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Activity Report 2013

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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

PREFACE

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Physics and Chemistry of Materials

-	How Does Antiferromagnetism Drive the Magnetization of a Ferromagnet to Align Out of Plane?

-	Hydrogen Powers the Future

-	The Size Does Matter!

-	A New Way to Create Multifunctionality

Molecular Science

-	UV and IR Spectra to Determine Simulated Astrophysical Species

-	Photochemistry of the Most Abundant Gaseous Element N2 in the Solid Phase

Soft Matter

-	Toward Better Solid-State Order and Performance of D–A Conjugated Polymers: Fluorine Substitution

-	Template-Directed Synthesis of Multibranched Gold with Surface Plasmon Resonance

-	Optimal Morphology of a Bulk Heterojunction Layer: Toward Highly Efficient Solar Cells

Life Science

-	Organic Remains in Fossil Embryo of a Dinosaur

-	Open Pores on Membrane

-	Protein-Protein Interaction

-	Drug Discovery with Protein X-ray Crystallography

-	A Lon Story

Energy Science

-	Probing a Correlation between Morphology and Performance in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

-	3D Ordered Macroporous Inverse-Opal Electrodes Enable High Energy Storage

-	A Catalyst that Efficiently Transforms Methane into Methanol at Room Temperature

FACILITY STATUS

	Accelerator Availability and Reliability

	Beamline for Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

	Biopharmaceutical Beamlines

	Current Status of TPS Construction

	Highly Precise Temperature Control and Energy Saving for an Air-Conditioning System

	Highly Efficient Beamline and Spectrometer for Inelastic Soft X-ray Scattering at High Resolution

	Submicron X-ray Diffraction Beamline

FACTS & FIGURES

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