On May 25-29, 2024, Ozensoy Research Group members, Ayşe Dilay Erdali, Dr.  Seda Karaboğa, Dr. Rukiye Babacan Tosun, and Dr. Yusuf Koçak carried out experiments in the SESAME International Synchrotron Research Facility in Amman, Jordan. SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) is a third-generation synchrotron light source. It is the first synchrotron light source in the Middle East and neighboring countries and represents the region’s first international accelerator facility. In their experiments at SESAME, Ozensoy group members investigated the electronic structure and chemical coordination nature of Rh-based single-atom-catalysts (SAC) using X-ray Absorption Fine Structure/X-ray Fluorescence (XAFS/XRF) spectroscopy.

Our graduate students Hatice Arı, Ertan İşsever, Yaren Şevval Özdoğan, and Emir Utku Şekercileroğlu also visited and worked at the SESAME facility between June 23rd and June 26th. They used the Materials Science (MS) beamline at SESAME, which is designed for X-ray Diffraction (XRD). The aim was to resolve the crystal structure of solids previously formed in gel media through reaction-diffusion phenomena. The students received travel grants from TENMAK (Türkiye Enerji, Nükleer ve Maden Araştırma Kurumu) for this visit.

The SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science And Applications in the Middle East), the first major synchrotron light source in the Middle East, is located at Allan, Jordan. Synchrotron light is a highly intense and collimated radiation generated when electrons are accelerated to nearly the speed of light and bent through magnetic fields created by powerful magnets. The light consists of a broad range of electromagnetic spectrum from infrared to X-rays.