National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center

Table of Contents

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

PREFACE

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Surface and Nanostructures

-	In Situ STM and Ex Situ XPS and NEXAFS of Polyaniline Molecules Adsorbed on Au(111)

-	Multilength-scale Chemical Patterning of Self-assembled Monolayers by Spatially Controlled Plasma Exposure:Nanometer to Centimeter Range

Gas Phase / Molecular Science

-	Synthesis of Long Carbon Chains upon VUV Photolysis of Methane in Solid Neon

-	Two-photon Excitation: Investigation of Autoionizing Rydberg Series of Argon

Materials Physics

-	Spin Blockade, Orbital Occupation, and Charge Ordering in La_1.5 Sr_0.5CoO₄

-	Spin Handedness of Conical-spiral Magnetic Order in Multiferroic CoCr₂O₄

-	Novel Electronic Structure of a Highly Strained Oxide Interface

Materials Chemistry

-	Anion-exchange Induced Phase Transformation of Mesostructured Silica

-	Structure and Electronic Configuration of a Fe(II) Complex in LIESST State – a Pump and Probe Method

-	Sulfur Resistance Enhancement by Grafted TiO₂ in SiO₂-supported Pd Catalysts: Role of the Grafted TiO₂

-	Ferromagnetic CoPt₃ Nanowires : Structural Evolution from fcc to Ordered L1₂

Soft Matter

-	Origins of Anisotropic Hole Mobility in a Disordered Conjugated Polymer

-	Rapidly in Situ Forming Hydrogels via pH-responsive Nanostructure Transformation

-	Nanostructure and Hydrogen Spillover of Bridged Metal-organic Frameworks

Biology

-	Crystal Structure of the Membrane-bound Bifunctional Transglycosylase PBP1b from Escherichia Coli

-	Structural Studies of TDP-43- a New Player in Neurodegenerative Diseases

-	The Crystal Structure of a Replicative Hexameric Helicase DnaC and Its Complex with Single-stranded DNA

-	Divergences of Rib7 and RibG Reductases Involved in Riboflavin Biosynthesis

-	Key Insights into the Activation of Gelsolin Superfamily of Proteins

Accelerator Physics

-	THz-pulse-train Photoinjector

-	Construction and Operation of IASW-R2 Magnet in the TLS

TECHNICAL REPORTS ON TPS

	Civil Engineering of TPS

	Commissioning of 360 mA Top-up Operation

	Radiation Safety Analysis for the TPS Accelerators

FACILITY STATUS

	Accelerator Facility

	Beamlines and New End Stations

FIGURES & FACTS

APPENDIX

	Appendix I - List of Publications

	Appendix II - 2009 Users' Research Reports

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