On Saturday October 3 and Sunday October 4, SOLEIL will once again be taking part in the annual Fête de la Science (Science Festival), offering the public the chance to discover SOLEIL and science through fun workshops!

May 26-28 2027 •

STAT-IR 9 Workshop on Multivariate and Machine Learning Analysis for Infrared Microspectroscopy Data

How do nanoparticles organize as a liquid droplet dries? A new study uncovers the key role of surfactants in directing the formation of ordered plasmonic materials.

Located on the Paris-Saclay plateau, about 20 kilometers from the French capital, the SOLEIL synchrotron is one of France’s leading research infrastructures. Since entering operation in 2008, it has served both national and international scientific communities. Research conducted at SOLEIL spans a wide range of scientific and industrial fields (physics, biology, chemistry, materials science, environmental science, Earth sciences, and cultural and natural heritage), addressing major societal challenges.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are widespread in space, yet their observed abundance cannot be explained by known chemical growth mechanisms. 

Using the DESIRS beamline at Synchrotron SOLEIL, researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and National Dong Hwa University, in collaboration of the DESIRS-SAPHIRS team, have identified a new pathway that could allow these carbon-rich molecules to grow much more rapidly.

Located on the Paris-Saclay plateau, about 20 kilometers from the French capital, the SOLEIL synchrotron is one of France’s leading research infrastructures. Since entering operation in 2008, it has served both national and international scientific communities. Research conducted at SOLEIL spans a wide range of scientific and industrial fields (physics, biology, chemistry, materials science, environmental science, Earth sciences, and cultural and natural heritage), addressing major societal challenges.

Located on the Paris-Saclay plateau, about 20 kilometers from the capital, the SOLEIL synchrotron is one of France's leading research facilities. Since it began operating in 2008, it has served the national and international scientific communities. Research conducted at SOLEIL covers a wide range of scientific and industrial fields — including physics, biology, chemistry, materials science, environmental science, Earth sciences, and cultural and natural heritage — all connected to current societal challenges.

Located on the Paris-Saclay plateau, about 20 kilometers from the capital, the SOLEIL synchrotron is one of France's leading research facilities. Since it began operating in 2008, it has served the national and international scientific communities. Research conducted at SOLEIL covers a wide range of scientific and industrial fields — including physics, biology, chemistry, materials science, environmental science, Earth sciences, and cultural and natural heritage — all connected to current societal challenges.

Recently, it became possible to image in three dimensions magnetic textures having dimension of 100 nm or even less. The joint teams of the Laboratoire Albert Fert in Palaiseau and the SEXTANTS beamline scientists, helped by colleagues from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, the University of Augsburg and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, used a peculiar holography technique called HERALDO, allowing different projection of a sample containing “cocoons” to be acquired.