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John Vinson (Fed)

Physicist

My primary interest is first-principles spectroscopy, focusing on near-edge x-ray absorption, emission, and resonant inelastic x-ray scattering. Computational spectroscopy provides a direct connection between the structure of a material on the atomic scale to the spectra that can be observed in experiments. I work with groups inside and outside of NIST to help them interpret and understand their measurements. I am also the lead developer of the spectroscopy code OCEAN

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Awards

  • KIT International Excellence Fellow

Selected Publications

Publications

Non-resonant Two-photon X-ray Absorption in Cu

Author(s)
Joshua Kas, John Rehr, Joachim Stöhr, John Vinson
We present a real-space Green's function theory and calculations of two-photon x-ray absorption (TPA). Our focus is on nonresonant K-shell TPA in metallic Cu

Platinum Hydride Formation during Cathodic Corrosion in Aqueous Solutions

Author(s)
Thomas Hersbach, Angel T. Garcia-Esparza, Selwyn Hanselman, Thijs Hoogenboom, Ian McCrum, Dimitra Anastasiadou, Jeremey Feaster, Thomas Jaramillo, John Vinson, Thomas Kroll, Amanda Garcia, Petr Krtil, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Marc Koper
Cathodic corrosion is an electrochemical phenomenon that dramatically etches metals under commonly used electrocatalytic conditions. Though cathodic corrosion
Created February 26, 2019, Updated December 29, 2024
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