Local structure of reaction intermediates probed by time-resolved x-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy.
A method for the analysis of time-resolved x-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra is proposed. It combines principal component analysis of the series of experimental spectra, multidimensional interpolation of theoretical XANES as a function of structural parameters, and ab initio XANES calculations. It allows to determine the values of structural parameters for intermediates of chemical reactions and the concentrations of different states as a function of time. This approach is tested using numerically generated data and its possibilities and limitations are discussed. The application of this method to a reaction with methylrhenium trioxide catalyst in solution, for which experimental data were measured using stopped-flow energy-dispersive x-ray absorption spectroscopy technique, is demonstrated. Possibilities and limitations of this experimental technique are also discussed.
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Center for Nanoscale Structure of Matter and Faculty of Physics, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don 344090, Russia. smolentsev@yandex.ru
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Pascarelli
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Soldatov
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