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Porträt Prof. Dr. Kvashnina, Kristina; FWOS

Prof. Dr. Kristina Kvashnina

Head of Department "Molecular Structures"
Responsible for the BM20 (ROBL) beamline at ESRF

Phone: +33 476 88 2367

Publications

2025

Gamma-irradiation-induced reduction of aqueous Se(VI) by natural pyrite

She, J.; Qin, D.; Scheinost, A.; Kang, M.; Jin, W.; et al. (8 authors)

Structure and Standard Entropy of Ba2MoO5

van Hattem, A.; de Geus, L.; Sacristan, A.; Dankelman, R.; Couweleers, S.; et al. (12 authors)

The magnetic exciton of EuS revealed by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

Amidani, L.; Joos, J.; Glatzel, P.; Kolorenc, J.

  • Physical Review Letters (2025)

2024

The role of redox and structure on grain growth in Mn-doped UO2

Murphy, G. L.; Bazarkina, E.; Rossberg, A.; Silva, C. L.; Amidani, L.; et al. (15 authors)

Yb 5Rh 6Sn18 : a valence fluctuating system with ultra-low thermal conductivity

Bolielyi, O.; Levytskyi, V.; Wagler, J.; Kvashnina, K.; Kundys, B.; et al. (7 authors)

Electronic-Structure Interpretation: How Much Do We Understand Ce L3 XANES?

Kvashnina, K.

Hydrothermal synthesis of (Zr,U)SiO4 : an efficient pathway to incorporate uranium into zircon

Estevenon, P.; Barral, T.; Avallone, A.; Jeffredo, M.; de la Hos, A.; et al. (13 authors)

A disposal-MOX concept for plutonium disposition

Cole, M. R.; Blackburn, L. R.; Haigh, L. T.; Bailey, D. J.; Townsend, L. T.; et al. (8 authors)

Self-healing ThSiO4-ZrSiO4 system under conditions relevant to underground nuclear waste repositories

Svitlyk, V.; Weiß, S.; Garbarino, G.; Shams Aldin Azzam, S.; Hübner, R.; et al. (8 authors)

Highly efficient uranium uptake by the eco-designed cocamidopropyl betaine-decorated Na-P1 coal fly-ash zeolite

Sobczyk, M.; Roßberg, A.; Santhana Krishna Kumar, A.; Marzec, M.; Cwanek, A.; et al. (8 authors)

Temperature dependent swelling transitions of Hummers graphite oxide in liquid 1-alcohols

Li, G.; Gurzeda, B.; Iakunkov, A.; Nordenström, A.; Boulanger, N.; et al. (9 authors)

Impact of the atmosphere on the sintering capability and chemical durability of Nd-doped UO2+x mixed oxides

Barral, T.; Bernar, M.; Le Goff, X. F.; Cabié, M.; Bazarkina, E.; et al. (10 authors)

Thioarsenate sorbs less than arsenite onto natural organic matter through ferric iron-bridged ternary complexation

Husain, M. A.; Besold, J.; Gustafsson, J. P.; Scheinost, A.; Planer-Friedrich, B.; et al. (6 authors)

Computational study on the octahedral surfaces of magnetite nanoparticles and their solvent interaction

Katheras, A. S.; Karalis, K.; Krack, M.; Scheinost, A.; Churakov, S. V.

The role of sulfur in palladium transport and fractionation from platinum by hydrothermal fluids

Laskar, C.; Bazarkina, E.; Pokrovski, G. S.

Improvement of Single-Crystal Structures of Very Heavy Element Compounds by Refining Anomalous Dispersion Parameters

Meurer, F.; Morrison, G.; Hischa, B.; Zur Loye, H.-C.; Hennig, C.; et al. (6 authors)

Investigation of radiation damage in the monazite-type solid solution La1-xCexPO4

Lender, T.; Murphy, G.; Bazarkina, E.; Bukaemskiy, A.; Gilson, S.; et al. (16 authors)

Neutron Reflectivity for Testing Graphene Oxide Films Sorption of EuCl3 in Ethanol Solution

Nordenström, A.; Boulanger, N.; Vorobiev, A.; Amidani, L.; Bauters, S.; et al. (8 authors)

Promethium bound

Kvashnina, K.

Operando double-edge high-resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of BiVO4 photoanodes

Piccioni, A.; Kesavan, J. K.; Amidani, L.; Mazzaro, R.; Berardi, S.; et al. (8 authors)

Microstructural Investigation of Au Ion-Irradiated Eu-Doped LaPO4 Ceramics and Single Crystals

Gilson, S.; Svitlyk, V.; Bukaemskiy, A. A.; Niessen, J.; Lender, T.; et al. (16 authors)

Structural Variety of Extended Arrays of Pancake-Bonded TCNQ Radicals: Steric Effect of the Bulky Cations

Stanić, P.; Smokrović, K.; Maltar-Strmečki, N.; Herak, M.; Meurer, F.; et al. (8 authors)

Functionalization of Tetraphosphido Ligands by Heterocumulenes

Hauer, S.; Balázs, G.; Gliese, F.; Meurer, F.; Horsley Downie, T. M.; et al. (8 authors)

Phase composition and stability of Gd2-xThxZrO7 under extreme conditions

Svitlyk, V.; Weiß, S.; Gabarono, G.; Hübner, R.; Worbs, A.; et al. (7 authors)

Probing the Long- and Short-Range Structural Chemistry in the C-Type Bixbyite Oxides Th0.40Nd0.48Ce0.12O1.76, Th0.47Nd0.43Ce0.10O1.785 and Th0.45Nd0.37Ce0.18O1.815 via Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction and Absorption Spectroscopy

Murphy, G. L.; Bazarkina, E.; Svitlyk, V.; Roßberg, A.; Potts, S.; et al. (9 authors)

Investigation of cerium as a surrogate for tetravalent actinides in monazite-type compounds

Lender, T.; Bazarkina, E.; Kvashnina, K.; Huittinen, N. M.; Peters, L.

Fabrication, defect chemistry and microstructure of Mn‑doped UO2

Smith, H.; Townsend, L. T.; Mohun, R.; Mosselmans, J. F. W.; Kvashnina, K.; et al. (7 authors)

Long-term, sustainable solutions to radioactive waste management

Kvashnina, K.; Claret, F.; Clavier, N.; Levitskaia, T. G.; Wainwright, H.; et al. (6 authors)

The lattice contraction of UO2 from Cr doping as determined via high resolution synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction

Murphy, G. L.; Svitlyk, V.; Henkes, M.; Sirochii, D.; Hennig, C.; et al. (8 authors)

Refinement of the uranium dispersion corrections from anomalous diffraction

Leinders, G.; Grendal, O. G.; Arts, I.; Bes, R.; Prozheev, I.; et al. (9 authors)

Partitioning and Mobility of Chromium in Iron-Rich Laterites from an Optimized Sequential Extraction Procedure

Delina, R. E. G.; Perez, J. P. H.; Stammeier, J. A.; Bazarkina, E.; Benning, L. G.

On the origin of low-valent uranium oxidation state

Silva, C. L.; Amidani, L.; Retegan, M.; Bazarkina, E. F.; Weiss, S.; et al. (8 authors)

Grazing incidence synchrotron radiation diffraction studies on irradiated Ce-doped and pristine Y-stabilized ZrO2 at the Rossendorf Beamline

Svitlyk, V.; Braga Ferreira Dos Santos, L.; Niessen, J.; Gilson, S.; Marquardt, J.; et al. (10 authors)

Influence of structural Fe content in clay minerals on selenite redox reactions: Kinetics and structural transformations

Qian, Y.; Scheinost, A.; Grangeon, S.; Hoving, A.; Churakov, S. V.; et al. (6 authors)

Insights into uranium sequestration by coal fly-ash-derived zeolites: Understanding via wet-chemistry, and advanced spectroscopies

Sobczyk, M.; Dinh, N.; Marzec, M.; Bazarkina, E.; Kvashnina, K.; et al. (8 authors)

2023

Deformation Mechanisms, Microstructures, and Seismic Anisotropy of Wadsleyite in the Earth's Transition Zone

Ledoux, E. E.; Saki, M.; Gay, J. P.; Krug, M.; Castelnau, O.; et al. (18 authors)

In-situ study of microstructures induced by the olivine to wadsleyite transformation at conditions of the 410 km depth discontinuity

Ledoux, E.; Krug, M.; Gay, J.; Chantel, J.; Hilairet, N.; et al. (14 authors)

Revealing the Incorporation of Cerium in Fluorapatite

Manceau, A.; Mathon, O.; Lomachenko, K. A.; Rovezzi, M.; Kvashnina, K.; et al. (8 authors)

Effect of carbon content on electronic structure of uranium carbides

Butorin, S. M.; Bauters, S.; Amidani, L.; Beck, A.; Rossberg, A.; et al. (9 authors)

Effect of Chain Length on Swelling Transitions of Brodie Graphite Oxide in Liquid 1-Alcohols

Iakunkov, A.; Nordenström, A.; Boulanger, N.; Li, G.; Hennig, C.; et al. (8 authors)

Spatiotemporal Studies of Soluble Inorganic Nanostructures with X-rays and Neutrons

Yin, J.-F.; Amidani, L.; Chen, J.; Li, M.; Xue, B.; et al. (9 authors)

  • Open Access Logo Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 63(2024)1, e202310953
    Online First (2023) DOI: 10.1002/anie.202310953

A multimodal X-ray spectroscopy investigation of uranium speciation in ThTi2O6 compounds with the brannerite structure

Dixon Wilkins, M. C.; Townsend, L. T.; Stennett, M. C.; Kvashnina, K.; Corkhill, C. L.; et al. (6 authors)

Stability and speciation of hydrated magnetite {111} surfaces from ab initio simulations with relevance for geochemical redox processes

Katheras, A. S.; Karalis, K.; Krack, M.; Scheinost, A.; Churakov, S. V.

Oxygen vacancy clusters in bulk cerium oxide and the impact of gold atoms

Longo, A.; Mirone, A.; de Clermont Gallerande, E.; Sahle, C. J.; Casaletto, M. P.; et al. (8 authors)

Synthesis of Single Crystals of ε-Iron and Direct Measurements of Its Elastic Constants

Dewaele, A.; Amadon, B.; Bosak, A.; Svitlyk, V.; Occelli, F.

Uptake of Pu(IV) by hardened cement paste in the presence of gluconate at high and low ionic strengths

Stietz, J.; Amayri, S.; Häußler, V.; Prieur, D.; Reich, T.

Revisiting the selenium interactions with pyrite: from adsorption to coprecipitation

Guida, C.; Ramothe, V.; Chappaz, A.; Simonnin, P.; Rosso, K. M.; et al. (10 authors)

Deep anoxic aquifers could act as sinks for uranium through microbial-assisted mineral trapping

Pidchenko, I. N.; Christensen, J. N.; Kutzschbach, M.; Ignatyev, K.; Puigdomenech, I.; et al. (14 authors)

Trimorphic TaCrP – A diffraction and 31P solid state NMR spectroscopic study

Paulsen, C.; Maximilian Gerdes, J.; Svitlyk, V.; Kai Reimann, M.; Rabenbauer, A.; et al. (8 authors)

Unraveling the Np(V) Sorption on the Nuclear Fuel Cladding Corrosion Product ZrO₂: a Batch, Spectroscopic and Modeling Combined Approach

Jessat, I.; Foerstendorf, H.; Roßberg, A.; Scheinost, A.; Lützenkirchen, J.; et al. (8 authors)

Chemistry of the interaction and retention of TcVII and TcIV species at the Fe3O4(001) surface

Bianchetti, E.; Faria Oliveira, A.; Scheinost, A.; Di Valentin, C.; Seifert, G.

Tuning catalytic activity of Ni–Co nanoparticles synthesized by gamma-radiolytic reduction of acetate aqueous solutions

Yang, Y.; Korzhavyi, P.; Nikolaychuk, P.; Bazarkina, E.; Kvashnina, K.; et al. (8 authors)

Oxygen K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectra of ThO2 and CeO2: experiment, interpretation and structural effects.

Amidani, L.; Dumas, T.; Shuh, D. K.; Butorin, S. M.; Sahle, C. J.; et al. (7 authors)

Fission products speciation in spent mixed oxide nuclear fuel: synthesis and characterisation of Pu-bearing SIMfuel

Caprani, R.; Martin, P.; Prieur, D.; Martinez, J.; Lebreton, F.; et al. (12 authors)

The state of Ag in pyrrhotite: insights from X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Filimonova, O. N.; Wermeille, D.; Kvashnina, K.

Comparison between mechanisms and microstructures of α − γ, γ − ϵ and α − ϵ − α phase transitions in iron

Freville, R.; Dewaele, A.; Bruzy, N.; Svitlyk, V.; Garbarino, G.

Influence of sintering conditions on the structure and the redox speciation of homogenous (U,Ce)O2+δ ceramics : a synchrotron study

Massonnet, M.; Claparede, L.; Martinez, J.; Martin, P.; Hunault, M. O. J. Y.; et al. (9 authors)

Selective crystallization of a highly radiation-resistant isonicotinic acid-based metal-organic framework as a primary actinide waste form

Lv, K.; Patzschke, M.; März, J.; Kvashnina, K.; Schmidt, M.

Investigation of the intrinsic magnetic properties of GdCo4B single crystal: determination of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy from the first-order magnetization processes

Svitlyk, V.; Kuz’Min, M. D.; Mozharivskyj, Y.; Isnard, O.

Oxidation state and structure of Fe in nontronite: From oxidizing to reducing conditions

Qian, Y.; Scheinost, A.; Grangeon, S.; Greneche, J.-M.; Hoving, A.; et al. (9 authors)

Deconvoluting Cr States in Cr-Doped UO2 Nuclear Fuels via Bulk and Single Crystal Spectroscopic Studies

Murphy, G. L.; Gericke, R.; Gilson, S.; Bazarkina, E.; Roßberg, A.; et al. (16 authors)

Variability of radionuclide sorption efficiency on muscovite cleavage planes

Schabernack, J.; Faria Oliveira, A.; Heine, T.; Fischer, C.

Presence of uranium(V) during uranium(VI) reduction by Desulfosporosinus hippei DSM 8344T

Hilpmann, S.; Roßberg, A.; Steudtner, R.; Drobot, B.; Hübner, R.; et al. (11 authors)

The nature of π-hole interaction between iodide anion and quinoid ring in the crystalline state

Milašinović, V.; Vedran Vuković, V.; Krawczuk, A.; Krešimir Molčanov, K.; Hennig, C.; et al. (6 authors)

From molecular oxo-hydroxo Ce clusters to crystalline CeO2

Estevenon, P.; Amidani, L.; Bauters, S.; Tamain, C.; Bodensteiner, M.; et al. (9 authors)

Assessing the reactivity of Fe(II) sorbed on smectite clays: U(VI) reduction

Chakraborty, S.; Banerjee, D.; Scheinost, A.; Grenèche, J.-M.; Favre, F.; et al. (7 authors)

2022

Stabilization mechanism of molecular orbital crystals in IrTe2

Ritschel, T.; Stahl, Q.; Kusch, M.; Trinckauf, J.; Garbarino, G.; et al. (10 authors)

Contribution of X-ray Spectroscopy to Mineralogy: Exploring Platinum Using High-Energy Resolution Fluorescence Detection X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, HERFD-XAS

Bazarkina, E.; Laskar, C.; Kokh, M. A.; Hazemann, J.-L.; Foulon, S.; et al. (8 authors)

Stability and structure of platinum sulfide complexes in hydrothermal fluids

Laskar, C.; Bazarkina, E.; Kokh, M.; Hazemann, J.-L.; Vuilleumier, R.; et al. (7 authors)

High-Pressure and High-Temperature Chemistry of Phosphorus and Nitrogen: Synthesis and Characterization of α- and γ‑P3N5

Ceppatelli, M.; Scelta, D.; Serrano-Ruiz, M.; Dziubek, K.; Izquierdo-Ruiz, F.; et al. (11 authors)

Martensitic fcc-hcp transformation pathway in solid krypton and xenon and its effect on their equations of state

Rosa, A. D.; Dewaele, A.; Garbarino, G.; Svitlyk, V.; Morard, G.; et al. (11 authors)

Rare radioisotopes at the ready

Kvashnina, K.

Temperature dependent intercalation of molten 1-hexadecanol into Brodie graphite oxide

Nordenström, A.; Iakunkov, A.; Boulanger, N.; Li, G.; Hennig, C.; et al. (9 authors)

Low thermal conductivity in bournonite PbCuSbS3: A comprehensive study

Zuniga-Puelles, E.; Cardoso-Gil, R.; Ozden, A.; Bulut, N.; Himcinschi, C.; et al. (8 authors)

Sulfidation and Reoxidation of U(VI)-Incorporated Goethite: Implications for U Retention during Sub-Surface Redox Cycling

Stagg, O.; Morris, K.; Townsend, L. T.; Kvashnina, K.; Baker, M. L.; et al. (8 authors)

Uranium reduction by magnetite – mechanism of UO2 formation monitored by STEM, SAED and EELS

Lagrange, T.; Pan, Z.; Bártová, B.; Butorin, S. M.; Hyatt, N. C.; et al. (8 authors)

Shedding light on the enigmatic TcO₂·xH₂O structure with density functional theory and EXAFS spectroscopy

Faria Oliveira, A.; Kuc, A. B.; Heine, T.; Abram, U.; Scheinost, A.

Pbx(OH)y cluster formation in STI framework-type zeolites: anomalous thermal behaviour and increased thermal stability

Cametti, G.; Roos, D. P.; Churakov, S. V.; Prieur, D.; Scheinost, A. C.

Composition dependent polymorphism and superconductivity in Y3+x{Rh,Ir}4Ge13-x

Feig, M.; Carrillo-Cabrera, W.; Bobnar, M.; Simon, P.; Curfs, C.; et al. (9 authors)

Stability of doped zirconia under extreme conditions: towards long-term and secure storage of radioactive waste

Svitlyk, V.; Weiß, S.; Hennig, C.

Anion-specific structure and stability of guanidinium-bound DNA origami

Hanke, M.; Dornbusch, D.; Hadlich, C.; Roßberg, A.; Hansen, N.; et al. (9 authors)

A combined extended x–ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy and density functional theory study of americium vs. yttrium adsorption on corundum (α–Al2O3)

Huittinen, N. M.; Virtanen, S.; Roßberg, A.; Eibl, M.; Lönnrot, S.; et al. (6 authors)

Temperature dependent swelling transitions in MXene Ti3C2Tx

Iakunkov, A.; Nordenström, A.; Boulanger, N.; Hennig, C.; Baburin, I.; et al. (6 authors)

CeO2-azacrown conjugate as a nanoplatform for combined radiopharmaceuticals

Khabirova, S. Y.; Aleshin, G. Y.; Plakhova, T. V.; Zubenko, A. D.; Shchukina, A. A.; et al. (11 authors)

Cr2+ solid solution in UO2 evidenced by advanced spectroscopy

Smith, H.; Townsend, L. T.; Mohun, R.; Cordara, T.; Stennett, M.; et al. (9 authors)

High surface area “3D Graphene Oxide” for enhanced sorption of radionuclides

Boulanger, N.; Kuzenkova, A. S.; Iakunkov, A.; Nordenström, A.; Romanchuk, A. Y.; et al. (14 authors)

“X-ray diffraction spectroscopy” – Refinement of dispersion correction parameters for XRD measurements of Mo(CO)6 at the Mo K-edge

Meurer, F.; Dolomanov, O. V.; Hennig, C.; Peyerimhoff, N.; Kleemiss, F.; et al. (7 authors)

X-ray spectroscopic study of chemical state in uranium carbides

Butorin, S. M.; Bauters, S.; Amidani, L.; Beck, A.; Weiss, S.; et al. (7 authors)

Immobilization of radiotoxic elements with Y-stabilized zirconia: the Thorium case

Svitlyk, V.; Weiß, S.; Hennig, C.

Selenium nanowire formation by reaction of selenate with magnetite

Poulain, A.; Fernandez-Martinez, A.; Greneche, J.-M.; Prieur, D.; Scheinost, A.; et al. (13 authors)

Oxidation of Micro- and Nanograined UO2Pellets by in Situ Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction

de Bona, E.; Popa, K.; Walter, O.; Cologna, M.; Hennig, C.; et al. (7 authors)

Effective coordination numbers from EXAFS: General approaches for dioxides

Romanchuk, A.; Trigub, A.; Plakhova, T.; Kuzenkova, A.; Svetogorov, R.; et al. (7 authors)

To form or not to form: PuO2 nanoparticles at acidic pH

Gerber, E.; Romanchuk, A. Y.; Weiss, S.; Kuzenkova, A.; Hynault, M.; et al. (10 authors)

HERFD-XANES and RIXS study on the electronic structure of trivalent lanthanides across a series of isostructural compounds

Zasimov, P. V.; Amidani, L.; Retegan, M.; Walter, O.; Caciuffo, R.; et al. (6 authors)

Insights into the Electronic Structure of a U(IV) Amido and U(V) Imido Complex

Köhler, L.; Patzschke, M.; Bauters, S.; Vitova, T.; Butorin, S. M.; et al. (9 authors)

2021

Tungsten (VI) speciation in hydrothermal solutions up to 400°c as revealed by in-situ Raman spectroscopy

Carocci, E.; Truche, L.; Cathelineau, M.; Bazarkina, E.

Application of multi-edge HERFD-XAS to assess the uranium valence electronic structure in potassium uranate (KUO3)

Bes, R.; Leinders, G.; Kvashnina, K.

Sc3Ir4Si13+x and Sc4Ir7Ge6 – the perovskite-related crystal structures

Levytskyi, V.; Wagler, J.; Hennig, C.; Feig, M.; Weigel, T.; et al. (8 authors)

Uranium remobilisation in anoxic deep rock-groundwater system in response to late Quaternary climate changes – Results from Forsmark, Sweden

Suksi, J.; Tullborg, E.-L.; Pidchenko, I.; Krall, L.; Sandström, B.; et al. (9 authors)

Charge distribution in U1-xCexO2+y nanoparticles

Prieur, D.; Vigier, J.-F.; Popa, K.; Walter, O.; Dieste, O.; et al. (10 authors)

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