INVESTIGATION OF BONDING IN NANO—SiO2 BY Si L2，3 X—RAY ABSORPTION NEAR—EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY

The Si L2,3 X-ray absorption near-edge structure(XANES) can be used to probe the local structure around Si and derive electronic information of the unoccupied s- and d-like partial density of states in nano-size SiO2.We present Si L2,3-edge for three different size silicates acquired by total electron yield(TEY) at the photoemission atation of Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF).The Si L2,3-edge spectra are interpreted based on ab initio full multiple-scattering(MS) calculation.The Si L2,3-edge of nano-size materials has XANES similar to that of α-quartz.The similarities between the Si L2,3-edge shapes attest to a common molecular-orbital picture of their Si-O bonding and the same coordination state.However,a considerable broadening of Si L2,3-edge XANES spectra as decrease of particle size is also an indicative of polyhedral distortions.