Department of Molecular Structures

Research

• X-ray absorption spectroscopy of actinides in environmentally relevant systems
• Determination of structural parameters for the near-neighbor environment of actinides by EXAFS:
  e.g. aqueous speciation, complexation with dissolved inorganic ligands like chloride, sulfate or nitrate complexation with organic ligands like acetate or humic acid, interaction with bacteria and plants,
  sorption to mineral and rock surfaces
• X-ray absorption spectroscopy of actinides and metalloids under reduced conditions, either by electrochemical reduction, inorganic reduction by Fe(II), or organic reduction by anaerobic microorganisms
• Structure of actinides in non-aqueous ionic liquids

Equipment

• Experiments are performed at the Rossendorf Beamline (BM20-ROBL), at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France
• 13-element Ge fluorescence detector (Canberra) with digital signal analysis (XIA)
• Closed-cycle He cryostat (CryoVac)
• Modeling software: WinXAS, SixPack, Athena, Artemis, EXAFSPAK and FEFF8

The Molecular Structure Division runs the XAS station for Radiochemistry of the Rossendorf Beamline at the  European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France.

Staff

Most team members are permanently at the ESRF in Grenoble (France).
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Head
Name	Bld./Office	+49 351 260	Email
Scheinost Dr. habil., Andreas	21-6/6-04	+33 476 88 2462 +33 6 340 358 18
Employees
Name	Bld./Office	+49 351 260	Email
Amidani, Lucia		+33 476 88 1982	l.amidanihzdr.de
Baumann Dr., Nils		+33 476 88 2449	n.baumannhzdr.de
Bauters, Stephen		+33 476 88 4052	s.bautershzdr.de
Exner, Jörg		+33 476 88 2372	joerg.exneresrf.fr
Gerber, Evgeny		+33 476 88 2004 +33 6 258 945 87	e.gerberhzdr.de
Hennig Dr., Christoph	21-6/6-02A	+33 476 88 2005	hennigesrf.fr
Kvashnina Dr., Kristina		+33 476 88 2367	k.kvashnina@hzdr.de
Naudet, Damien		+33 476 88 1941	d.naudethzdr.de
Pidchenko Dr., Ivan	801/P352	3328	i.pidchenkohzdr.de
Prieur Dr., Damien		+33 476 88 2849	d.prieurhzdr.de
Roßberg Dr., André	21-6/6-02A	+33 476 88 2847