{"id":51608,"date":"2025-06-03T12:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/in2ub\/?p=51608"},"modified":"2025-06-03T12:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:27:29","slug":"making-the-invisible-visible-challenges-and-opportunities-of-xmcd-at-the-nanoscale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/in2ub\/making-the-invisible-visible-challenges-and-opportunities-of-xmcd-at-the-nanoscale\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Invisible Visible: Challenges and Opportunities of XMCD at the Nanoscale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) is a powerful technique that measures differences in X-ray absorption using circularly polarized light to reveal magnetic properties in materials. With much higher magnetic contrast than visible-light techniques, XMCD\u2014especially when combined with advanced synchrotron sources and spectral analysis\u2014enables precise, element-specific quantification of magnetic moments. As a key tool for investigating magnetic nanostructures and spin textures, XMCD has become essential for studying magnetism at the nanoscale and atomic scale. This review, with the participation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/in2ub\/grup-de-recerca\/group-of-magnetic-nanomaterials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Group of Magnetic Nanomaterials,<\/a> outlines the fundamental principles, experimental approaches, and wide-ranging applications of XMCD in modern magnetism research.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aricle: X-ray magnetic circular dichroism. A. F. Vaz, G. van der Laan, S. A. Cavill, H. A. D\u00fcrr, A. Fraile Rodr\u00edguez, F. Kronast, W. Kuch, Ph. Sainctavit, G. Sch\u00fctz, H. Wende, E. Weschke &amp; F. Wilhelm. Nat Rev Methods Primers 5, 28 (2025).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43586-025-00397-9\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43586-025-00397-9<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) is a powerful technique that measures differences in X-ray absorption using circularly polarized light to reveal magnetic properties in materials. With much higher magnetic contrast than visible-light techniques, XMCD\u2014especially when combined with advanced synchrotron sources and spectral analysis\u2014enables precise, element-specific quantification of magnetic moments. 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