The Open Crystallography Journal

2011, 4 : 1-1
Published online 2011 March 10. DOI: 10.2174/1874846501104010001
Publisher ID: TOCRYJ-4-1

Editorial - Synchrotron Radiation and Cyanide-Bridged Metal Complexes

Takashiro Akitsu
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.

ABSTRACT

Nowadays measurements with synchrotron radiation were employed for physical, chemical, and biological researches as tools and methods of not only determination of crystal structures with X-ray diffraction but also various spectroscopic methods to investigate electronic states with various wavelengths. Recent development of synchrotron facilities themselves and near-future hybridization with XFEL or neutron will give significant possibility.