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X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Joshua W. Pinder
Brigham Young University
2
George H. Major
Process Instruments (United States)
3
Alba Espina
University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik
4
Blaise L. Geoghegan
Imperial College London
5
Yamerson Canchanya-Huaman
National University of San Marcos
6
Wojciech Skomorowski
University of Warsaw
7
M. Smirnov Yu
Moscow Power Engineering Institute
8
Arturo Sopena
Universität Hamburg
9
Jiachen Li
China Agricultural University
10
C. Zborowski
Aalto University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Avoiding common errors in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data collection and analysis, and properly reporting instrument parameters
Applied Surface Science Advances|2024
232 cit.
2
Tracking Cavity Formation in Electron Solvation: Insights from X-ray Spectroscopy and Theory
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
16 cit.
3
Accurate Excitation Energies of Point Defects from Fast Particle–Particle Random Phase Approximation Calculations
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters|2024
13 cit.
4
Interacting-Bath Dynamical Embedding for Capturing Nonlocal Electron Correlation in Solids
Physical Review Letters|2024
11 cit.
5
Particle–Particle Random Phase Approximation for Predicting Correlated Excited States of Point Defects
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation|2024
6 cit.
6
Analysis of silver metal with a Thermo Scientific K-Alpha XPS instrument at 50 and 200 eV pass energies
Surface Science Spectra|2024
4 cit.
7
What's in a Name? “ESCA” or “XPS”? A Discussion of Comments Made by Kai Siegbahn More Than Four Decades Ago Regarding the Name of the Technique
Surface and Interface Analysis|2025
4 cit.
8
X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy of N<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub> Cu(<scp>ii</scp>)/(<scp>iii</scp>) complexes
Dalton Transactions|2024
3 cit.
9
Restoring translational symmetry in periodic all-orbital dynamical mean-field theory simulations
Faraday Discussions|2024
2 cit.
10
Design and Implementation of a Heterogeneous Magnetic Quaternary Composite for Efficient Arsenic(V) Removal in Polluted Water
Crystal Growth & Design|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Michael J. Eller
California State University System
2
Søren Skou
University of Copenhagen
3
Carrie L. Donley
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4
Hosea M. Nelson
California Institute of Technology
5
José A. Rodríguez
University of California, Los Angeles
6
Marcus H. Mendenhal
National Institute of Standards and Technology
7
Frans Asmuruf
Cenderawasih University
8
Ioanna Mantouvalou
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
9
Geert Van der Snickt
University of Antwerp
10
A. Miguel
Department of Chemistry and Material Sciences

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Structure and Pore Size Distribution in Nanoporous Carbon
Chemistry of Materials|2022
88 cit.
2
Catalytic asymmetric C–H insertion reactions of vinyl carbocations
Science|2022
67 cit.
3
Accurate Computational Prediction of Core-Electron Binding Energies in Carbon-Based Materials: A Machine-Learning Model Combining Density-Functional Theory and <i>GW</i>
Chemistry of Materials|2022
63 cit.
4
Electrochemical Fluorination of Vinyl Boronates through Donor‐Stabilized Vinyl Carbocation Intermediates**
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
24 cit.
5
High-Throughput Identification of Crystalline Natural Products from Crude Extracts Enabled by Microarray Technology and microED
ACS Central Science|2023
24 cit.
6
Quantification routines for full 3D elemental distributions of homogeneous and layered samples obtained with laboratory confocal micro XRF spectrometers
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry|2022
22 cit.
7
A general-purpose machine learning Pt interatomic potential for an accurate description of bulk, surfaces, and nanoparticles
The Journal of Chemical Physics|2023
22 cit.
8
Searching for iron nanoparticles with a general-purpose Gaussian approximation potential
Physical review. B./Physical review. B|2023
22 cit.
9
Fragment-Based <i>Ab Initio</i> Phasing of Peptidic Nanocrystals by MicroED
ACS Bio & Med Chem Au|2023
10 cit.
10
Quantitative Analysis and 2D/3D Elemental Imaging of Cocoa Beans Using X-ray Fluorescence Techniques
Analytical Chemistry|2023
10 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
M. Newville
University of Chicago
2
David I. Stuart
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
3
Lars Hultman
Linköping University
4
Dietmar Stalke
University of Göttingen
5
C. J. Powell
National Institute of Standards and Technology
6
Steven D. Conradson
Los Alamos National Laboratory
7
J. J. Rehr
University of Washington
8
Jean Susini
Synchrotron soleil
9
Dale E. Newbury
National Institute of Standards and Technology
10
Manuel Koch
University Hospital Cologne

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
<i>ATHENA</i>,<i>ARTEMIS</i>,<i>HEPHAESTUS</i>: data analysis for X-ray absorption spectroscopy using<i>IFEFFIT</i>
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation|2005
16.5k cit.
2
An empirical method for correcting diffractometer data for absorption effects
Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography|1983
5.9k cit.
3
Comparison of silver and molybdenum microfocus X-ray sources for single-crystal structure determination
Journal of Applied Crystallography|2014
4.8k cit.
4
Real-space multiple-scattering calculation and interpretation of x-ray-absorption near-edge structure
Physical review. B, Condensed matter|1998
4.3k cit.
5
<i>CRYSOL</i>– a Program to Evaluate X-ray Solution Scattering of Biological Macromolecules from Atomic Coordinates
Journal of Applied Crystallography|1995
3.5k cit.
6
<i>Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy in the Electron Microscope</i>
Physics Today|1987
3.4k cit.
7
Theoretical approaches to x-ray absorption fine structure
Reviews of Modern Physics|2000
3.2k cit.
8
<i>IFEFFIT</i> : interactive XAFS analysis and <i>FEFF</i> fitting
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation|2001
3k cit.
9
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: Towards reliable binding energy referencing
Progress in Materials Science|2019
2.5k cit.
10
A multiplatform code for the analysis of energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectra
Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy|2006
2.2k cit.

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