
VESPERS:
Very sensitive Elemental and Structural Probe Employing Radiation from a Synchrotron
VESPERS is a hard X-ray microprobe beamline capable of providing a high level of complementary structural and analytical information. The techniques of X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy are employed to analyze a microscopic volume in the sample, as well as X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Multi-bandpass and pink beam capability are built in to meet various requirements. A mm-sized beam is also available for the experiments.
* Long shutdown scheduled from May 27 to the end of 2024 to replace LINAC.
* Cycle 40 (Jan-Jun 2025) Call for Proposals closed; Review in progress.
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List of Publications »
- Yang, Hang; Long, Xin; Liu, Fuyu; Zhou, Jiaxin; Chen, Ning et al. (2025). Interfacial engineering of defects-enriched RuO2-Co3O4-x/Cobalt Foam heterojunctions with modulated Ru-O-Co electronic bridges for long-term efficient sulfur removal and direct alkaline seawater hydrogen production. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 366, 125037. 10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125037.
- Liu, Yihong; Sun, Jiawei; McLeod, John A.; Deng, Ruoxin; Lee, Clement et al. (2025). Mn2+-doped (Mg,Zn)xGeOy submicron particles with tunable, excitation-energy-dependent multi-color persistent luminescence. Materials Today Chemistry 45, 102653. 10.1016/j.mtchem.2025.102653.
- Li, Mengna; Huang, Guohe; Chen, Xiujuan; Xu, Zeyuan; Huang, Jing et al. (2025). Development of an EOR-produced petroleum wastewater treatment system through integrated polyacrylonitrile membrane and ZrO2/sericin technologies: revelation of interactive mechanism based on synchrotron and XDLVO analyses. npj Clean Water 8(1) . 10.1038/s41545-025-00454-6.
Latest News »
- Beamline Update: VESPERS XRF Viewer GUI available
- Research Highlight: Tracking of Solution-Phase Concentration Profiles in Li-Ion Battery
- Research Highlight: Origin of Moisture Stability of Halide Solid-State Electrolytes
- Research Highlight: An efficient electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction
- Research Highlight: VO2 microrod from the reduction of V2O5 thin films