Conference Agenda

Session
MS-52: Combining X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy to characterise materials
Time:
Wednesday, 18/Aug/2021:
2:45pm - 5:10pm

Session Chair: Carlo Meneghini
Session Chair: Siegbert Schmid
Location: Terrace 2A

130 2nd floor

Invited: Ilaria Carlomagno (Italy), Marco Giorgetti (Italy)


Session Abstract

Structural and electronic information obtainable from XAS analysis are widely complementary with those from XRPD. XAS provides details about the electronic state, local coordination chemistry and atomic structure around the absorber in the few Å scale, while XRPD describes the crystallographic structure of long range coherent phases. These techniques can be combined to achieve reliable understanding of the physico-chemical properties of complex systems such as natural bio-geo-chemical compounds and novel materials. This symposium could be shared also with the commission on Powder diffraction

For all abstracts of the session as prepared for Acta Crystallographica see PDF in Introduction, or individual abstracts below.


Introduction
Presentations
2:45pm - 2:50pm

Introduction to session

Carlo Meneghini, Siegbert Schmid



2:50pm - 3:20pm

Structure and charge monitoring of battery materials: long range vs. short range in Prussian Blue Analogous

Marco Giorgetti

University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy



3:20pm - 3:50pm

Diffraction and Spectroscopy: characterising thin ferromagnetic films from the local scale to the long-range... and beyond

Ilaria Carlomagno1, Jakub Drnec2, Roberto Felici3, Carlo Meneghini4

1Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Basovizza, Italy; 2ESRF, Grenoble, France; 3SPIN-CNR, Rome, Italy; 4Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy



3:50pm - 4:10pm

Combining X-ray absorption and diffraction to relate structure to the activity in catalysts for CO2 valorization reactions

Paula Macarena Abdala, Muhammad Awais Naeem, Sung Min Kim, Athanasia Tsoukalou, Alexey Fedorov, Christoph Müller

ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland



4:10pm - 4:30pm

XAS, IR and XRD analysis for structural characterization of rare minerals: new occurrence of demantoid garnets in Sa Spinarbedda mine (Sardinia – Italy)

Nicola Precisvalle1, Annalisa Martucci1, Costanza Bonadiman1, Simone Pollastri2, Chiaramaria Stani2

1Physics and Earth Sciences Department, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44122 Ferrara, Italy; 2Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste, ss 14, km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste Italy.



4:30pm - 4:50pm

Effects of Li+ addition rate during the synthesis of LiFePO4: Combining X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy techniques to determine average and local structure.

Michelle Thiebaut1,2,3, Caren Billing1, David Billing1,3, Deena Naidoo1,3

1University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; 2National Research Foundation, South Africa; 3Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials (DSI - NRF CoE-SM)



4:50pm - 5:10pm

Ultraviolet-assisted synthesis and structural characterization of the Pd nanoparticles on the CeO2 substrate

Mikhail Viktorovich Kirichkov, Vladimir Andreevich Polyakov, Andrei Alexandrovich Tereshchenko, Victor Vasilievich Shapovalov, Alexander Alexandrovich Guda, Alexander Vladimirovich Soldatov

The Smart Materials Research Institute, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation