Specific Synchrotron Radiation Facilities Users Community (SpRUC)

The greatest merits of utilizing synchrotron radiation in crystal chemistry research are obtaining static and dynamic 3D structures and electron distributions of molecules and molecular aggregates in crystals with high accuracy and high resolution using the X-ray diffraction method. The ‘crystal chemistry research group’ aims to promote advanced research, development of measurement and analysis methods, and promotion of synchrotron radiation experiments as a basis of chemical research especially as following subjects:

1. Crystal and local structure dynamics, and high accurate analysis under stimuli
2. Structure analysis of soft-materials
3. Structure analysis of crystalline organic-films
4. Direct observation of crystal and molecular structures and electronic state at excited, transient, and metastable states
5. Electron density distribution analysis
6. Development of operando measurement technologies for energy-related materials such as batteries and water electrolysis