High pressure has revealed surprising physics and created novel states in condensed matter. Exciting examples include near room temperature superconductivity (T c > 200 K) in high-pressure hydrides ...

X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) is a powerful technique for probing the local electronic and geometric structure of matter with element and site specificity. By measuring the absorption of X-rays ...

In nature, photosynthesis powers plants and bacteria; within solar panels, photovoltaics transform light into electric energy. These processes are driven by electronic motion and imply charge transfer ...

Electronic spectroscopy has emerged as a fundamental method for probing the quantum mechanical behaviour of molecules upon absorption of light. By resolving the energies, lifetimes and pathways of ...

While there are a number of techniques available for profiling surface structures, like scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, the advantage Auger spectroscopy has for ...

Photoemission spectroscopy (PES) is a powerful analytical technique used to study the electronic structure and chemical composition of materials. It is based on the photoelectric effect, where ...

Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) is a surface-sensitive analytical technique that provides information about the elemental composition, chemical state, and electronic structure of a material's surface ...

Physicists achieve major leap in precision and accuracy at extremely low light levels. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) have successfully developed a new technique for ...