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Proposal Application Template[Industry Creation Proposal]

This proposal application template can be used to draft your proposal application details and

then copy and paste them into the online application.

[PAGE 1: Basic Information]

1. Title of Experiment (required) (70 word limit)

If you are applying for the complementary use of SPring-8 and J-PARC/MLF, please add

“[complementary use]” at the end of your title of experiment.

2. Review Field, Research Area, Research Method (required)

• Review field (Select from the "Table of Review Field.")

Group: [I] Industrial Application Subgroup: [I] Industrial Application

• Research Area (Select from the "Table of Research Areas.")

Group

(required)

Subgroup

(required)Keywords (30 word limit)

[A80] Industrial Applications

• Research Method (Select from the "Table of Research Methods.")

Group

(required)

Subgroup

(required)Keywords (30 word limit)

3. Choice of Beamline in Order of Preference

1: (required)

2:

3:

Available beamlines are BL14B2, BL19B2, and BL46XU. If you are unsure as to which beamline is best

suited to your research, please contact the Industrial Application Division ([email protected]).

1 Proposal Application Template (Feb. 2013)

4. Number of Shifts Requested (required) (Explain how you estimated the number of requested shifts in the

space provided for #12: How you calculated the overall beamtime requested.)

　____ shift(s) x ____ run(s) + ____ shift(s) x ____ run(s) + ____ shift(s) x ____ run(s)

If you need assistance in calculating how many shifts are necessary for your research, please contact the

Industrial Application Division ([email protected]). If you wish to submit a two-quarter proposal,

also provide the number of shifts requested for the second-half of the half-year research term.

• Number of Shifts Requested for the second half of each term.

Two quarters proposal only: Two quarters proposals are accepted for the first half of each term only

The second half of each term: ____ shift(s) There is no call of One-year proposals for Industrial

Creation proposal.

• Operating Mode: ( ) any

( ) multi bunch (essential)

( ) multi bunch (preferred)

( ) several bunch (Number in order of preference below.)

Mode (in order of

preference: A, B, C, D, E,

F, G, H)*

1 2 3 4 5 Other:

*The D- and E-modes are operated in research terms A only, while the F- and G-modes are operated in

research terms B only.

[PAGE 2: Project Team Members]

5. Project Team Members: User Card Number, Name, and Affiliation

Project team members as well as project leaders are required to complete user registration in advance.

If your team members have chosen "Do not allow" for their account settings in the User Registration

page, their user card numbers are not displayed in search results and you cannot find them; therefore,


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all users are strongly encouraged to choose "Allow." If necessary, please ask your team members to

change their account settings (Log in to My Page > “Edit My Details” link in the top right hand

corner). The account settings can be changed even after proposals are approved for beamtime.

[PAGE 3: Known Safety Hazards & Measures to Be Taken]

6. Known Safety Hazards & Measures to Be Taken

6-1 Does your proposed research involve any of the following? *1〜5

( ) None

( ) High pressure gas cylinder

( ) Radioisotope

( ) Radiation generator: installation, modification, change of purpose or

specifications

( ) Internationally controlled materials (nuclear source/fuel materials)

( ) Installation of devices/equipment regulated by law

( ) Chemicals regulated by law

( ) Invasive alien species

( ) Specified risk materials (SRM) from cattle

( ) Prohibited imports regulated by the "Plant Protection Act"

( ) Recombinant DNA

( ) Human materials

( ) High-energy laser system

( ) live animals (mammals, birds, or reptiles)

( ) specific biological samples/biohazards (agents of biological origin that have the

capacity to cause ill-effects in other organisms)

*1 If yes, you will be required to submit additional forms with your proposal application.

*2 High-pressure gas manufacturing plant Local ventilation/gas supply and exhaust system Crane.

*3 Specific substances regulated by the "Act on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and Control of

Specific Chemicals" Specified poisonous substances regulated by the "Poisonous and Deleterious

Substances Control Law" Substances for which manufacturing is prohibited, asbestos, etc. under the

"Industrial Safety and Health Law" Narcotics, stimulant drugs, hemp (gum), opium, and their raw

materials, psychotropic drugs, and no dangerous substances of 1/5 or more in quantity specified by the

"Fire Service Act".

*4 Class 4, Class 3B and Class 3R lasers specified by IEC 60825-1 standard.


*5 pathogenic microbes (incl. infectious nucleic acids, plasmids, prions), parasites, and the toxic

substances, carcinogens, and allergens produced by them that can cause harm to humans, livestock, and

farm/marine products.

6-2 What SPring-8 equipment would you like to use? (90 word limit)

6-3 Details of samples (required)

Name of

Material*6Shape*7 Quantity*8 Hazards*9

Purpose of

Use*10

Handling and disposal method

after useSafety measures

*6 Use general names, structural formulas, or compositions (XAFS) and do not use abbreviations or acronyms;

*7 Capillary (powder), cylinder (gas), plate (crystal), metal foil, tablet, bulk, etc.; *8 SI Unit; *9 Poison, deadly

poison, organic solvent, selected chemicals, dangerous goods, etc.; *10 Sample, for measurement, for cleanser, for

coolant, for tranquilizer, etc.

6-4 Equipment that you will bring to SPring-8

Equipment Specifications*11 Safety measures

*11 Voltage, ampere, pressure, temperature, etc.

[PAGE 4: Abstract]

7. [New] Describe the significance, purpose, features and expected results of the proposed research,

including the reason why you need SPring-8 for the research.

[Continuation] Describe the results of your previous experiment and the reason why the experiment did

not finish.

(required) (1,200 word limit)


Please provide all of the following information:

- Role of each participating organization (e.g. measurements: jointly carried out by ABC Co., Ltd. and

DEF University, data analysis: mainly performed by DEF University)

- Social background, positioning as industrial base technology, significance, and needs of the proposed

research.

- Progress made so far at your organization, outline and goal of the proposed research.

- If you have never used SPring-8 before, enter "[New User]".

- Expected impacts of obtained results and achieved goal on society, your industry, and other industries.

- Notes related to the aim and positioning of the proposed research, if any.

- Necessity of measurements at SPring-8, what you are going to solve and how.

- If you are submitting a two-quarter proposal, enter "[two-quarter proposal]" and explain why you

need beamtime spanning two quarters.

If you have any questions about the required information, please contact the Industrial Application

Division ([email protected]).

In addition, if you are applying for the complementary use of SPring-8 and J-PARC/MLF, please

indicate that your proposal is intended for complementary use of SPring-8 and J-PARC/MLF (e.g.

research goal, why both facilities are necessary, characteristics/advantages of complementary use,

expected results of complementary use, etc.)


8. Provide the progress made regarding the proposed research, the relationship with the proposal(s) approved

in the past and with another proposal(s) being applied, if any, and your previous experience with similar

experiments. (270 word limit)

If you have ever conducted research at SPring-8, provide the difference in research method between the

previous and the current research.


[PAGE 5: Experimental Details]

9. Experimental details (sketch of setup, measurement method, detector, concentration of samples, etc.)

(1,200 word limit)

- Details about your experiment: what data you wish to collect, measurement method (e.g. X-ray

diffraction, XAFS, etc.), equipment used for measurements, measurement conditions, reasons for

needing them).

- Details about the samples (The information is essential for us to review the feasibility and determine

the number of shifts to be allocated.): name, shape, size, composition, concentration, etc. For example,

provide the composition and concentration for XAFS and XPS experiments, and the film thickness in

the case of thin films. If you wish to use a large quantity, explain why.

Note: You may use the same information for 10. (Reasons for your choice of beamline), and 11.

(Energy/wavelength).

If you have any questions about the required information, please contact the Industrial Application

Division ([email protected]).

10. Reasons for your choice of beamline. (required) (140 word limit)

Note: You may use the same information for 9. (Experimental details), and 11. (Energy/wavelength).

11. Energy/wavelength (50 word limit)

Note: You may use the same information for 9. (Experimental details), and 10. (Reasons for your

choice of beamline).

12. How you calculated the overall beamtime requested (For a "Continuation" proposal, provide an

explanation of how you calculated the beamtime requested for this round). (required) (900 word limit)


If you do not have enough experience using SPring-8 to calculate how many shifts are necessary, please

contact the Industrial Application Division ([email protected]). If you are a new user, try to

provide a reasonable number of shifts (between 3 to 6) taking into account the measurement conditions.

Note: You may use the same information for 10. (Reasons for your choice of beamline), and 11.

(Energy/wavelength).

If you are submitting a two-quarter proposal, be sure to:

- specify “[two-quarter proposal]” in this field, and

- provide the numbers of shifts requested for the first- and second-halves of research term, respectively,

and also how you calculated.


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[PAGE 6: Publication]

13. List the project leader's publication(s) associated with the proposed research (Place an asterisk next to the

publications resulting from research at SPring-8.) and describe each publication briefly. (2,250 word limit)

From 2011A, refereed journals related to the proposal can be copied into the field from the "List of

Refereed Publications Related to You."

[PAGE 7: Attachments]

14. File Upload (up to 3 files). Acceptable file formats are JPEG (.jpg/.jpeg), GIF(.gif), PNG (.png) only.

Do not upload files without file extensions. Each image should be no larger than 1MB in file size.


Table of Review Field

Group Code Subgroup

Life Science

L1 Macromolecular crystallography

L2 Small-angle scattering of biological sample

L3Biomedical imaging, medical application (element analysis, X-ray

scattering, radiation effects, etc.)

Diffraction and

Scattering

D1a Inorganic crystal

D1b Organic crystal, molecular crystal

D2a Structure under high pressure

D2b Earth science

D3 Materials imaging (topography, CT)

D4Inelastic scattering (compton scattering, nuclear resonant scattering,

high-resolution X-ray scattering)

D5 Synthetic polymer

D6a Non-crystal (quasicrystal, amorphous, liquid, etc.)

D6bHeterogeneous system (surface and interface structures, nanoparticle

structures, etc.)

XAFS and

Fluorescence

Analysis

Xa XAFS

Xb X-ray fluorescence analysis, microanalysis

SpectroscopyS1

Photoelectron spectroscopy of solid, infrared materials science,

photochemistry

S3 Magnetic circular dichroism (soft X-ray and hard X-ray)

Industrial

ApplicationI Industrial application


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