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Published on 01.10.2019

Best Wishes for 2019 !

SOLEIL Synchrotron staff wishes you a very happy new year! 2019 is proclaimed the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements by UNESCO. This table is a "tabular view of all the chemical elements, arranged by increasing atomic number and organized according their electron configuration, which underlies their chemical properties". Its conception is...

Published on 12.19.2018

Highly elastic magnetoelectric ceramics!

"Multifunctional" materials have several physical properties that can be used in a single application. The coupling between their different physical properties is one of the key questions to address...

Published on 12.14.2018

SOLEIL's contribution to Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis

In close collaboration with hospitals, SOLEIL takes part in the design of new methods to diagnose diseases at an early stage and seeks to better understand the evolution of pathologies. Its longterm...

Published on 12.10.2018

Information on the retraction of an article published in Nature Materials

Information : Synchrotron SOLEIL commissioned an independent inquiry, composed of scientific experts, in order to clarify the circumstances leading to the retraction, by the authors, of the article...

Published on 12.06.2018

Synchrotron SOLEIL and the CEA shed light (by X-ray diffraction) on a nuclear fuel

Using X-ray diffraction, researchers of CEA and SOLEIL Synchrotron have just succeeded in characterising the microstructure of a nuclear fuel transverse section that had been irradiated in a reactor...

Published on 12.05.2018

SOLEIL establishes a Data Management Policy

In October 2018, SOLEIL Management approved the implementation of a SOLEIL data management policy for experimental data, and associated metadata, which are collected, reduced, processed and / or...

Published on 11.28.2018

Lifting molecules off the grains with X-rays

In cold and dense regions of the interstellar medium, numerous molecules are observed. Some move freely in the gas phase, others are frozen at the surface of tiny dust grains, forming so-called ice...

Published on 11.23.2018

Role of the mineral composition of wetland riverbanks in the transfer of trace metals

The transport of metallic trace elements (MTE), whether of natural origin or related to the human activities, is a major challenge in the preservation of ecosystems and public health. This transport...

Published on 11.13.2018

With Dichro50, DEIMOS beamline carries out the coldest XMCD measurements in the world!

Dichro50, a project supported by DEIMOS beamline and close collaborators (presented in "Rayon de SOLEIL" in January 2017) has come to an end with a world temperature record for XMCD measurements in...

Published on 11.09.2018

A new magnetic structure in complex oxide materials: manganite-nickelate superlattices

Interfaces between complex oxide materials exhibit remarkably rich physics that are very promising for future applications in tomorrow’s electronics, i.e. spintronics. Particularly fascinating is...

Published on 11.09.2018

Breaking up molecules with UV radiation: a new activation method for tandem mass...

Tandem mass spectrometry is of central importance in analytical and structural chemistry. This technology involves breaking up the molecules being studied to deduce information about their initial...

Published on 11.08.2018

Potential precursors of building blocks for life on Earth observed in deep oceanic rocks

The origin of life on Earth is an extremely complex research field for which several hypotheses are being considered. Some studies consider extra-terrestrial contributions via meteorites or asteroids...