X-RAY ABSORPTION AND X-RAY EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS. 2 VOLUME SET

During the last two decades, remarkable and often spectacular progress has been made in the methodological and instrumental aspects of x–ray absorption and emission spectroscopy. This progress includes considerable technological improvements in the design and production of detectors especially with the development and expansion of large-scale synchrotron reactors All this has resulted in improved analytical performance and new applications, as well as in the perspective of a dramatic enhancement in the potential of x–ray based analysis techniques for the near future. This comprehensive two-volume treatise features articles that explain the phenomena and describe examples of X–ray absorption and emission applications in several fields, including chemistry, biochemistry, catalysis, amorphous and liquid systems, synchrotron radiation, and surface phenomena. Contributors explain the underlying theory, how to set up X–ray absorption experiments, and how to analyze the details of the resulting spectra.

X-Ray Absorption and X-ray Emission Spectroscopy: Theory and Applications:
• Combines the theory, instrumentation and applications of x-ray absorption and emission spectroscopies which offer unique diagnostics to study almost any object in the Universe.
• Is the go-to reference book in the subject for all researchers across multi-disciplines since intense beams from modern sources have revolutionized x-ray science in recent years.
• Is relevant to students, postdocurates and researchers working on x-rays and related synchrotron sources and applications in materials, physics, medicine, environment/geology, and biomedical materials

Table of Contents
VOLUME I
I INTRODUCTION: HISTORY, XAS, XES, AND THEIR IMPACT ON SCIENCE
1 Introduction: Historical Perspective on XAS
II EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORY
2 From Synchrotrons to FELs: How Photons Are Produced; Beamline Optics and Beam Characteristics
3 Real-Space Multiple-Scattering Theory of X-ray Spectra
4 Theory of X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure
5 How to Start an XAS Experiment
6 Hard X-ray Photon-in/Photon-out Spectroscopy: Instrumentation, Theory and Applications
7 QEXAFS: Techniques and Scientific Applications for Time-Resolved XAS
8 Time-Resolved XAS Using an Energy Dispersive Spectrometer: Techniques and Applications
9 X-Ray Transient Absorption Spectroscopy
10 Space-Resolved XAFS, Instrumentations and Applications
11 Quantitative EXAFS Analysis
12 XAS Spectroscopy: Related Techniques and Combination with Other Spectroscopic and Scattering Methods

VOLUME II
III APPLICATIONS: FROM SEMICONDUCTORS TO MEDICINE TO NUCLEAR MATERIALS
13 X-Ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy for Catalysis
14 High Pressure XAS, XMCD and IXS 383
15 X-Ray Absorption and RIXS on Coordination Complexes
16 Semiconductors
17 XAS Studies on Mixed Valence Oxides
18 Novel XAS Techniques for Probing Fuel Cells and Batteries
19 X-ray Spectroscopy in Studies of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
20 Planetary, Geological and Environmental Sciences
21 X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Cultural Heritage: Highlights and Perspectives
22 X-ray Spectroscopy at Free Electron Lasers
23 X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
24 Industrial Applications
25 XAS in Liquid Systems
26 Surface Metal Complexes and Their Applications
27 Nanostructured Materials
Index