Soft X-ray spectroscopy study of the electronic structure of oxidized and partially oxidized magnetite nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 21994-22001

  Gilbert, Benjamin ^a   Katz, Jordan E ^a   Denlinger, Jonathan D ^a   Yin, Yadong ^b   Falcone, Roger ^a   Waychunas, Glenn A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BAND GAPS; COATED NANOPARTICLES; COATED SAMPLE; COMPLETE OXIDATION; ELECTRON ACCUMULATION; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; FE K-EDGE; FERRIC IRON; FERROUS IRON; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; L-EDGE SPECTROSCOPY; LOW-ENERGY EXCITATIONS; MAGHEMITES; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MIXED VALENCE; O K-EDGES; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC LIGANDS; OXIDIZATION; OXYGEN ATOM; REDUCED IRON; RESONANT EXCITATION; SEMICONDUCTOR BAND GAP; SOFT X-RAY; SOFT-X-RAY ABSORPTION; TIO; UNOCCUPIED STATE; X RAY EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; IRON; IRON OXIDES; LIGANDS; MAGNETITE; NANOPARTICLES; OLEIC ACID; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79951662005     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp106919a     Document Type: Article

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