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Actinide Science with a Soft X-ray Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscope (STXM)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Per-Anders Glans
Affiliation:
PAGlans@lbl.gov, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Berkeley, California, United States
Geza Szigethy
Affiliation:
gszigeth@uci.edu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Berkeley, California, United States
Dustin Demoin
Affiliation:
dwdgxb@mail.mizzou.edu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Berkeley, California, United States
Tolek Tyliszczak
Affiliation:
tolek@lbl.gov, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Advanced Light Source Division, Berkeley, California, United States
Jide Xu
Affiliation:
Jide@berkeley.edu, University of California, Department of Chemistry, Berkeley, California, United States
Jinghua Guo
Affiliation:
JGuo@lbl.gov, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Advanced Light Source Division, Berkeley, California, United States
Kenneth N. Raymond
Affiliation:
raymond@socrates.berkeley.edu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Berkeley, California, United States
David K. Shuh
Affiliation:
DKShuh@lbl.gov, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Berkeley, California, United States
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Abstract

Soft x-ray scanning transmission x-ray microscope (STXM) spectromicroscopy has been developed and employed to investigate several aspects of actinide chemistry and materials science at the Advanced Light Source Molecular Environmental Science (ALS-MES) Beamline 11.0.2 STXM end station. The basic approach and fundamentals of STXM experiments for radioactive materials systems is discussed. Representative results from STXM spectromicroscopy investigations of a mixed phase uranium nitride, single crystals of Eu(III)[TREN(Me-3,2-HOPO)]3 2H2O and hydrated Pu2(III)(C2O4)3(6H2O) 3H2O complexes are presented. The STXM images and soft x-ray absorption spectra illustrate the capabilities and utility of soft x-ray STXM for providing information about actinide materials, especially the light element constituents. Lastly, new and future opportunities for actinide science utilizing soft x-ray STXM are discussed in light of the planned upgrades for the STXM end stations at the ALS.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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