cobalt complex
    Chemistry Letters. 2021; 50(11): 1933-1937. https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.210426
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  • Vlasenko VG, Shapovalova SO, Guda AA, Chernyshev AV, Starikov AG, Smolentsev GY, et al.
    XAS diagnostic of the photoactive state in Co(II) azobenzene complex in organic solvents
    Chemistry Select. 2021; 6(28): 7087-7092. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202101345
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  • Cannelli O, Rossi T, Kinschel D, Budarz J, Löffler J, March AM, et al.
    Element-selective probing of photo-driven structural changes in all-inorganic lead perovskites
    In: International conference on ultrafast phenomena. International conference on ultrafast phenomena. Conference proceedings 2000-2020. Washington, D.C.: OSA; 2020:M4A.11 (3 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1364/UP.2020.M4A.11
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  • Dikaya O, Nachtegaal M, Szlachetko J, Ebner K, Saveleva V, Weder N, et al.
    Operation of a bending magnet beamline in large energy bandwidth mode for non-resonant X-ray emission spectroscopy
    Results in Physics. 2020; 18: 103212 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2020.103212
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  • Martini A, Guda SA, Guda AA, Smolentsev G, Algasov A, Usoltsev O, et al.
    PyFitit: the software for quantitative analysis of XANES spectra using machine-learning algorithms
    Computer Physics Communications. 2020; 250: 107064 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2019.107064
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  • Safonova OV, Guda A, Rusalev Y, Kopelent R, Smolentsev G, Teoh WY, et al.
    Elucidating the oxygen activation mechanism on ceria-supported copper-oxo species using time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    ACS Catalysis. 2020; 10(8): 4692-4701. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c00551
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  • Smolentsev G, Milne CJ, Guda A, Haldrup K, Szlachetko J, Azzaroli N, et al.
    Taking a snapshot of the triplet excited state of an OLED organometallic luminophore using X-rays
    Nature Communications. 2020; 11: 2131 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15998-z
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  • van Haandel L, Smolentsev G, van Bokhoven JA, Hensen EJM, Weber T
    Evidence of octahedral Co-Mo-S sites in hydrodesulfurization catalysts as determined by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering and X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    ACS Catalysis. 2020; 10(19): 10978-10988. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03062
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  • Chernyshev AV, Guda AA, Cannizzo A, Solov'eva EV, Voloshin NA, Rusalev Y, et al.
    Operando XAS and UV-vis characterization of the photodynamic spiropyran-zinc complexes
    Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2019; 123(6): 1324-1331. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b11010
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  • Guda AA, Bugaev AL, Kopelent R, Braglia L, Soldatov AV, Nachtegaal M, et al.
    Fluorescence-detected XAS with sub-second time resolution reveals new details about the redox activity of Pt/CeO2 catalyst
    Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 2018; 25(4): 989-997. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577518005325
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  • Gurung N, Leo N, Collins SP, Nisbet G, Smolentsev G, García-Fernández M, et al.
    Direct observation of electron density reconstruction at the metal-insulator transition in NaOsO3
    Physical Review B. 2018; 98(11): 115116 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.115116
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  • Huijser A, Pan Q, van Duinen D, Laursen MG, El Nahhas A, Chabera P, et al.
    Shedding light on the nature of photoinduced states formed in a hydrogen-generating supramolecular RuPt photocatalyst by ultrafast spectroscopy
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2018; 122(31): 6396-6406. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.8b00916
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  • Smolentsev G, van Vliet KM, Azzaroli N, van Bokhoven JA, Brouwer AM, de Bruin B, et al.
    Pump-probe XAS investigation of the triplet state of an Ir photosensitizer with chromenopyridinone ligands
    Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences. 2018; 17(7): 896-902. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8pp00065d
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  • Smolentsev G, Soldatov MA, Probst B, Bachmann C, Azzaroli N, Alberto R, et al.
    Structure of the CoI intermediate of a cobalt pentapyridyl catalyst for hydrogen evolution revealed by time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy
    ChemSusChem. 2018; 11(18): 3087-3091. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201801140
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  • Santomauro FG, Grilj J, Mewes L, Nedelcu G, Yakunin S, Rossi T, et al.
    Localized holes and delocalized electrons in photoexcited inorganic perovskites: Watching each atomic actor by picosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Structural Dynamics. 2017; 4(4): 44002 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4971999
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  • Song F, Moré R, Schilling M, Smolentsev G, Azzaroli N, Fox T, et al.
    {CO4O4} and {CoxNi4-xO4} cubane water oxidation catalysts as surface cut-outs of cobalt oxides
    Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2017; 139(40): 14198-14208. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b07361
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  • Wörner HJ, Arrell CA, Banerji N, Cannizzo A, Chergui M, Das AK, et al.
    Charge migration and charge transfer in molecular systems
    Structural Dynamics. 2017; 4(6): 61508 (38 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4996505
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  • Guda AA, Guda SA, Soldatov MA, Lomachenko KA, Bugaev AL, Lamberti C, et al.
    Finite difference method accelerated with sparse solvers for structural analysis of the metal-organic complexes
    In: 16th international conference on X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS16). Vol. 712. Journal of physics: conference series. Bristol, UK: IOP Publishing; 2016:012004 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/712/1/012004
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  • Newton MA, Ferri D, Smolentsev G, Marchionni V, Nachtegaal M
    Kinetic studies of the Pt carbonate-mediated, room-temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide by oxygen over Pt/Al2O3 using combined, time-resolved XAFS, DRIFTS, and mass spectrometry
    Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2016; 138(42): 13930-13940. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b06819
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  • Szlachetko J, Hoszowska J, Dousse J-C, Nachtegaal M, Błachucki W, Kayser Y, et al.
    Establishing nonlinearity thresholds with ultraintense X-ray pulses
    Scientific Reports. 2016; 6: 33292 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33292
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  • Canton SE, Zhang X, Liu Y, Zhang J, Pápai M, Corani A, et al.
    Watching the dynamics of electrons and atoms at work in solar energy conversion
    Faraday Discussions. 2015; 185: 51-68. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5fd00084j
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  • Guda SA, Guda AA, Soldatov MA, Lomachenko KA, Bugaev AL, Lamberti C, et al.
    Optimized finite difference method for the full-potential XANES simulations: application to molecular adsorption geometries in MOFs and metal-ligand intersystem crossing transients
    Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 2015; 11(9): 4512-4521. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00327
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  • Newton MA, Ferri D, Smolentsev G, Marchionni V, Nachtegaal M
    Room-temperature carbon monoxide oxidation by oxygen over Pt/Al2O3 mediated by reactive platinum carbonates
    Nature Communications. 2015; 6: 8675 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9675
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  • Pfeffer MG, Schäfer B, Smolentsev G, Uhlig J, Nazarenko E, Guthmuller J, et al.
    Palladium versus platinum: the metal in the catalytic center of a molecular photocatalyst determines the mechanism of the hydrogen production with visible light
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2015; 54(17): 5044-5048. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201409438
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  • Smolentsev G, Cecconi B, Guda A, Chavarot-Kerlidou M, van Bokhoven JA, Nachtegaal M, et al.
    Microsecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy identification of CoI intermediates in cobaloxime-catalyzed hydrogen evolution
    Chemistry: A European Journal. 2015; 21(43): 15158-15162. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201502900
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  • Smolentsev G, Sundström V
    Time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy for the study of molecular systems relevant for artificial photosynthesis
    Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 2015; 304-305: 117-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2015.03.001
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  • König CFJ, Schuh P, Huthwelker T, Smolentsev G, Schildhauer TJ, Nachtegaal M
    Influence of the support on sulfur poisoning and regeneration of Ru catalysts probed by sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Catalysis Today. 2014; 229: 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2013.09.065
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  • Safonova OV, Guda AA, Paun C, Smolentsev N, Abdala PM, Smolentsev G, et al.
    Electronic and geometric structure of Ce3+ forming under reducing conditions in shaped ceria nanoparticles promoted by platinum
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2014; 118(4): 1974-1982. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp409571b
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  • Smolentsev G, Guda AA, Janousch M, Frieh C, Jud G, Zamponi F, et al.
    X-ray absorption spectroscopy with time-tagged photon counting: application to study the structure of a Co(I) intermediate of H2 evolving photo-catalyst
    Faraday Discussions. 2014; 171: 259-273. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4fd00035h
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  • Szlachetko J, Milne CJ, Hoszowska J, Dousse J-C, Błachucki W, Sá J, et al.
    The electronic structure of matter probed with a single femtosecond hard x-ray pulse
    Structural Dynamics. 2014; 1(2): 21101 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4868260
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  • Zhang X, Canton SE, Smolentsev G, Wallentin C-J, Liu Y, Kong Q, et al.
    Highly accurate excited-state structure of [Os(bpy)2dcbpy]2+ determined by X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy
    Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2014; 136(24): 8804-8809. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja5040733
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  • Lomachenko KA, Garino C, Gallo E, Gianolio D, Gobetto R, Glatzel P, et al.
    High energy resolution core-level X-ray spectroscopy for electronic and structural characterization of osmium compounds
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2013; 15(38): 16152-16159. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cp51880a
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  • Smolentsev N, Guda AA, Safonova OV, Soldatov MA, Paun C, Smolentsev G, et al.
    Application Ce L1 HERFD XAS to determine the atomic structure of CeO2 based nano-catalysts under working conditions
    In: 15th international conference on x-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS15). Vol. 430. Journal of physics: conference series. Bristol: IOP Publishing; 2013:012062 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/430/1/012062
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  • Smolentsev G, Guda A, Zhang X, Haldrup K, Andreiadis ES, Chavarot-Kerlidou M, et al.
    Pump-flow-probe X-ray absorption spectroscopy as a tool for studying intermediate states of photocatalytic systems
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2013; 117(34): 17367-17375. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp4010554
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  • Szlachetko J, Sá J, Safonova OV, Smolentsev G, Szlachetko M, van Bokhoven JA, et al.
    In situ hard X-ray quick RIXS to probe dynamic changes in the electronic structure of functional materials
    Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 2013; 188: 161-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2012.11.002
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  • Sá J, Szlachetko J, Kleymenov E, Lothschütz C, Nachtegaal M, Ranocchiari M, et al.
    Fine tuning of gold electronic structure by IRMOF post-synthetic modification
    RSC Advances. 2013; 3(30): 12043-12048. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra40970h
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  • Tromp M, Dent AJ, Headspith J, Easun TL, Sun X-Z, George MW, et al.
    Energy dispersive XAFS: characterization of electronically excited states of copper(I) complexes
    Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2013; 117(24): 7381-7387. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp4020355
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  • Szlachetko J, Nachtegaal M, de Boni E, Willimann M, Safonova O, Sa J, et al.
    A von Hamos x-ray spectrometer based on a segmented-type diffraction crystal for single-shot x-ray emission spectroscopy and time-resolved resonant inelastic x-ray scattering studies
    Review of Scientific Instruments. 2012; 83(10): 103105 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4756691
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