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锐钛矿TiO2单晶Ti K-edge的X射线吸收线性二色性

X-ray Absorption Linear Dichroism at the Ti K-edge of TiO2 anatase single crystals

T. C. Rossi, D. Grolimund, M. Nachtegaal, O. Cannelli, G. F. Mancini, C. Bacellar, D. Kinschel, J. R. Rouxel, N. Ohannessian, D. Pergolesi, T. Lippert, M. Chergui

AI总结:

本研究通过实验与理论计算,明确了锐钛矿TiO2钛K-edge前边缘峰的跃迁归属,揭示了A1局域杂化、A3和B非局域偶极及A2四极特性,为相关材料电子结构表征和超快XAS应用奠定基础。

摘要:

锐钛矿TiO2(a-TiO2)在钛K-edge处表现出强烈的X射线吸收线性二色性,该二色性与X射线入射角相关,涉及前边缘、XANES和EXAFS区域。在前边缘区域,源自1s-3d跃迁的A1-A3和B峰的行为归因于强p轨道极化和强p-d轨道混合。在单电子近似下,借助从头算有限差分法计算和球张量分析,对前边缘峰跃迁进行了明确归属,定量结果与实验一致。研究发现,A1主要是局域的3d-4p杂化跃迁,而A3和B峰为非局域跃迁,其中A3以偶极为主,受3d-4p位间杂化影响,而B则源于更长程的相互作用。最后,先前被归因于涉及五配位钛原子跃迁的A2峰,其角演化表现出四极特性。这些结果为利用a-TiO2 K-edge前边缘峰表征相关材料的电子结构铺平了道路,并在超快XAS领域,线性二色性可用于比较不同轴向上的光物理过程。

英文摘要:

Anatase TiO2 (a-TiO2) exhibits a strong X-ray absorption linear dichroism with the X-ray incidence angle in the pre-edge, the XANES and the EXAFS at the titanium K-edge. In the pre-edge region the behaviour of the A1-A3 and B peaks, originating from the 1s-3d transitions, is due to the strong $p$-orbital polarization and strong $p-d$ orbital mixing. An unambiguous assignment of the pre-edge peak transitions is made in the monoelectronic approximation with the support of ab initio finite difference method calculations and spherical tensor analysis in quantitative agreement with the experiment. It is found that A1 is mostly an on-site 3d-4p hybridized transition, while peaks A3 and B are non-local transitions, with A3 being mostly dipolar and influence by the 3d-4p intersite hybridization, while B is due to interactions at longer range. Finally, peak A2 which was previously assigned to a transition involving pentacoordinated titanium atoms exhibits a quadrupolar angular evolution with incidence angle. These results pave the way to the use of the pre-edge peaks at the K-edge of a-TiO2 to characterize the electronic structure of related materials and in the field of ultrafast XAS where the linear dichroism can be used to compare the photophysics along different axes.

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