Overview
Welcome to the X-ray and neutron spectroscopy research web pages. Our research interest is based within the area of physical inorganic chemistry with a focus on the study of fundamental electronic structure using X-rays and neutrons. Affiliated with the University of Manchester, Department of Chemistry and the University of Manchester at Harwell, we profit from collaborations with leading synthetic chemistry groups and national facilities at Harwell to explore novel electronic structure and magnetism of d and f block electron systems.
*Inorganic chemistry + condensed matter physics = inorganic physics
Recent Papers
Quantifying the influence of 3d-4s mixing on linearly coordinated metal-ions by L2,3-edge XAS and XMCD Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 2433.
X-ray Spectroscopic Study of the Electronic Structure of a Trigonal High-Spin Fe(IV)=O Complex Modeling Non-Heme Enzyme Intermediates and Their Reactivity J. Am. Chem Soc. 2023, 145, 34, 18977.
Energy conversion and storage via photoinduced polarization change in non-ferroelectric molecular [CoGa] crystals Nat Commun 2023, 14, 3394.