Singapore Synchrotron Light Source

SSLS is a University-level Research Centre at the National University of Singapore, under the office of the Deputy President (Research & Technology), with activities involving local and international groups from many universities, research institutes, and industry. Since SSLS was commissioned in the year 1999, its scope of activities has evolved and broadened as the number of beam lines and users has increased. It currently has a R&D program featuring a variety of analytical applications based on X-ray absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy and microscopy, phase contrast imaging, photoemission spectroscopy, and include surface, interface, and nanostructure studies, catalyst development, speciation of elements for environmental and materials science, characterization of molecules on surfaces and in the gas phase, and imaging biological and technological systems. In 2016 SSLS was designed a National Research Infrastructure facility by NRF, who have since then jointly funded the facility. In 2022 SSLS became part of the new National Synchrotron Program (NSP). This has allowed us to better support a range of academic and industrial users and to maintain the facility. We look forward to ongoing Synchrotron operation to ensure that SSLS continues to be a central facility in Singapore’s R&D in basic and applied sciences.