Nonlocal XANES pre-edge feature of FeTiO3 ilmenite-type at Ti and Fe K-edge

The pre-K-edge feature of Ti and Fe XANES of ilmenite FeTiO3 were investigated. The electronic structure of FeTiO3 was examined based on the partial density of electronic state distribution on both local and nonlocal atoms. A strong contribution of nonlocal metal-metal intervalence electronic states of Ti and Fe pre-K-edge was observed in X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) measurement. This observation agrees well with the calculated...