Beamline Update: Ambient-STXM Updates

Posted on January 13, 2025
New damping materials were installed for Ambient-STXM and evaluated, showing vibration reduced from about 500 nm to X: 160 nm, Y: 80 nm. The vibration performance will be evaluated after the end station is connected with beamline pipe. 

Research Highlight: Unraveling Chemical Origins of Dendrite Formation in Zinc-Ion Batteries via In Situ/Operando X-Ray Spectroscopy and Imaging

Posted on January 13, 2025
Dai, Hongliu; Sun, Tianxiao; Zhou, Jigang; Wang, Jian; Chen, Zhangsen et al. (2024). Unraveling chemical origins of dendrite formation in zinc-ion batteries via in situ/operando X-ray spectroscopy and imaging. Nature Communications 15(1) . 10.1038/s41467-024-52651-5.

Research Highlight: Pourbaix Machine Learning Framework Identifies Acidic Water Oxidation Catalysts Exhibiting Suppressed Ruthenium Dissolution

Posted on January 13, 2025
Abed, Jehad; Heras-Domingo, Javier; Sanspeur, Rohan Yuri; Luo, Mingchuan; Alnoush, Wajdi et al. (2024). Pourbaix Machine Learning Framework Identifies Acidic Water Oxidation Catalysts Exhibiting Suppressed Ruthenium Dissolution. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146(23) , 15740-15750. 10.1021/jacs.4c01353.

Research Highlight: Superionic Conducting Vacancy-Rich Β-Li3n Electrolyte for Stable Cycling of All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries

Posted on January 13, 2025
Li, Weihan; Li, Minsi; Wang, Shuo; Chien, Po-Hsiu; Luo, Jing et al. (2024). Superionic conducting vacancy-rich β-Li3N electrolyte for stable cycling of all-solid-state lithium metal batteries. Nature Physics . 10.1038/s41565-024-01813-z.

Research Highlight: Nominally Identical Microplastic Models Differ Greatly in Their Particle-Cell Interactions

Posted on January 13, 2025
Wieland, Simon; Ramsperger, Anja F. R. M.; Gross, Wolfgang; Lehmann, Moritz; Witzmann, Thomas et al. (2024). Nominally identical microplastic models differ greatly in their particle-cell interactions. Nature Communications 15(1) . 10.1038/s41467-024-45281-4.

Research Highlight: Single-Phase Local-High-Concentration Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium-Metal Batteries

Posted on January 13, 2025
Zhang, Weiran; Koverga, Volodymyr; Liu, Sufu; Zhou, Jigang; Wang, Jian et al. (2024). Single-phase local-high-concentration solid polymer electrolytes for lithium-metal batteries. Nature Energy . 10.1038/s41560-023-01443-0.

Research Highlight: A Novel Electrolyte for Long-Life Li Batteries

Posted on January 13, 2025
Zhu, Yanfei; Lao, Zhoujie; Zhang, Mengtian; Hou, Tingzheng; Xiao, Xiao et al. (2024). A locally solvent-tethered polymer electrolyte for long-life lithium metal batteries. Nature Communications 15(1) . 10.1038/s41467-024-48078-7.

: Nanoscopic Imaging for Protein Localization

Posted on April 13, 2021
Kong, Huating; Zhang, Jichao; Li, Jiang; Wang, Jian; Shin, Hyun-Joon et al. (2020). Genetically encoded X-ray cellular imaging for nanoscale protein localization. National Science Review . 10.1093/nsr/nwaa055.

: New Application of Halide Electrolyte in Li–O2 Batteries

Posted on April 13, 2021
Zhao, Changtai; Liang, Jianwen; Li, Xiaona; Holmes, Nathaniel; Wang, Changhong et al. (2020). Halide-based solid-state electrolyte as an interfacial modifier for high performance solid-state Li–O2 batteries. Nano Energy , 105036. 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105036.

: Better Understanding of Phosphorene Degradation

Posted on April 13, 2021
Li, Weihan; Wang, Zhiqiang; Zhao, Feipeng; Li, Minsi; Gao, Xuejie et al. (2020). Phosphorene Degradation: Visualization and Quantification of Nanoscale Phase Evolution by Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy. Chemistry of Materials . 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04811.

: Study on the cellular structure and chemistry of Candidatus Mcas

Posted on April 13, 2021
Li, Jinhua; Liu, Peiyu; Wang, Jian; Roberts, Andrew P.; Pan, Yongxin et al. (2020). Magnetotaxis as an adaptation to enable bacterial shuttling of microbial sulfur and sulfur cycling across aquatic oxic‐anoxic interfaces. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences . 10.1029/2020jg006012.

: Understanding the Organomineral Interactions in Permafrost System

Posted on April 13, 2021
Tyler D. Sowers*, Rucha P. Wani, Elizabeth K. Coward, Matthew H.H. Fischel, Aaron R. Betts, Thomas A. Douglas, Owen W. Duckworth, and Donald L. Sparks; Spatially-resolved organomineral interactions across a permafrost chronosequence. Environmental Science & Technology . 10.1021/acs.est.9b06558.

: Study On Iron Minerals within Specific Microfossil Morphospecies

Posted on July 03, 2018
Lepot, Kevin; Addad, Ahmed; Knoll, Andrew H.; Wang, Jian; Troadec, David et al. (2017). Iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88?Ga Gunflint Formation. Nature Communications 8, 14890. 10.1038/ncomms14890.

: Understanding the Role of Bionchar in Soil Fertility

Posted on July 03, 2018
Hagemann; Nikolas; Joseph; Stephen; Schmidt et al. (2017). Organic coating on biochar explains its nutrient retention and stimulation of soil fertility. Nature Communications 8(1) . 10.1038/s41467-017-01123-0.

: Novel Graphene-Capped Multichannel Array Sample Platform for PEEM

Posted on July 03, 2018
Guo, Hongxuan; Strelcov, Evgheni; Yulaev, Alexander; Wang, Jian; Appathurai, Narayana et al. (2017). Enabling Photoemission Electron Microscopy in Liquids via Graphene-Capped Microchannel Arrays. Nano Letters 17(2) , 1034-1041. 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04460

: Sulfur chemistry

Posted on October 03, 2016
Cosmidis, Julie; Templeton, Alexis S. (2016). Self-assembly of biomorphic carbon/sulfur microstructures in sulfidic environments. Nature Communications 7, 12812. 10.1038/ncomms12812.