From ligand fields to molecular orbitals: Probing the local valence electronic structure of Ni2+ in aqueous solution with resonant inelastic X-ray scattering

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 51, 2013, Pages 16512-16521

  Kunnus, Kristjan ^a,b   Josefsson, Ida ^c   Schreck, Simon ^a,b   Quevedo, Wilson ^a   Miedema, Piter S ^a   Techert, Simone ^d   De Groot, Frank M F ^e   Odelius, Michael ^c   Wernet, Philippe ^a   Föhlisch, Alexander ^a,b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; ATOMIC RESOLUTION; COORDINATION COMPOUNDS; RELATIVE ENERGIES; RESONANT INELASTIC X-RAY SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPIC TOOL; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; VALENCE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

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EID: 84891387390     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4100813     Document Type: Article

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