Orbital occupancy and spin polarization: from mechanistic study to rational design of transition metal-based electrocatalysts toward energy applications

VH Do, JM Lee - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, development of electrocatalysts for energy applications has
extensively transitioned from trial-and-error methodologies to more rational and directed …

Spin-vibronic mechanism for intersystem crossing

TJ Penfold, E Gindensperger, C Daniel… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Intersystem crossing (ISC), formally forbidden within nonrelativistic quantum theory, is the
mechanism by which a molecule changes its spin state. It plays an important role in the …

Waltzing with the versatile platform of graphene to synthesize composite photocatalysts

N Zhang, MQ Yang, S Liu, Y Sun, YJ Xu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The efficient and cost-effective direct conversion of solar energy to chemical energy and
solar fuels has been considered as one of the most perspective strategies to solve the …

Time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy with a water window high-harmonic source

Y Pertot, C Schmidt, M Matthews, A Chauvet… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy (TR-XAS) has so far practically been limited to
large-scale facilities, to subpicosecond temporal resolution, and to the condensed phase …

Molecular spin crossover phenomenon: recent achievements and prospects

A Bousseksou, G Molnár, L Salmon… - Chemical Society …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently we assisted a strong renewed interest in the fascinating field of molecular spin
crossover complexes by (1) the emergence of nanosized spin crossover materials through …

Photoinduced structural dynamics of molecular systems mapped by time-resolved X-ray methods

M Chergui, E Collet - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
We review the tremendous advances in ultrafast X-ray science, over the past 15 years,
making the best use of new ultrashort X-ray sources including table-top or large-scale …

2p x-ray absorption spectroscopy of 3d transition metal systems

FMF de Groot, H Elnaggar, F Frati, R Wang… - Journal of Electron …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review provides an overview of the different methods and computer codes that are used
to interpret 2p x-ray absorption spectra of 3d transition metal ions. We first introduce the …

Recent experimental and theoretical developments in time-resolved X-ray spectroscopies

CJ Milne, TJ Penfold, M Chergui - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Capturing the evolving geometric and electronic structure in the course of a chemical
reaction or biological process is the principal aim of time-resolved X-ray spectroscopies …

Mechanistic origin of photoredox catalysis involving iron (II) polypyridyl chromophores

MD Woodhouse, JK McCusker - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photoredox catalysis employing ruthenium-and iridium-based chromophores have been the
subject of considerable research. However, the natural abundance of these elements are …

Natural products for materials protection: mechanism of corrosion inhibition of mild steel by acid extracts of Piper guineense

EE Oguzie, CB Adindu, CK Enenebeaku… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The adsorption and corrosion inhibiting effect of acid extracts of Piper guineense (PG)
leaves on mild steel corrosion in 1 M HCl and 0.5 M H2SO4 was investigated using …