The INFN-LNF present and future accelerator-based light facilities.

The INFN-Frascati National Laboratory (LNF) is nowadays running a 0.51 GeV electron-positron collider, DA NE, that also represents the synchrotron radiation source of the beamlines of the DA NE-Light facility. Not being DA NE dedicated to synchrotron radiations activities, the DA NE-Light facility can use it mainly in parasitic mode.

Characterization of a Poly-4-Vinylpyridine-Supported CuPd Bimetallic Catalyst for Sonogashira Coupling Reactions.

CuPd bimetallic solvated metal atoms (SMA) synthesized by metal vapor synthesis (MVS) technique and supported on poly-4-vinylpyridine (PVPy) resin, showed significantly higher catalytic activity in Sonogashira-type carbon-carbon coupling reactions than the corresponding monometallic Cu and Pd systems as well as their physical mixture. The analysis of the bimetallic catalyst combining transmission electron microscopy techniques and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy revealed the presence of small Pd nanoparticles (d =2.5 nm) while the analysis of the X-ray absorption data, at the Cu K-edge suggests the formation of thin and incomplete Cu oxide layers around the Pd-rich cores.

Exploiting soft and hard X-ray absorption spectroscopy to characterize metallodrug/protein interactions: the binding of [trans-RuCl4(Im)(dimethylsulfoxide)][ImH] (Im = imidazole) to bovine serum albumin.

The reaction of bovine serum albumin (BSA) with [ trans-RuCl 4(Im)(dimethylsulfoxide)][ImH] (Im = imidazole) (NAMI-A), an experimental ruthenium(III) anticancer drug, and the formation of the respective NAMI-A/BSA adduct were investigated by X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at the sulfur and chlorine K-edges and at the ruthenium K- and L 3-edges. Ruthenium K and L 3-edge spectra proved unambiguously that the ruthenium center remains in the oxidation state +3 after protein binding. Comparative analysis of the chlorine K-edge XAS spectra of NAMI-A and NAMI-A/BSA, revealed that the chlorine environment is greatly perturbed upon protein binding.

Qualitative detection of Mg content in a leaf of Hedera helix by using X-ray radiation from a laser plasma source.

In this article, a method to reveal the presence of Mg content inside the different parts of leaves of Hedera helix is presented. In fact a sample of a Hedera helix's leaf, commonly characterized by a green and a white side, is analyzed under X-ray radiation. The presence of two zones with different colors in the Hedera helix's leaf has not been explained.

Metal-support interaction and redox behavior of Pt(1 wt %)/Ce0.6Zr0.4O2.

The catalyst Pt(1 wt %)/Ce(0.6)Zr(0.4)O(2) is studied by CO-temperature programmed reduction (CO-TPR), isothermal oxygen storage complete capacity (OSCC), X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at the Pt L(III) edge, and in situ X-ray diffraction (in situ XRD), with the aim of elucidating the role of supported metal in CO oxidation by ceria-based three-way catalysts (TWC).

A new cell for the study of in situ chemical reactions using X-ray absorption spectroscopy.

An in situ cell for reductive and oxidative treatments at different temperatures that allows the possibility of recording data as a function of temperature has been designed and constructed for X-ray absorption experiments at the GILDA beamline BM08 of ESRF. The cell is linked to a mass quadrupole spectrometer providing control of the reaction gases and monitoring of the products. The apparatus allows measurements to be performed both in transmission and fluorescence geometry.