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Macromolecular
Soft Condensed 
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Magnetic
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Crystallography 
Spectroscopy B07 Contact
Principal Beamline Scientist:
Georg Held
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778480
E-mail: georg.held@diamond.ac.uk
Science Group Leader
Cephise Cacho
Email: cephise.cacho@diamond.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1235 778290
B07 VERSOX: Versatile Soft X-ray
Status: Operational
Wavelength: 24.8 - 0.44 nm
Energy: 50 - 2800 eV
Energy: 50 - 2800 eV
13 items found for 2026 [total: 136]
Mitigating charging in NAP-XPS: a practical approach for insulating catalyst powders Applied Surface Science, 736 Aug 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.166756
Investigating Ti-Nb alloys as supports for iridium oxide water oxidation electrocatalysts Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5TA08384B
Mechanistic study of glycerol electro-oxidation on Ni(OH)2/NiOOH electrodes Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c00726
TiO2/TiO2:Er bilayers for improved light harvesting in photoelectrochemical processes International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, 224 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.154401
Single Cu atom sites on Co3O4 activate interfacial oxygen for enhanced reactivity and selective gas sensing at low temperature Small, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202600033
A catalyst-coated mesoporous carbon-membrane electrode assembly for in situ soft X-ray XPS and NEXAFS studies of electrocatalytic interfaces Acs Electrochemistry, Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00554
Operando XPS studies of precisely size-selected Pd nano-catalysts for methane oxidation Faraday Discussions, Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5FD00171D
Journal Paper B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS E01-JEM ARM 200CF open access
Spectroelectrochemical studies of oxygen evolution reaction kinetics for surface-incorporated iron in nickel oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts Acs Catalysis, Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c09080
Rational design and improvement of Cu-based catalysts in CO oxidation Feb 2026
Thesis B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS B18-Core EXAFS E01-JEM ARM 200CF I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES)
Synthesis and microstructural properties of Pt-decorated α-Fe2O3 nanotubes for hydrogen gas sensing applications Rsc Advances, 16 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5RA08865H
Key role of oxidizing species driving water oxidation revealed by time-resolved optical and X-ray spectroscopies Nature Materials, 17 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02514-9
Stable silica-modified zirconia with tunable acidity for enhanced catalytic transfer hydrogenation of levulinic acid and esters to γ-valerolactone Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 1 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5TA08295A
How does metal spin state affect electronic communication in mixed-valence dimers? Insights from ultrafast near-infrared and soft X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy Inorganic Chemistry, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c03543
Journal Paper B07-C-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS
- Mateusz J. Salamon, Eleanor Ender, Liam Dwyer, Sarah J. Haigh, David C. Grinter, Alex S. Walton, "Mitigating charging in NAP-XPS: a practical approach for insulating catalyst powders", Applied Surface Science, 736 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.166756
- Guangmeimei Yang, Wei Huang, Yifeng Wang, Caiwu Liang, Yuxiang Zhou, Santosh Kumar, Pilar Ferrer Escorihuela, Parnia Navabpour, Giuseppe Sanzone, Trevor Ferris, Georg Held, Mark Turner, Sarah J. Haigh, Caterina Ducati, Andreas Kafizas, Reshma Rao, "Investigating Ti-Nb alloys as supports for iridium oxide water oxidation electrocatalysts", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5TA08384B
- Youli Yu, Yifeng Wang, Hanzhi Ye, Sid Halder, Guangmeimei Yang, Boxi Ye, Santosh Kumar, Georg Held, James R. Durrant, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Reshma R. Rao, "Mechanistic study of glycerol electro-oxidation on Ni(OH)2/NiOOH electrodes", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c00726
- Katarzyna Płacheta, Marta Radecka, Jakub Zięba, Sunil Kumar, Katarzyna Zakrzewska, "TiO2/TiO2:Er bilayers for improved light harvesting in photoelectrochemical processes", International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, 224 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.154401
- Hamin Shin, Matteo D'Andria, Meng Yin, Jaehyun Ko, Ken Suzuki, Dong-Ha Kim, Frank Krumeich, Andreas T. Güntner, "Single Cu atom sites on Co3O4 activate interfacial oxygen for enhanced reactivity and selective gas sensing at low temperature", Small (2026), DOI: 10.1002/smll.202600033
- James J. C. Counter, Santosh Kumar, Christopher M. Zalitis, Mark Clapp, Alexander I. Large, David C. Grinter, Matthijs A. Van Spronsen, Pilar Ferrer, Burcu Karagoz, Tugce Eralp Erden, Roger A. Bennett, Georg Held, "A catalyst-coated mesoporous carbon-membrane electrode assembly for in situ soft X-ray XPS and NEXAFS studies of electrocatalytic interfaces", Acs Electrochemistry (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00554
- Alexander I. Large, Henry Hoddinott, Haamidah Sana, Elizabeth Jones, James J. C. Counter, Matthijs Van Spronsen, Santosh Kumar, David C. Grinter, Pilar Ferrer, Bernd Von Issendorff, Richard Edward Palmer, Georg Held, "Operando XPS studies of precisely size-selected Pd nano-catalysts for methane oxidation", Faraday Discussions (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5FD00171D
- Yifeng Wang, Liam P. Twight, Nicole A. Sagui, Minkyoung Kwak, Shannon W. Boettcher, Benjamin S. Moss, Ifan E. L. Stephens, James R. Durrant, Reshma R. Rao, "Spectroelectrochemical studies of oxygen evolution reaction kinetics for surface-incorporated iron in nickel oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts", Acs Catalysis (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c09080
- [Thesis] Yifei Ren, "Rational design and improvement of Cu-based catalysts in CO oxidation" (2026)
- Monika Šoltić, Maria Gracheva, Nikola Baran, Goran Dražić, Robert Peter, Károly Lázár, Goran Štefanić, Marijan Marciuš, Nikolina Novosel, László Ferenc Kiss, Matthijs A. Van Spronsen, Mile Ivanda, Zoltán Klencsár, Marijan Gotić, "Synthesis and microstructural properties of Pt-decorated α-Fe2O3 nanotubes for hydrogen gas sensing applications", Rsc Advances, 16, 9264 - 9279 (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5RA08865H
- Caiwu Liang, Lucas Garcia Verga, Benjamin Moss, Santosh Kumar, Soren B. Scott, Mark A. Turner, Pilar Ferrer, Veronica Celorrio, David C. Grinter, Yemin Tao, Sid Halder, Yifeng Wang, Cindy Tseng, Guangmeimei Yang, Georg Held, Sarah J. Haigh, Aron Walsh, Ifan E. L. Stephens, James R. Durrant, Reshma R. Rao, "Key role of oxidizing species driving water oxidation revealed by time-resolved optical and X-ray spectroscopies", Nature Materials, 17 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02514-9
- Memoona Khalid, Mark A. Isaacs, Stylianos D. Stefanidis, Stamatia S. Karakoulia, Nicole Hondow, Dave Scapens, Marta Granollers Mesa, Amin Osatiashtiani, "Stable silica-modified zirconia with tunable acidity for enhanced catalytic transfer hydrogenation of levulinic acid and esters to γ-valerolactone", Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, 1 (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5TA08295A
- John H. Burke, Maren Johnsen, Rachel F. Wallick, Richard Gnewkow, Dae Young Bae, Aswin Jyothilakshmi Ravi, Thomas C. Rossi, Sebastian Eckert, Mattis Fondell, Matthijs A. Van Spronsen, Richard D. Schaller, Victor Sosa Alfaro, Sang-Jun Lee, Leland B. Gee, Liviu M. Mirica, Renske M. Van Der Veen, Josh Vura-Weis, "How does metal spin state affect electronic communication in mixed-valence dimers? Insights from ultrafast near-infrared and soft X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy", Inorganic Chemistry (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c03543
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