Neutron Group

To provide Taiwanese users a world-class neutron experimental facility, National Science Council (NSC) funded the construction of a cold neutron triple-axis spectrometer, which is carried out by National Central University. The Taiwan-Australian neutron instrument SIKA is located at Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO), near Sydney, Australia. NSRRC took over the instrument in 2013 and has since commissioned the instrument and introduced it into the international user program. NSRRC is also responsible for the promotion of neutron research and user cultivation in Taiwan. Below is a link to the first annual report of the neutron program. This will hopefully stimulate many to think about using neutrons for their research in condensed matter.

The major tasks of Neutron Group are:

To run and maintain ANSTO-SIKA.

To provide experiment technique support to Taiwan users at ANSTO (Small angle neutron scattering, Power diffraction neutron scattering, Inelastic neutron scattering, etc.).

To execute Ministry of Science and Technology neutron cultivation program, review and provide finacial support to Taiwanese users to perform neutron experiments at ANSTO and other international neutron facilities.

To execute and broaden related scientific and technological applications of neutron scattering.

To promote the domestic neutron scattering research and cultivate the neutron users.

Group members

English NameJob Description
Shih-Chun ChungNeutron Group Leader
Chun-Ming WuSmall Angle Neutron Scattering instrument scientist
Jen-Chih PengDevelopment and maintenance of instrument control software
Chin-Wei WangPowder Diffraction Instrument Scientist
Shin-ichiro YanoTriple-axis spectrometer instrument scientist
Tzu-Yen HuangReflectometry instrument scientist
Ting-Wei HsuIndustry application scientist
Publication: 
1Lightweight Flexible Polyimide-Derived Laser-Induced Graphenes for High-Performance Thermal Management Applications
Yu-Sheng Hsiao*, Cai-Wan Chang-Jian, Tzu-Yen Huang, Ying-Lin Chen, Chung-Wei Huang, Jen-Hsien Huang, Nian-Jheng Wu, Shih-Chieh Hsu*, Chih-Ping Chen*
Chemical Engineering Journal 451,138656 (2023). (IF=13.273)
2A Comprehensive Research on New DyCo2Mnx (x = 0.0 - 1.0) Laves Phases
ChunShengFang, Jian Li Wang*, Wayne D. Hutchison, M. F. Md Din, W. Q. Wang, Q. F. Gu, Chinwei Wang, Shengcan Ma*, Jinkui Zhao, Zhenchen Zhong, Jian Liu
J. Alloys Compd. 930, 167346 (2023). ANSTO (IF=5.316)
3On the magnetic-structure origin of giant magnetostrictive effect in MnCoSi-based metallic helimagnets
Jun Liu, Hang Li, Bei Ding, Yuan Yao, Jianli Wang, Zhenxiang Cheng, ChinweiWang, Wenhong Wang*
Mater. Today Phys. 30, 100930 (2023) ANSTO (IF=9.298)
4Interplay of magnetic and electric coupling across the spin density wave to conical magnetic ordering in a BaHoFeO4 spin-cluster chain compound
C. H. Prashanth, T. W. Yen, Ajay Tiwari, P. Athira, S. M. Huang, Bommareddy Poojitha, D. P. Gulo, H. L. Liu, C. W. Wang, Y. K. Lin, Y. C. Chuang, Y. C. Lai, Krishnamurthy Jyothinagaram*, H. D. Yang*, D. Chandrasekhar Kakarla*
J. Alloys Compd. 942, 169017 (2023). (IF=5.316)
5ANi5Bi5.6+δ (A = K, Rb, and Cs): Quasi-One-Dimensional Metals Featuring [Ni5Bi5.6+δ]-Double-Walled Column with Strong Diamagnetism
Ying Zhou, Long Chen, Yuxin Wang, Jinfeng Zhu, Zhongnan Guo, Chen Liu, Zhiying Guo, ChinWei Wang, Han Zhang, Yulong Wang, Ke Liao, Youting Song, Jia-ou Wang, Dongliang Chen, Jie Ma, Jiangping Hu*, Gang Wang*
Inorg. Chem. 62, 3788 (2023). ANSTO (IF=5.165)
6A colossal barocaloric effect induced by the creation of a high-pressure phase
Zhao Zhang, Xiaoming Jiang, Takanori Hattori,Xiong Xu,Min Li,Chenyang Yu, Zhe Zhang, Dehong Yu, Richard Mole, Shin-ichiro Yano, Jie Chen, Lunhua He, Chin-Wei Wang, Hui Wang*, Bing Li*, Zhidong Zhang
Mater. Horiz. 10, 977-982 (2023) ANSTO (IF=15.717)
7Synthesis and Characterization of Supermagnetic Nanocomposites Coated with Pluronic F127 as a Contrast Agent for Biomedical Applications
Maria Janina Carrera Espinoza, Kuen-Song Lin*, Meng-Tzu Weng*, Sikhumbuzo Charles Kunene, You-Sheng Li, Chun-Ming Wu
Pharmaceutics 15, 740 (2023) (IF=6.072)
8Spatz: the time-of-flight neutron reflectometer with vertical sample geometry at the OPAL research reactor
Anton P. Le Brun*, Tzu-Yen Huang, Stewart Pullen, Andrew R. J. Nelson, James Spedding, Stephen A. Holt
J. Appl. Cryst. 56, 18-25 (2023). ANSTO (IF=4.868)
9Boosting the electrochemical performance of Prussian-Blue-analogue based Li-ion rechargeable batteries by the addition of Ag or Ni nanoparticles into the cathode
Erdembayalag Batsaikhan, Ma-Hsuan Ma, Chun Chuen Yang, Chun-Ming Wu, Wen-Hsien Li
Inorg. Chem. Commun. 150, 110509 (2023). ANSTO (IF=3.428)
10Structural basis underlying the synergism of NADase and SLO during group A Streptococcus infection
Wei-Jiun Tsai, Yi-Hsin Lai, Yong-An Shi, Michal Hamme, Anthony P. Duff, Andrew E. Whitten, Karyn L. Wilde, Chun-Ming Wu, Robert Knott, U-Ser Jeng, Chia-Yu Kang, Chih-Yu Hsu, Jian-Li Wu, Pei-Jane Tsai1, Chuan Chiang-Ni, Jiunn-Jong Wu, Yee-Shin Lin, Ching-Chuan Liu, Toshiya Senda, Shuying Wang*
Commun. Biol. 6, 124 (2023) ANSTO (IF=6.548)
11Single-crystal growth and physical properties of LaMn0.86Sb2
Tianran Yang, Liyu Zhang, Chin-Wei Wang, Fei Gao, Yuanying Xia, Pengfei Jiang, Long Zhang, Xinrun Mi, Mingquan He, Yisheng Chai, Xiaoyuan Zhou, Huixia Fu, Weijun Ren, Aifeng Wang
Phys. Rev. B 107, 115150 (2023) ANSTO (IF=3.908)
12Pressure-Modulated Magnetism and Negative Thermal Expansion in the Ho2Fe17 Intermetallic Compound
Yili Cao, Haowei Zhou, Sergii Khmelevskyi, Kun Lin, Maxim Avdeev, Chin-Wei Wang, Bingjie Wang, Fengxia Hu, Kenichi Kato, Takanori Hattori, Jun Abe, Koji Ohara, Saori Kawaguchi, Qiang Li, Masayuki Fukuda, Takumi Nishikubo, Koomok Lee, Takehiro Koike, Qiumin Liu, Jun Miao, Jinxia Deng, Baogen Shen, Masaki Azuma, Xianran Xing*
Chem. Mater. 35, 3249-3255 (2023). ANSTO (IF=10.508)
13Recent Progress of 2D Layered Materials in Water-in-Salt/DeepEutectic Solvent-Based Liquid Electrolytes for Supercapacitors
Krishnakumar Melethil, Munusamy Sathish Kumar, Chun-Ming Wu, Hsin-Hui Shen, Balaraman Vedhanarayanan*, Tsung-Wu Lin*
Nanomaterials 13, 1257 (2023). NA (IF=5.719)
14Structural forms of hormone auxins in Madeira vines
Ma-Hsuan Ma, Erdembayalag Batsaikhan, Chun-Min Wu, Jeng-Der Chung, Ching-Te Chien, Yu-Han Tsai, Wen-Hsien Li*
J. Chin. Chem. Soc. 70, 1200-1207 (2023) ANSTO (IF=1.753)
15Unconventional multiferroicity induced by structural distortion and magnetostriction effect in the layered spin-(1/2) ferrimagnet Bi2CuB4O14
Arkadeb Pal, T. W. Yen, T. W. Kuo, C. W. Wang, S. M. Huang, M. C. Chou, Y. C. Lai, Y. C. Chuang, P. Yanda, A. Sundaresan, H. S. Kunwar, V. G. Sathe, Ajay Tiwari, D. Chandrasekhar Kakarla, H. D. Yang*
Phys. Rev. B 107, 184430 (2023). ANSTO (IF=3.664)
16Magnetic properties of the quasicrystal approximant Au65Ga21Tb14
Kazuhiro Nawa, Maxim Avdeev, Asuka Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Takakura, Chin-Wei Wang, Daisuke Okuyama, Ryo Murasaki, Ryuji Tamura, Taku J. Sato
Phys. Rev, Mater. 7, 054412 (2023). ANSTO (IF=3.980)
17Weak trimerization in the frustrated two-dimensional triangular Heisenberg antiferromagnet LuyY1-yMnO3
S. Yano, Chin-Wei Wang, Jason S. Gardner, Wei-Tin Chen, Kazuki Iida, R. A. Mole, Despina Louca
Phys. Rev. B 107, 214407 (2023) ANSTO,Jparc (IF=3.908)
18Quantified Zero Thermal Expansion in Magnetic R2Fe17-Based Intermetallic Compounds (R = Rare Earth)
Yili Cao, Takeshi Matsukawa, Alexandra Gibbs, Maxim Avdeev, Chin-Wei Wang, Hui Wu, Qing-zhen Huang, Kenji Ohoyama, Toru Ishigaki, Haowei Zhou, Qiang Li, Jun Miao, Kun Lin, Xianran Xing*
Chem. Mater. 35, 4549-4555 (2023). ANSTO (IF=10.508)
19Noncollinear commensurate antiferromagnetic structure in metallic Pr2PdAl7Ge4
Fei Gao, Hong-Liang Wangc, Weijun Rena*, Xin-Zhi Liu, Hengheng Wu, Chin-Wei Wang, Yano Shinichiro, Bing Li, Changzhen He, Zhidong Zhang
Phys. Rev. B 107, 214435 (2023). ANSTO (IF=3.908)
20Neutron diffraction study on anomalous thermal expansion of CrB2
Yong Xu, Xin Chen, Yili Cao,Kun Lin, Chin-Wei Wang, Qiang Li, Jinxia Deng, Jun Miao, Xianran Xing*
Chinese J. Struc Chem. 42, 100009 (2023) ANSTO (IF=0.847)
21Spin-phonon-charge coupling in two-dimensional honeycomb lattice Ni2Te3O8
Ajay Tiwari, D. Chandrasekhar Kakarla*, Bommareddy Poojitha, Priyambada Sahoo, H. L. Liu, A. Dixit, C. W. Wang, T. W. Yen, M.-J. Hsieh, J.-Y. Lin, Jyothinagaram Krishnamurthy, Y. C. Lai, H. Chou, T. W. Kuo, Arkadeb Pal, H. D. Yang*
Phys. Rev. B 108, 075113 (2023). ANSTO (IF=3.908)
22Interplanar Ferromagnetism Enhanced Ultrawide Zero Thermal Expansion in Kagome Cubic Intermetallic (Zr,Nb)Fe2
Yanming Sun, Yili Cao, Shixin Hu, Maxim Avdeev, Chin-Wei Wang, Sergii Khmelevskyi, Yang Ren, Saul H. Lapidus, Xin Chen, Qiang Li, Jinxia Deng, Jun Miao, Kun Lin, Xiaojun Kuang, Xianran Xing*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 17096-17102 (2023). ANSTO (IF=16.383)
23Switching of dominant magnetic exchange interaction between tetrahedral-octahedral and octahedral-octahedral sites in (Mn1-xCrx)3O4 spinels
Gopeshwar Dhar Dwivedi, Peter Tsung-Wen Yen, Sagar Mal Kumawat, Chin-Wei Wang, Devi Chandrasekhar Kakarla, Ajay Tiwari, Hung Duen Yang, Shin-Ming Huang, Chia-Min Chung, Shih-Jye Sun, Hsiung Chou
J. Mater. Chem. C, 11, 11312-11324 (2023) ANSTO (IF=6.400)
24Effect of temperature on the conformation and functionality of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM)-grafted nanocellulose hydrogels
Vikram Singh Raghuwanshi*, David Joram Mendoza, Christine Browne, Meri Ayurini, Gediminas Gervinskas, Joel F. Hooper, Jitendra Mata, Chun-Ming Wu, George P. Simon, Gil Garnier*
J. Colloid Interface Sci. 652, 1609-1619 (2023). ANSTO (IF=9.965)
25Dual stimuli-responsive polymeric microgels for enhanced doxorubicin delivery to hepatocellular carcinoma
Sikhumbuzo Charles Kunene, Kuen-Song Lin*, Meng-Tzu Weng**, Maria Janina Carrera Espinoza, You-Sheng Lin, Chun-Ming Wu, Wei-Chin Tsai
J. Drug Deliv. Sci. Technol. 87, 104776 (2023). ANSTO (IF=5.062)