Synchotron Radiation Facility "SKIF"

Designed for research in geology, geophysics, microelectronics, and materials science. A specialized synchrotron beam focusing system enables the study of ultrasmall objects down to 200 nanometers in size (five thousand times smaller than a millimeter). The beamline is equipped with diamond anvil cells for studying the structure, properties, and behavior of matter under ultra-high pressure conditions.

Research areas:
Geology, Geophysics
Deep Earth processes — mineral and mineral resource formation
Materials Science, Space
States of matter under ultra-high pressures and temperatures
Microelectronics
High-resolution imaging of nanoscale microelectronic devices used in mission-critical equipment
Natural and Cultural Heritage
Non-destructive microscopic examination of archaeological artifacts and pieces of art

Coordinator for the development and construction of the beamline 1−1 "Microfocus"
PhD Marat Sharafutdinov
m.r.sharafutdinov@srf-skif.ru

Designed for studying the structure of organic and inorganic substances at the atomic and molecular level to address challenges in biomedicine and pharmaceutics, materials science, solid-state chemistry, energy, metallurgy, and nuclear industry.

Research areas:
Structural Biology and Pharmaceutics
Determination of biological macromolecule structures — proteins and protein complexes — for the development of advanced targeted therapeutic agents
Structural Materials
Structure-property relationships of functional materials (metal-ion batteries, electrochemical cells, supercapacitors, fuel cells) during their fabrication and operation, as well as the production of composites with tailored properties for the energy, metallurgical, and nuclear industries
Catalysis
Processes occurring during catalyst activation and degradation for industrially relevant refining and petrochemical processes, and for improving the environmental safety of industrial emissions

Coordinator for the development and construction of the beamline 1−2 "Structural Diagnostics"
Zakhar Vinokurov
z.s.vinokurov@srf-skif.ru

It is designed to study the properties of materials under conditions of a powerful explosion, pulsed shock loads and high temperatures for solving problems in the aviation, space, automotive, nuclear and thermonuclear energy industries. The beamline’s equipment makes it possible to study processes in real time with the characteristic time of millionth fractions of a second (propagation rates of the order of 1 km/s). Explosive experiments will be conducted in a steel chamber designed for an explosion with a capacity of up to 2 kg of TNT.

Research areas:
Explosive processes
Properties of structural materials under conditions of intense dynamic impacts such as explosion, shock wave loading and pulsed laser irradiation.
Chemical reactions
Monitoring of chemical reactions during combustion and explosion in real time
Formation of nanostructures
Formation of nanostructures (in particular, detonation diamonds) under the influence of extreme loads and in explosion products
Thermonuclear fusion
Fire resistance and crack resistance of alloys and composites under conditions of ultra-strong temperature gradients simulating the effects of high-temperature plasma for the construction of thermonuclear reactors

Coordinator of the development and creation of the beamline 1−3 "Fast Processes"
PhD Rubtsov Ivan
i.a.rubtsov@srf-skif.ru

It is designed to solve a wide range of problems in the fields of structural chemistry, catalysis, materials science, semiconductor industry, geology, ecology, etc. The beamline’s equipment makes it possible to study the structure of organic and inorganic materials at the atomic level, as well as to conduct research on functional materials in the "operating" state.

Research areas:
Functional materials
The structure of functional materials with specified properties for the aviation, space, and automotive industries, as well as magnetic materials for microelectronics and computing
Catalysis
The structure of the active sites of catalysts for their targeted synthesis and selection of conditions for the catalytic process
Electronics, energy
Characteristics of new types of batteries and fuel cells to improve their parameters
Ecology, recycling
Chemical state, structure, and concentration of pollutants in soil samples, wastewater, factory and motor vehicle emissions for solving environmental problems — environmentally friendly extraction of minerals, industrial waste reprocessing, landfill disposal, etc.

Coordinator of the development and construction of the beamline 1−4 "XAFS Spectroscopy and Magnetic Dichroism"
PhD Saraev Andrey
asaraev@catalysis.ru

It is intended for solving problems of materials science, life sciences, archeology, paleontology. High-energy X-ray radiation with high penetrating power will make it possible to obtain high-contrast images of both structural materials and live laboratory animals (mice, rats, minipigs), for which a mini-vivarium is provided as part of the beamline.

Research areas:
Medicine
The processes of disease development and recovery during therapy in model animals in real time, the search for biocompatible materials for transplantation
Diagnostics
Early diagnostics of oncological diseases
Aircraft industry, mechanical engineering
Behavior of metal and alloy parts for aviation and mechanical engineering under conditions of external influences (high temperature, pressure, mechanical deformation)
Natural and cultural heritage
Fossils of living organisms, archaeological finds, museum exhibits and other cultural heritage objects

Coordinator of the development and creation of the beamline 1−5 "Diagnostics in the Hard X-ray Range"
PhD Cooper Konstantin
K.E.Kuper@inp.nsk.su

It is designed to solve a wide range of problems in physics, chemistry and materials science. The beamline’s equipment will make it possible to study catalysts, microelectronics components, and semiconductor devices.

Research areas:
Catalysis
Evolution of the composition and electronic structure of catalytic systems directly during the course of the reaction
Electronics
Surfaces of single crystals, metals, semiconductors and their heterostructures in ultrahigh vacuum, in particular for the development of the component base and new design principles of molecular electronics, nanoelectronics, and spintronics devices
Materials Science
The processes of corrosion, thermal decomposition/destruction, oxidation, reduction, etc. of various important functional materials, depending on both the conditions of preparation and their operatio
Semiconductor technologies
The structure of multilayer semiconductor structures, carbon composite, and nanostructured materials
Chemical technologies
Regularities behind activation or deactivation of catalytic systems in order to develop new catalysts with optimum characteristics for various industrial problems

Coordinator of the development and creation the beamline 1−6 "Electronic Structure"
PhD Panafidin Maxim
mpanafidin@catalysis.ru

This is an educational and scientific laboratory aimed primarily at training personnel. Novice users, researchers, undergraduates and postgraduates will be able to master basic synchrotron techniques, learn how to work with optics and experimental equipment.

The versatile equipment of the beamline will allow solving a wide range of tasks for various educational disciplines, such as chemistry, physics, biology, geology, ecology, medicine, and pharmaceutics.

Coordinator of the development and creation of the beamline 1−7 "Basic Techniques of Synchrotron Diagnostics for Student Education, Research, and Innovations"
PhD Saraev Andrey
asaraev@catalysis.ru