X-ray spectroscopy

Derek Mendez and Xueli “Sherry” Zheng aim to accelerate drug discovery and improve energy storage.

Researchers at SLAC are developing experimental techniques to evaluate new candidates for inertial fusion energy targets. 

With a suite of reimagined instruments, researchers take up scientific inquiries that were out of reach just one year ago. 

Researchers used the upgraded LCLS to better understand what makes Xanthone – a powerful photocatalyst used in cancer therapies –  so efficient.  

Researchers taking the first-ever direct measurement of atom temperature in extremely hot materials inadvertently disproved a decades-old theory and upended our understanding of superheating. 

SLAC researchers drew on advanced computation and X-ray methods to track down a water-splitting copper catalyst.

Developed at SSRL, the method could help make those electrochemical conversions more robust and efficient.

Following a boom in catalysis users at SSRL, Beam Line 10-2 has been transformed and outfitted with new technologies. 

Using an advanced technique at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source, researchers make surprising discoveries.

Nickel dopants could improve sustainable production of ethylene oxide, a chemical widely used in industrial manufacturing.

Supported by SLAC’s catalysis group, researchers have discovered a promising method to remove contaminants during the making of polymers.

SSRL scientists have figured out how platinum electrodes dissolve, potentially paving the way for renewable energy improvements.