National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center

NSRRC Activity Report 2020

Table of Contents

Message from the Director

Preface

Research Highlights

Physics and Materials Science

-	Control of Nanoscale Transport with a Novel Size Effect

-	Building Spintronic Devices with Functional Heterojunctions

-	Two Steps Are Better than One

-	Bending a Colossal Magnetoresistance

-	Skyrmions at Room Temperature

Chemical Science

-	Organic Chemistry in Space—X-ray Processing of a Realistic Ice Mantle

-	The Rougher the Better

-	Removing Heavy-Metal Ions from Water

-	A Crystalline Open-Framework Transformation within Minutes

-	Sequential Spin-State Transition and Intermetallic Charge Transfer in PbCoO3 under High Pressure

-	Hard X-ray Spectroscopy: Verification of the Active Species in Pd-Catalyzed Reactions

Soft Matter

-	Molecular Orientation of a π-Conjugated Polymer Monolayer

-	Iron-Coordinating π-Conjugated Semiconducting Polymer

-	Hierarchical Superhelices from Achiral Polymers

-	Relation Between Melting Behavior and Phase Transitions in Polymer Crystallization

Life Science

-	Small Molecule Targeting T:T Mismatches in CTG Trinucleotide Repeat DNA Induces a Unique Structure

-	The Sodium-Dependent Phosphate Transporter: To Reveal Insight into Human Solute Carrier SLC20

-	Human DNMT3B Structure: Insights into Flanking Sequence Preference and Processive Methylation

-	Lead (Pb) Contamination Improved by Cyanidiales

-	Molecular Basis of Avanafil’s Superior Isoform Selectivity Toward Phosphodiesterase 5A1

Energy Science

-	Black Phosphorus Composites with Engineered Interfaces for High-Rate High-Capacity Lithium Storage

-	Decreasing Emissions from Ammonia Production with Electrolysis

-	Heterogeneous Metal-Metal and Metal-Oxide Interfaces of Nanocatalysts Enable CO2 Reduction with High Performance

-	Reconstructions Revive Active Centers

Environmental and Earth Science

-	Health Risk-Oriented Source Apportionment of PM2.5-Associated Trace Metals

-	Using Synchrotron X-rays to Investigate the Pb Stabilization for PZT Ceramic Materials

-	Mechanism of Oxidative Dissolution and Sequestration of Stibnite on Pyrite

-	Black Carbon Enriches Short-Range-Order Ferrihydrite in Amazonian Dark Earth

Neutron Science

-	Local Structural Distortion as a New Design Strategy for High-Performance Nonlinear Optical Materials

-	Magnetic Frustration Induces Liquid-Like Short-Range Ordering in Cubic Mn1.5Cr1.5O4

-	First Inelastic Neutron Scattering from a SrRuO3 Thin Film

-	High zT and Its Origin in Sb‐Doped GeTe Single Crystals

-	Seeing Nanoparticles Combat Superbugs Through Neutrons

-	Neutron Experiments Exploring Advanced Metallurgy

Facility Status

	Status of TLS and TPS Accelerators

	Progress on Elliptically Polarized Undulators at the NSRRC

	Global Tune Feedback in TPS

	A New-Type Standard Leak Element Using Femtosecond Laser Micromachining

	Conceptual Design of TPS Phase-III Beamlines

	High-Resolution Powder X-ray Diffraction

	Biological Small-Angle X-ray Scattering at Taiwan Photon Source

	Current Status of TPS 07A

Facts & Figures

Appendix

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Resources / Publications

Activity Report 2020

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