Fig. 6: Soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism of Pd.

Normalized experimental (a, b, thick coloured lines) and simulated c, d X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectra around the Pd M3 edge of [PdCl4]2− (ref), CoPd12P8 (1), FePd12P8 (2), FePd12(PhAs)8 (3), and PdPd12As8 (4). For comparison, the best fit to experimental data is shown as thin grey lines in panels a, b. All spectra were multiplied by a factor of 100 with respect to the normalized XANES presented in Figs. 4 and 5.