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    The Advanced Light Source (ALS) is a national user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that produces brilliant beams of low-energy soft x-ray light. These x-rays reveal the atomic and electronic structure of matter and support research across many disciplines, from materials science to chemistry and biology. Some key areas of research enabled by the ALS include developing longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries, understanding combustion for cleaner fuels, and using microbes to clean environmental toxins.

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    The Advanced Light Source (ALS) is a national user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that produces brilliant beams of low-energy soft x-ray light. These x-rays reveal the atomic and electronic structure of matter and support research across many disciplines, from materials science to chemistry and biology. Some key areas of research enabled by the ALS include developing longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries, understanding combustion for cleaner fuels, and using microbes to clean environmental toxins.

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    The Advanced Light Source (ALS) is a national user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that produces brilliant beams of low-energy soft x-ray light. These x-rays reveal the atomic and electronic structure of matter and support research across many disciplines, from materials science to chemistry and biology. Some key areas of research enabled by the ALS include developing longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries, understanding combustion for cleaner fuels, and using microbes to clean environmental toxins.

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    Advanced Under the Advanced Light Source (ALS) dome,

    brilliant beams of light travel down beamlines that


    radiate from a central ring like fins on a pinwheel.

    Light Source Low-energy soft x-ray light is the ALS specialty,


    filling an important niche and complementing other
    A U.S. Department of Energy, Department of Energy light source facilities.
    Office of Science, User Facility at
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Soft x-rays reveal the atomic and electronic structure
    of matterthe first step toward designing new
    materials with which to develop new technologies.
    The ALSs optimized capabilities and knowledgeable
    experts attract researchers (users) who lack the
    advanced scientific tools available at a national
    laboratory.
    National user facilities, such as the ALS, are a
    critical and unique part of the nations scientific
    infrastructure underpinning the innovations that
    spur economic growth and benefit society.

    ALS in Profile
    40 beamlines 2000 users each year One of an array of LBNL facilities
    Soft x-rays Academia, national National Energy Research
    Ultraviolet light labs, industry  Scientific Computing Center
    Infrared light Industrial users include National Center for Electron
    semiconductor and Microscopy
    Around-the-clock operation pharmaceutical companies Molecular Foundry
    200 staff members 600 publications per year Joint Genome Institute

    Materials by Design Chemistry of Energy Environment & Health

    Longer-lasting lithium-ion Harnessing artificial  Using microbes to clean up


    batteries for electric vehicles photosynthesis for clean,  toxins in the environment
    and mobile electronics renewable energy Cheaper biofuels from
    Nanoscale magnetic imaging Fine-tuning combustion abundant, renewable plants
    for compact data storage for cleaner-burning fuels Solving protein structures
    Plastic solar cells that are More effective chemical for rational drug design
    flexible and easy to produce reactions for fuel cells, pollution
    control, or fuel refinement
    Materials by Design Chemistry of Energy Environment & Health

    Lithium-ion Artificial Bioremedia-


    batteries photosyn- tion is a neat
    can power a thesis could solution to
    wide variety be a prom- a difficult
    of mobile ising way problem:
    devices, from to convert toxins, such
    cell phones to electric cars. sunlight into clean, renewable as oil, are broken down into
    X-ray studies at the ALS can fuel. X-ray experiments at the less-harmful form by microbes.
    reveal what electrode materials ALS can help researchers to At the ALS, we can study this
    perform best, providing a understand and re-create the process by correlating the
    rational basis for the design chemical processes that form and location of the toxin
    of longer-lasting batteries. occur naturally in all plants. with that of the microbe.

    Magnetic Understand- Cheaper


    imaging ing com biofuels
    at the ALS bustion at from plant
    reveals how a detailed matter may
    magnetic level can be possible
    materials help control if we can
    behave at the nanoscale. With pollution and improve efficiency. learn how to break down the
    such information, researchers ALS flame chemistry studies cellulose in plant cell walls
    can discover new ways to have yielded surprising insights more efficiently. Promising
    encode and manipulate data that have caused researchers new solvents and their
    for faster, smaller, and more to rethink their models for effects can be studied using
    reliable digital applications. combustion processes. various ALS capabilities.

    Plastic More Rational


    solar cells effective drug design
    are light, chemical requires
    flexible, and reactions are knowledge of
    inexpensive. the ultimate the molecular
    At the ALS, goal of structures of
    it is possible to determine ALS studies of how catalysts the proteins in our bodies so
    the amount of molecular perform under realistic reaction that we can understand how
    mixing in the active materials, conditions, such as feeding drug molecules interact with
    a key to improving the cells hydrogen fuel cells, sweeping them. At the ALS, researchers
    efficiency at converting toxins from emissions, or driving have the tools they need to
    sunlight into electricity. fuel-refinement techniques. study protein form and function.

    CSO 22947

    To learn more, go to www-als.lbl.gov

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