The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are core steps of
various energy conversion and storage systems. However, their sluggish reaction kinetics …

Free-electron lasers and high-harmonic-generation table-top systems are new sources of
extreme-ultraviolet to hard X-ray photons, providing ultrashort pulses that are intense …

Spin-based sensors have attracted considerable attention owing to their high sensitivities.
Herein, we developed a metallofullerene-based nano spin sensor to probe gas adsorption …

The metal centres in metalloenzymes and molecular catalysts are responsible for the
rearrangement of atoms and electrons during complex chemical reactions, and they enable …

Iron-based spin-crossover complexes hold tremendous promise as multifunctional switches
in molecular devices. However, real-world technological applications require the excited …

The development of high-brilliance third-and fourth-generation light sources such as
synchrotrons and X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), the emergence of laboratory-based X …

Light-driven chemical transformations provide a compelling approach to understanding
chemical reactivity with the potential to use this understanding to advance solar energy and …

Ultrafast optical-domain spectroscopies allow to monitor in real time the motion of nuclei in
molecules. Achieving element-selectivity had to await the advent of time resolved X-ray …

Femtosecond time-resolved X-ray absorption (XANES) at the Co K-edge, X-ray emission
(XES) in the Co Kβ and valence-to-core regions, and broadband UV–vis transient …

Resolving the structural dynamics of the initial steps of chemical reactions is challenging.
We report the femtosecond time-resolved wide-angle x-ray scattering of the …