Publications

Determination of Uranium Central-Field Covalency with 3d4f Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering

Burrow, T. G., Alcock, N. M., Huzan, M. S., Dunstan, M., Seed, J., Detlefs, B., Glatzel, P., Hunault, M. O. J. Y., Bendix, J., Pedersen, K. S. and Baker, M. L.
J. Am. Chem Soc., 2024, 146, 32, 22570.

Quantifying the influence of 3d-4s mixing on linearly coordinated metal-ions by L2,3-edge XAS and XMCD

Huzan, M. S., Burrow, T. G., Fix, M., Breitner F., Chong, S.-K., Bencok P., Aramini M., Jesche, A., Baker, M. L.
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

Braun, A., Gee, L. B., Mara, M. W., Hill, E. A., Kroll, T., Nordlund, D., Sokaras, D., Glatzel, P., Hedman, B., Hodgson, K. O., Borovik, A. S., Baker, M. L., and Solomon, E. I.
J. Am. Chem Soc. 2023, 145, 34, 18977.

Energy conversion and storage via photoinduced polarization change in non-ferroelectric molecular [CoGa] crystals

Sadhukhan, P., Wu, S., Kanegawa, S., Su, S., Zhang, X., Nakanishi, T., Long, J. I., Gao, K., Shimada, R., Okajima, H., Sakamoto, A., Chiappella, J. G., Huzan, M. S., Kroll, T., Sokaras, D., Baker, M. L., Sato, O.
Nat Commun 2023, 14, 3394.

Sulfidation and Reoxidation of U(VI)-Incorporated Goethite: Implications for U Retention during Sub-Surface Redox Cycling

Stagg, O., Morris, K., Townsend, L.T., Kvashnina K. O., Baker M. L., Dempsey, R. L., Abrahamsen-Mills, L., Shaw, S.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 24, 17643.

Manipulating electron redistribution to achieve exotic electronic pyroelectricity in dynamic [FeCo] crystals

Sadhukhan, P., Wu, S-Q., Long, J. I., Nakanishi, T., Kanegawa, S., Gao, K., Yamamoto, K., Okajima, H., Sakamoto, A., Baker, M. L., Kroll, T., Sokaras, D., Okazawa, A., Kojima, N., Shiota, Y., Yoshizawa, K., Sato, O.
Nat. Commun., 2021, 12, 4836 

Effect of 3d/4p Mixing on 1s2p Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering: Electronic Structure of Oxo-Bridged Iron Dimers

Kroll, T., Baker, M. L., Wilson, S. A., Lundberg, M., Juhin, A., Arrio, M.-A., Yan, J. J., Gee, L. B., Braun, A., Weng, T.-C., Sokaras, D., Hedman, B., Hodgson, K. O., Solomon, E. I.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12, 4569–4584

Kβ X-ray Emission Spectroscopy as a Probe of Cu(I) Sites: Application to the Cu(I) Site in Preprocessed Galactose Oxidase

Lim H., Baker M. L., Cowley R. E., Kim S., Bhadra M., Siegler M. A., Kroll, T., Sokaras D., Weng T-C., Biswas D. R., Dooley D. M., Karlin K. D., Hedman B., Hodgson K. O. & Solomon E. I.
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 22, 16567–16581

Single-Ion Magnetism in the Extended Solid-State: Insights from X-ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy

Huzan M. S., Fix M., Aramini M., Bencok P., Mosselmans J. F. W., Hayama S., Breitner F., Gee L. B., Titus C., Arrio M., Jesche A. & Baker, M. L.
Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 11801-11810

Macroscopic Polarization Change via Electron Transfer in a Valence Tautomeric Cobalt Complex

Wu S-Q., Liu M., Gao K., Kanegawa S., Horie Y., Aoyama G., Okajima H., Sakamoto A., Baker M. L., Huzan M. S., Bencok P., Abe T., Shiota Y., Yoshizawa K., Xu W., Kou H-Z. & Sato O.
Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 1992

Quenching and Restoration of Orbital Angular Momentum Through a Dynamic Bond in a Cobalt(II) Complex

Su S., Wu S., Baker M. L., Bencok P., Azuma N., Miyazaki Y., Nakano M., Kang S., Shiota Y., Yoshizawa K., Kanegawa S. & Sato O.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 26, 11434–11441

Temperature dependence of spherical electron transfer in a nanosized [Fe14] complex

Huang, W., Wu, S., Gu, X., Li, Y., Okazawa, A., Kojima, N., Hayami, S., Baker, M. L., Bencok, P., Noguchi, M., Miyazaki, Y., Nakano, M., Nakanishi, T., Kanegawa, S., Inagaki, Y., Kawae, T., Zhuang, G-L., Shiota, Y., Yoshizawa, K., Wu, D. Sato, O.
Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 5510.

Soft X-ray Spectroscopy with Transition-Edge Sensor at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource Beamline 10-1

Lee S.-J., Titus C. J., Alonso Mori R., Baker M. L., Bennett D. A., Cho H.-M.;, Doriese W. B., Fowler J. W., Gaffney K. J., Gallo A., Gard, J. D., Hilton, G. C.; Jang, H., Joe, Y. Il, Kenney, C. J., Knight, J., Kroll, T., Lee, J.-S., Li, D., Lu, D., Marks, R., Minitti, M. P., Morgan, K. M., Ogasawara, H., O’Neil, G. C., Reintsema, C. D., Schmidt, D. R., Sokaras, D., Ullom, J. N., Weng, T.-C., Williams, C., Young, B. A., Swetz, D. S. & Irwin, K. D. 
Rev. Sci. Instrum., 2019, 90, 113101.

Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering Determination of the Electronic Structure of Oxyhemoglobin and Its Model Complex

Yan, J., Kroll, T., Baker, M. L., Wilson, S., Decreau, R., Lundberg, M., Sokaras, D., Glatzel, P., Hedman, B., Hodgson, K. & Solomon, E. I.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2019, 116, 2854.

Electron-Transfer Activity in a Cyanide-Bridged Fe42 Nanomagnet

Baker, M. L., Wu, S-Q., Kang, S., Matsuzawa, S., Arrio, M-A., Narumi, Y., Kihara, T., Nakamura, T., Kotani, Y., Sato, O. & Nojiri, H.
Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 15, 10160.

Experimental Determination of Single Molecule Toroic Behaviour in a Dy8 Single-Molecule Magnet

Zhang, Q., Baker, M. L., Li, S., Sarachik, M. P., Baldoví, J. J., Gaita-ariño, A., Coronado, E., Stamatatos, T. & Alexandropoulos, D.
Nanoscale, 2019,11, 15131.

Direct Determination of Absolute Absorption Cross Sections at the L-Edge of Dilute Mn Complexes in Solution Using a Transmission Flatjet

Kubin, M., Guo, M., Ekimova, M., Baker, M. L., Kroll, T., Källman, E., Kern, J., Yachandra, V. K., Yano, J., Nibbering, E. T. J., Lundberg, M. & Wernet, P.
Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 9, 5449.

Anisotropy of CoII transferred to the Cr7Co polymetallic cluster via strong exchange interactions

Garlatti, E., Tatiana Guidi, Chiesa, A., Ansbro, S., Baker, M. L., Ollivier, J., Mutka, H., Timco, G., Vitorica-Yrezabal, I., Eva Pavarini, Santini, P., Amoretti, G., Winpenny, R. & Carretta, S.
Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 3555.

Probing the oxidation state of transition metal complexes: a case study on how charge and spin densities determine Mn L-edge X-ray absorption energies

Kubin, M., Guo, M., Kroll, T., Löchel, H., Källman, E., Baker, M. L., Mitzner, R., Gul, S., Kern, J., Föhlisch, A., Erko, A., Bergmann, U., Yachandra, V., Yano, J., Lundberg, M. & Wernet, P., 2018, In:
Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 6813.

K- and L-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) and Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) Determination of Differential Orbital Covalency (DOC) of Transition Metal Sites

Baker, M. L., Mara, M. W., Yan, J. J., Hodgson, K. O., Hedman, B. & Solomon, E. I.
Coord. Chem. Rev., 2017, 345, 182.

L-edge spectroscopy of dilute, radiation-sensitive systems using a transition-edge-sensor array

Titus, C. J., Baker, M. L., Lee, S. J., Cho, H-M., Doriese, W. B., Fowler, J. W., Gaffney, K., Gard, J. D., Hilton, G. C., Kenney, C., Knight, J., Li, D., Marks, R., Minitti, M. P., Morgan, K. M., O’Neil, G. C., Reintsema, C. D., Schmidt, D. R., Sokaras, D., Swetz, D. S., Ullom, J. N., Weng, T-C., Williams, C., Young, B. A., Irwin, K. D., Solomon, E. I. & Nordlund, D.
J. Chem. Phys. 2017, 147, 214201.

Studies of a Large Odd-Numbered Odd-Electron Metal Ring: Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Muon Spin Relaxation Spectroscopy of Cr8Mn

Baker, M. L., Lancaster, T., Chiesa, A., Amoretti, G., Baker, P. J., Barker, C., Blundell, S. J., Carretta, S., Collison, D., Guedel, H. U., Guidi, T., Mcinnes, E., Moeller, J. S., Mutka, H., Ollivier, J., Pratt, F. L., Santini, P., Tuna, F., Tregenna-Piggott, P. L., Vitorica-Yrezabal, I., Timco, G. & Winpenny, R.
Chem. Eur.J., 2016, 22, 1779

Relationship between Torsion and Anisotropic Exchange Coupling in a TbIII-Radical-Based Single-Molecule Magnet

Baker, M. L., Tanaka, T., Murakami, R., Ohira-Kawamura, S., Nakajima, K., Ishida, T. & Nojiri, H.
Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 12, 5732–5738

A ferromagnetically coupled Fe 42 cyanide-bridged nanocage

Kang, S., Zheng, H., Liu, T., Hamachi, K., Kanegawa, S., Sugimoto, K., Shiota, Y., Hayami, S., Mito, M., Nakamura, T., Nakano, M., Baker, M. L., Nojiri, H., Yoshizawa, K., Duan, C. & Sato, O.
Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 5955.

Spectroscopy Methods for Molecular Nanomagnets

Baker, M. L., Blundell, S. J., Domingo, N. & Hill, S., Structure and Bonding. Book Chapter: 2014, Gao, S. (ed.). Springer Nature, p. 231-291 61 p. (Structure and Bonding; vol. 164).

A Detailed Study of the Magnetism of Chiral {Cr7M} Rings: An Investigation into Parametrization and Transferability of Parameters

Garlatti, E., Albring, M. A., Baker, M. L., Docherty, R. J., Mutka, H., Guidi, T., Garcia Sakai, V., Whitehead, G. F. S., Pritchard, R. G., Timco, G. A., Tuna, F., Amoretti, G., Carretta, S., Santini, P., Lorusso, G., Affronte, M., McInnes, E. J. L., Collison, D. & Winpenny, R. E. P.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.2014, 136, 27, 9763

X-ray magnetic circular dichroism investigation of the electron transfer phenomena responsible for magnetic switching in a cyanide-bridged [CoFe] chain

Baker, M. L., Kitagawa, Y., Nakamura, T., Tazoe, K., Narumi, Y., Kotani, Y., Iijima, F., Newton, G. N., Okumura, M., Oshio, H. & Nojiri, H.
Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 24, 13956

A new family of trinuclear Nickel(II) complexes as single-molecule magnets

Biswas, R., Ida, Y., Baker, M. L., Biswas, S., Kar, P., Nojiri, H., Ishida, T. & Ghosh, A.
Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 3943.

Neutron spectroscopy of molecular nanomagnets

Baker, M. L. & Mutka H.
Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top., 2012, 213, 53.

Spin dynamics of molecular nanomagnets unravelled at atomic scale by four-dimensional inelastic neutron scattering

Baker, M. L., Guidi, T., Carretta, S., Ollivier, J., Mutka, H., Güdel, H. U., Timco, G. A., Mcinnes, E. J. L., Amoretti, G., Winpenny, R. E. P. & Santini, P.
Nat. Phys. 2012, 8, 906

A classification of spin frustration in molecular magnets from a physical study of large odd-numbered-metal, odd electron rings

Baker, M. L., Timco, G. A., Piligkos, S., Mathieson, J. S., Mutka, H., Tuna, F., Kozłowski, P., Antkowiak, M., Guidi, T., Gupta, T., Rath, H., Woolfson, R. J., Kamieniarz, G., Pritchard, R. G., Weihe, H., Cronin, L., Rajaraman, G., Collison, D., McInnes, E. J. L. & Winpenny, R. E. P.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 2012, 109, 47, 19113.

Inelastic neutron scattering studies on the odd-membered antiferromagnetic wheel Cr 8Ni

Baker, M. L., Waldmann, O., Piligkos, S., Bircher, R., Cador, O., Carretta, S., Collison, D., Fernandez-Alonso, F., McInnes, E. J. L., Mutka, H., Podlesnyak, A., Tuna, F., Ochsenbein, S., Sessoli, R., Sieber, A., Timco, G. A., Weihe, H., Güdel, H. U. & Winpenny, R. E. P.
Phys. Rev. B. 2012, 86, 6, 064405.

Modification of the magnetic properties of a heterometallic wheel by inclusion of a Jahn-Teller distorted Cu(II) ion

Baker, M. L., Piligkos, S., Bianchi, A., Carretta, S., Collison, D., McDouall, J. J. W., McInnes, E. J. L., Mutka, H., Timco, G. A., Tuna, F., Vadivelu, P., Weihe, H., Güdel, H. U. & Winpenny, R. E. P.
Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 8533.

Chromium chains as polydentate fluoride ligands for lanthanides

McRobbie, A., Sarwar, A. R., Yeninas, S., Nowell, H., Baker, M. L., Allan, D., Luban, M., Muryn, C. A., Pritchard, R. G., Prozorov, R., Timco, G. A., Tuna, F., Whitehead, G. F. S. & Winpenny, R. E. P.
Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 6251

Varying spin state composition by the choice of capping ligand in a family of molecular chains: Detailed analysis of magnetic properties of chromium(iii) horseshoes

Baker, M. L., Bianchi, A., Carretta, S., Collison, D., Docherty, R. J., McInnes, E. J. L., McRobbie, A., Muryn, C. A., Mutka, H., Piligkos, S., Rancan, M., Santini, P., Timco, G. A., Tregenna-Piggott, P. L. W., Tuna, F., Güdel, H. U. & Winpenny, R. E. P.
Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 2725.

Synthesis and structural, magnetic and EPR characterization of discrete finite antiferromagnetic chains

Baker, M. L., Rancan, M., Tuna, F., Timco, G. A., Collison, D., Mutka, H., Güdel, H. U., Pritchard, R. J., Winpenny, R. E. P. & McInnes, E. J. L.
Appl. Magn. Reson., 2010, 37, 685

Radio-frequency spectroscopy of the low-energy spectrum of the magnetic molecule Cr12 Cu2

Martin, C., Engelhardt, L., Baker, M. L., Timco, G. A., Tuna, F., Winpenny, R. E. P., Tregenna-Piggott, P. L. W., Luban, M. & Prozorov, R.
Phys. Rev. B., 2009, 80, 10, 100407.