XFEL: Iron-oxygen chemistry at FXE

Femtosecond-XES characterization of the spin-states and structures of transient iron(III)-oxyl species

Using X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES), a team led by Serena DeBeer from Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion investigates compounds of iron with oxygen at the FXE experiment station of European XFEL in Schenefeld near Hamburg. Compounds of iron with oxygen are relevant for many processes - from catalytic processes to the transport of oxygen in blood or for corrosion of iron. However, many aspects of iron-oxygen chemistry are not yet fully understood. The team studies the magnetic orientations of the electrons involved - the so-called spin states. They seem to play an important role.

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