Photon Factory Activity Report 2025

Photon Factory Activity Report 2025

Users' Report

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Users' Short Reports
[Atomic and Molecular Science] [Surface and Interface] [Materials Science] [Chemistry] [High Pressure Science] [Biological Science] [Medical Applications] [Industrial Applications] [Instrumentation and Techniques] [Other]

Atomic and Molecular Science
No.	Title	First Author	Proposal No.	Beamline
63	Spectral Changes of Phosphates from Solid to Liquid Phases in Oxygen K-Edge X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy	NAGASAKA Masanari	2023G032, 2024G126	BL-7A
118	Simultaneous Soft X-Ray Absorption Measurements of Bulk Water and Interfacial Water on Gold Surfaces	KUMAKI Fumitoshi	2025S2-003	BL-13A
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Surface and Interface
No.	Title	First Author	Proposal No.	Beamline
39	In Situ TREXS Observation of the Oxidation Process of an Alumina Coated Stainless Steel Plate at High Temperature (Japanese)	Bando K. Kyoko	2025PF-G019	BL-9C, BL-12C, AR-NW2A
44	Development of OER Catalysts via Deposition of NiO_x on FeO_x in Borate Buffer and Operando XAFS Measurements (Japanese)	ONO Ryosuke	2024G647, 2025G664	BL-7A, BL-9A, BL-12A, BL-16A
53	Verification and Mechanistic Elucidation of the Water-Gas Shift Reaction on Magnetite Surfaces near Room Temperature Using Near-Ambient Pressure X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (Japanese)	SHIMIZU K. Tomoko	2024P014	BL-13B
103	Surface Atomic Structure Analysis of Beta-Gallium Oxide by Total-Reflection High-Energy Positron Diffraction (Japanese)	HANADA Takashi	2021G551	SPF
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Materials Science
No.	Title	First Author	Proposal No.	Beamline
1	Effects of Freeze−Thaw Treatment on the Mechanical and Structural Properties of Konjac Glucomannan Gels	TAKENO Hiroyuki	2023G154	BL-6A
2	XMCD study of NiFe₂O₄ coupled with 2D MXene layers	PATRA Jayashree	2024G506	BL-16A
12	Synthesis and Characterization of Ruthenium Metal-Organic Frameworks with a Pyrazine Ligand	Zhang Wang	2023G598	AR-NW10A
15	X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism Study of NiFe₂O₄/ZrC Composites	PATRA Jayashree	2024G506	BL-16A
16	Effect of Vacuum Annealing on Electronic Structure of Co-Doped In₂O₃ (Japanese)	MORI Hifumi	2025G085	BL-3B, BL-16A
17	Characterization of GaN Crystals with the X-Ray Topography	AKIU Nodoka	2024G531	BL-14B, BL-20B
24	Local Thermal Expansion of Co-Containing Invar Alloys II	YOKOYAMA Toshihiko	2025G033	BL-9C
26	Study on Charge Compensation Mechanisms for Lithium-Excess Rocksalt-Type Manganese Oxides with Cationic/Anionic Redox	YABUUCHI Naoaki	2023G028	BL-12C
32	Modulating Magnetic Anisotropy in Square-Lattice Pseudo-Spin-Half Systems	MEN Enyang	2023G509	BL-3A
34	Structural Analysis of Sm-Doped BiFeO₃ by X-Ray Fluorescence Holography (Japanese)	NAKASHIMA Seiji	2024G598	BL-6C
35	X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Hematite	YAMASAKI Yuichi	2024G630	BL-16A
52	Valence State Analysis of Fe Element in Fe-Doped GeO₂ by Soft X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (Japanese)	KOMAMURA Masahiro	2025G085	BL-16A, BL-3B
54	Investigation of the Crystal Structure and Electronic State of Platinum Group Metal Nanoparticles during Iodine Poisoning (Japanese)	KUBO Hitoshi	2025P017	BL-13B
64	Strong Correlation between Crystal Structure and Electronic State in Mn₃O₄ Nanoparticles	TAJIRI Takayuki	2023G027, 2025G018	BL-8B
68	Structural Analysis of La_n+1-xA_xNi_nO_3n+1(n = 2, 3; A=Bi, Ba) by Using Synchrotron X-Ray Radiation (Japanese)	FUJIWARA Takao	2024G077, 2024G519	BL-4B2, BL-9C
69	Successive Transition and Current-Induced Lattice Distortion in Ca₅Ir₃O₁₂ Revealed by Resonant and Non-Resonant X-Ray Diffraction (Japanese)	TSUTSUI Satoshi	2021PF-G015, 2021G596, 2023G616	BL-3A, BL-4C, BL-8A
71	SAXS Observation of Structural Changes in PLA Fibers during Tensile Deformation (Japanese)	OKAMOTO Ryo	2025G022	BL-10C
73	Local Structure Analysis of Sb-TOP Precursors by Sb K-edge XAFS	Nemoto Kazuhiro	2024P012	AR-NW10A
80	Structural Evolution and Electrochemical Performance of Vanadate-Based Glass and Glass-Ceramics for Sodium- and Lithium-Ion Batteries	KUBUKI Shiro	2024G017	BL-9A, BL-12C
81	Formation Properties of Amorphous Calcium Phosphate (Japanese)	SUGIMOTO Eisuke	2024G512	BL-8B
84	Crystal Structure Analyses of a Novel Proton-Conducting Hexagonal Perovskite-Related Oxide (Japanese)	SAITO Kei	2023G514	BL-4B2
86	Room-Temperature Stabilization of Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystalline Mixture and a Strong Adhesion to Glass Plates (Japanese)	KUTSUMIZU Shoichi	2023G537	BL-6A
88	Development of an X-Ray-Detected Ferromagnetic Resonance Spectrometer with an Out-of-Vacuum Photodetector	UENO Tetsuro	2022G072	BL-19B
89	Tracking of the Growth Process of Gold Nanorods by SAXS/XANES Measurements: Structure Control Through Repetition of Decomposition and Precipitation (Japanese)	HINO Kazuyuki	2024G066	BL-6A, BL-9C
97	Electronic Structure Study of Dy₆₅Ni₃₅ Metallic Glass by Means of X-Ray Raman Scattering.	SHIRATORI Toshihiro	2025G607	BL-7C
98	Effect of Metal-Insulator Transition on Exchange Splitting in Mn 3s-2p Resonant Soft X-Ray Emission Spectrum	TAGUCHI Yukihiro	2024G129	BL-13A
99	Exploration of Superconductors in Th₃P₄-Type Compounds Using Simultaneous Analysis of Electric Transport Property and XRD Measurement (Japanese)	MATSUMOTO Ryo	2024G084	AR-NE1A
100	Local Structural Changes during Oxygen Desorption in SrFeO_3-δ-Based Oxides (Japanese)	FUJISHIRO Fumito	2022G547	BL-9C
101	Examining Emergent Magnetism in La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃-Bi₂Te₃ Heterostructures Using X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism	BRZOZOWSKI Damian	2025G087	BL-16A
104	Local Structure Study of CaMnO₃ by means of X-Ray Fluorescence Holography	SUZUKI Yuto	2025G605	BL-6C
105	Uniformity Evaluation of Lattice Spacing and Lattice Comparison for Silicon Crystals (Japanese)	WASEDA Atsushi	2023G138	BL-3C2
107	Investigation of Crystal Structures for Ti₂O₃ Films Grown on Polycrystalline Hexagonal Boron Nitride Multilayers (Japanese)	YOSHIMATSU Kohei	2025G502	BL-4C
110	Study of Crystal Structure and Magnetic/Dielectric Properties on Charge-Transfer Multiferroic CrSbS₃ (Japanese)	OKUYAMA Daisuke	2023G158	BL-8B
112	XAS of Hydrothermally Grown Fe-Doped ZnO Nanorods	MAGALLANES Beejay	2024G566	BL-9A
117	Toward the Observation of Valence Band Edge Structures in Silicon Nanosheets (Japanese)	UCHIDA Ken	2025P012	BL-13B
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Chemistry
No.	Title	First Author	Proposal No.	Beamline
10	Structural Elucidation of Nucleophilic Compounds through Synergistic Coordination and Hydrogen Bonding in a Metal-Organic Framework	NAKAGAWA Tomoki	2024G528	BL-5A
14	Operando XAFS Study of Electrochemically Active Co-Based Cathode for 2-Electron Reduction of Molecular Oxygen under SPE Configuration (Japanese)	YAMAMOTO Masanori	2023G595	BL-12C, BL-9A
23	Binding Site Selectivity of Copper(II) Ions Transferred from Azobenzene-Amino acid Schiff Base Copper(II) Complexes to Lysozyme	AKITSU Takashiro	2024G024	BL-5A
29	Electron Injection to Ru and the Polarization toward Surface for Photocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis	WATANABE Yuta	2024G060	AR-NW10A
30	Charge Separation and/or Hot Spots: Monitoring of Au Site Temperature of Au-ZrO₂ Photocatalysts for CO₂ Photoreduction in H₂O	TAKANASHI Sakae	2025G067	BL-9C, AR-NW10A
49	Evaluation of Thermal Stability of Micro-Phase Separated Structure for Ionenes (Japanese)	HAYASHI Mikihiro	2025G012	BL-6A
55	Ba and Ca K-Edge XAFS Studies on Ba_1-xCa_xF₂	Toyonari YAJI	2025G028	BL-9A, AR-NW10A
67	In Situ XAFS Measurement for Elucidating CH₄-NO Reaction Using Supported Pt Catalysts (Japanese)	TAKAGAKI Atsushi	2023G650	AR-NW2A
94	Unilamellar Vesicle Formation of PE Phospholipid Induced by Urea Addition (Japanese)	Fujinami Keita	2025G598	BL-10C
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High Pressure Science
No.	Title	First Author	Proposal No.	Beamline
25	Equation of State for Titanium Boride	ONO Shigeaki	2023G508, 2021G504, 2017G052	AR-NE1A, AR-NE7A
51	Study of Negative Thermal Expansion in CeMnSi by X-Ray Diffraction under Low Temperature and Pressure (Japanese)	NISHIYAMA Sae	2023G532, 2025G525	BL-18C
106	Hydration and Weakening of Ringwoodite Induced by Dehydration of Hydrous Minerals	KUBO Tomoaki	2022G673	AR-NE7A
114	Effect of Te Substitution on the Self-Insertion Reaction of the Unfilled Skutterudite Compound RhSb₃ (Japanese)	HAYASHI Jun-ichi	2025G071	BL-18C, AR-NE5C
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Biological Science
No.	Title	First Author	Proposal No.	Beamline
3	Structural Analysis of β-1,2-Glucanases in New Phylogenetic Groups (Japanese)	NAKAJIMA Masahiro	2022G523	BL-5A, AR-NW12A
4	X-Ray Crystal Structure of Ferric-Citrate Binding Protein FecB	JIANG Jinyan	2022G031, 2023G542	AR-NE3A
5	Joint X-Ray/Neutron Structural Analysis of Human Oxidized Nucleotide Hydrolase MTH1 (Japanese)	FUJIMIYA Kana	2021G031, 2017G167	BL-5A, AR-NE3A
6	Time-Resolved X-Ray Crystallography of Human Oxidized Nucleotide Hydrolase MTH1 (Japanese)	HIRATA Keisuke	2025G022, 2023G036, 2017G167	BL-17A, AR-NE3A
7	X-Ray Crystallographic Analysis of the ATP-Dependent Diazotase CmaA6 (Japanese)	KAWAI Seiji	2022G656	BL-1A
8	SEC-SAXS Analysis of Acid-Denatured IgG4 Antibody (Japanese)	IMAMURA Hiroshi	2024G067	BL-10C
9	Chemical Speciation of Iron Accumulated in the Digestive Gland of Turbo Sazae (Japanese)	NAMIKAWA Yuto	2024G010	BL-12C
11	Structural Analysis of the Checkpoint Damp Bound to a RHINO Peptide (Japanese)	HARA Kodai	2025G006	BL-17A
13	Interaction Analysis of Ribosome Inactivating Proteins with Novel Inhibitors (Japanese)	SUDA Natsuki	2022G603	AR-NE3A, BL-17A, BL-5A
20	Exploring a Novel Inhibitor Specifically Bound to Type II Cysteine Desulfurase SufS (Japanese)	FUJISHIRO Takashi	2024G508	BL-1A, BL-5A, BL-17A, AR-NW12A
22	XAFS Analysis of Fe-K-Edge of the Reconstituted Linear Fe-S Storage Protein (Japanese)	FUJISHIRO Takashi	2025P002	BL-9A
27	X-Ray Structure of L-Rhamnose Isomerase Derived from Lactobacillus Rhamnosus Probio-M9	YOSHIDA Hiromi	2023G617, 2021G508, 2019G518	BL-5A, AR-NW12A
33	Structural and Thermodynamic Studies of Hydrated Bilayers Composed of Ether-Linked Phosphatidylcholine with Terminal Perfluorobutyl Group (Japanese)	MIYAZAKI Masaya	2018G095, 2021G602	BL-6A
36	X-Ray Structure of Clostridioides Difficile Autolysin CdCwlT33800 Catalytic Domain	NONAKA Yasuhiro	2024G511	BL-5A
40	Crystal Structure Analysis of Homobivalent Small Binding Proteins with Orientation Regulated by 3D Domain Swapping (Japanes)	SHIGA Shota	2022G586	BL-5A, AR-NW12A
41	Combination of X-Ray Scattering and Laser Doppler Vibrometry Using Spider Silk Reveals a Wide Frequency Range of Propagation Unlike Silkworm Silk	YAZAWA Kenjiro	2025G004	BL-10C
42	Structural Study of ADC-227 β-Lactamase Reveals a Transient Substrate-Binding State (Japanese)	KAWAI Akito	2025G013, 2023G081, 2021G034	BL-17A
43	Structure Study of Human Serum Albumin Complex with Nateglinide (Japanese)	KAWAI Akito	2023G081	BL-17A
79	Structural Analysis of RosD, a Cytochrome P450 Enzyme Involved in Macrolide Biosynthesis (Japanese)	SUZUKI Hironori	2024G034	BL-17A
96	X-Ray Crystallography for Drug Discovery Targeting a Phytic Acid Biosynthetic Enzyme (Japanese)	AKABANE Tatsuki	2024PF-B006	BL-1A
109	Improving the Stability and Crystallization of the Kinesin CENP-E Inhibitor Complex (Japanese)	SUZUKI Akira	2024G514	BL-17A, BL-1A
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Medical Applications
No.	Title	First Author	Proposal No.	Beamline
91	Observation of X-Ray Phase Imaging of Planar and Three-Dimensional Human Oral Microstructure Using Synchrotron Radiation (Japanese)	KONO Tetsuro	2024G007	BL-14B, BL-14C
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Industrial Applications
No.	Title	First Author	Proposal No.	Beamline
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Instrumentation and Techniques
No.	Title	First Author	Proposal No.	Beamline
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Other
No.	Title	First Author	Proposal No.	Beamline
28	Analysis of Iron Compounds Produced from Electrocoagulation Process (Japanese)	MISHIMA Iori	2018G107	BL-12C
37	Investigation of the Controlling Factors of Fractional Solubility of Fe in Marine Aerosols Based on Fe Speciation and Fe Stable Isotope Ratios (Japanese)	KURISU Minako	2021G123, 2023G682	BL-12C, BL-9A, BL-4A, BL-19
116	STXM Analysis of Ungrouped Carbonaceous Chondrites: Exploring the Diversity and Generality of Organic Matter in the Solar System (Japanese)	KEBUKAWA Yoko	2024G625	BL-19A
122	Visualization of Internal Structural Changes in Foods During Freezing and Thawing Using Phase-Contrast X-Ray Imaging (Japanese)	YASUDA Midori	2024G658	BL-14C
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