The website of UVSOR Synchrotron Facility has been renewed.

On 26-27 September, the IMS Workshop on “Advanced Spectroscopy on Correlated Materials 2026” (ASCM2026) will be held at the Okazaki Conference Center. See the link below for details.
https://www.kimura-lab.com/ASCM2026/

【To All Users in Fiscal Year 2025】 We kindly request your contributions to the UVSOR Activity Report 2025. For details, please see the Request for Contributions to the UVSOR Activity Report 2025. The deadline is Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

【Press Release】 Unveiling Non-Thermal Catalytic Origin of Direct Current-Promoted Catalysis for Energy-Efficient Transformation of Greenhouse Gases to Valuable Chemicals

【Press Release】Unveiling an anomalous electronic state opens a pathway to room-temperature superconductivity

【Press Release】The Gold Standard: Researchers End 20-Year Spin Debate on Gold Surface with Definitive, Full-Map Quantum Imaging

T. T. Nguyen, T. Hayashi, H. Iwayama, K. Ishikawa “Photodissociation and electron-collision induced dissociation of C5H2F10 using photoelectron–photoion coincidence spectroscopy and quantum chemistry “,Scientific Reports (2026)

T. T. Nguyen, T. Hayashi, H. Iwayama, M. Sekine, M. Hori, K. Ishikawa “Hydrofluoroethane plasma etching of SiN, SiO2, and poly-Si films with CHF2CF3, CF3CH3, and CHF2CH3 “,Appl. Surf. Sci. 684 (2025) 161815.

A. G. Germer, K. Rajes, T. Ohigashi, H. Yuzawa, N. Kosugi, R. Flesch, R. Haag, F. Rancan, A. Vogt and E. Rühl “Release of Rapamycin from Core-Multishell Nanocarriers Topically Applied on Ex Vivo Human Skin Probed by Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy “,Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. 223 (2026) 115038.

K. Hagiwara, F. Nishino, D. Stelter, J. Picker, F. Otto, R. Sagehashi, M. Schaal, J. Brandhoff, A. Turchanin, T. Fritz, S. Kera and F. Matsui “Identifying Antiparallel Twin domains of Monolayer WS2/Au(111) by Momentum-Selected PEEM “,Phys. Scr., 101 (2026) 085915.

T. Kawasaki, A. Nagase, K. Hayakawa, F.Teshima, K.Tanaka, H. Zen, F.Shishikura, N. Sei, T. Sakai and Y. Hayakawa “Infrared Free-Electron Laser: A Versatile Molecular Cutter for Analyzing Solid-State Biomacromolecules “,ACS Omega 10 (2025) 13860.

T. Kawasaki, A. Nagase, K. Hayakawa, F. Teshima, K. Tanaka, H. Zen, A. Irizawa, T. Sakai and Y. Hayakawa “Investigating structural property of human hair by using infrared free electron lasers “,Discover Applied Sciences 6 (2024) 397.

K. Ichiba, H. Kimura, M. Koshimizu, T. Kato, D. Nakauchi, N. Kawaguchi and T. Yanagida “NaBr Transparent Ceramics for γ-ray Detection Scintillator “,Sens. Mater. 38 (2025) 571.

Y. Fujimoto, M. Koshimizu, H. Kawamoto, K. Watanabe, A. Miyamoto and K. Asai “Luminescence and scintillation properties of YAl3(BO3)4 single crystal for thermal neutron detection “,Crystals 15 (2025) 357.

K. Okazaki, M. Koshimizu, D. Nakauchi, Y. Takebuchi, K. Ichiba, H. Ezawa, T. Kato, N. Kawaguchi and T. Yanagida “VUV- and radiation-induced luminescence properties of Sr3Y(PO4)3 synthesized via optical floating zone technique “,Sens. Mater. 37 (2025) 557.

Y. Izumi “X-ray Absorption Spectral Changes upon Cisplatin-DNA Binding “, Chem. Phys. Lett., 888 (2026) 142697.

Y. Hikosaka “Dissociation Behavior of Hydrogen Bromide Dications Investigated Using Multielectron–Ion Coincidence Spectroscopy “,J. Chem. Phys. 164 (2026) 054309.

H. Iwayama, H. Yuzawa and M. Nagasaka “Phase-dependent intermolecular interactions of nematic liquid-crystal molecules probed by carbon K-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy “, Phys. Rev. E.,113 (2026) 015413.

T. T. Nguyen, T. Hayashi, H. Iwayama, K. Ishikawa “Valence fragmentation dynamics of a promising low global warming etching gas CF3CHCF2 “,Sci. Rep.,15 (2025) 9507.

H. Tedzuka, H. Saito, N. Matsumoto, M. Nagasaka, H. Sato, Y. Sekine and T. Sugimoto “Nonthermal Catalytic Origin in DC-Enhanced Dry Reforming of Methane Unveiled by Multimodal Operando Analyses “,J. Phys. Chem. Lett.,16 (2025) 12973.

M. Omer, T. Shizuma, M. Koizumi, Y. Taira, H. Zen, H. Ohgaki and R. Hajima “Effect of Coaxial HPGe Detector Structure on γ-Ray Beam Measurements “,Radiat. Phys. Chem., 240 (2026) 113467.

F. Hori, S. Araki, Q. Xu, and Y. Taira “In-situ measurement of stress relaxation process in hydrogenated bulk Fe by gamma-ray induced positron annihilation spectroscopy “,J. Phys.: Conference Series 3149 (2025) 012018.

Wenlong Lu, Shiyu Feng, Yuzhi Wang, Dong Chen, Zihan Lin, Xin Liang, Siyuan Liu, Wanxiang Feng, Kohei Yamagami, Junwei Liu, Claudia Felser, Quansheng Wu and Junzhang Ma “Signature of Topological Surface Bands in Altermagnetic Weyl Semimetal CrSb “, Nano Letters, 25 (2025) 7343.

Zihan Lin, Dong Chen, Wenlong Lu, Xin Liang, Shiyu Feng, Kohei Yamagami, Jacek Osiecki, Mats Leandersson, Balasubramanian Thiagarajan, Junwei Liu, Claudia Felser and Junzhang Ma “Bulk band structure of RuO2 measured with soft x-ray angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy “, Physical Review B, 111 (2025) 134450.

Y. Yamada, Y. Toyoda, M. Nagasaka, N. Nakatani, T. Koitaya, A. Kuzume and K. Tanaka “Room-Temperature Direct Spectroscopic Observation of High-Valent Terminal Iron-Oxo Species of a µ-Nitrido-Bridged Iron Phthalocyanine Dimer Deposited on a Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite Surface “,ChemistryEurope 3 (2025) e202500277.

S. Kimura, M. F. Lubis, H. Watanabe, Y. Shimura and T. Takabatake “Anisotropic non-Fermi liquid and dynamical Planckian scaling of a quasi-kagome Kondo lattice system “, npj Quantum Materials 10 (2025) 85 [6 pages]

Y. Taira, Y. Yang, T. Shizuma and M. Omer “Generation and measurement of gamma rays with axially symmetric polarization states via Compton scattering “, Phys. Rev. Res.7 (2025) 033130.