Analysis of the forgotten parts of the Ge K edge spectra: life before the EXAFS oscillations

The white line and X‐ray absorption near edge spectros‐copy (XANES) spectral regions of the Ge K edge, ∼11100 to 11112 eV, and between 11112 and 11180 eV and beyond, contain electronic structure information that complements near‐neighbor bonding information in the single‐scattering EXAFS regime. The multiple‐scattering XANES features are not generally addressed in EXAFS studies that are targeted to obtain bonding information. There are...