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GSECARS
A national user facility for frontier research in the earth sciences using synchrotron radiation at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory.
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High-pressure/high-temperature crystallography and spectroscopy using the diamond anvil cell
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High-pressure/high-temperature crystallography and imaging using the large-volume press
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Powder, single crystal and interface diffraction
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Inelastic x-ray scattering
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X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy
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X-ray fluorescence microprobe analysis
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Microtomography
On September 1, 2023 the National Science Foundation announced a $35 million award to the University of Chicago to operate SEES: Synchrotron Earth and Environmental Science. This includes funding for the GSECARS beamlines, the beamlines formerly funded by COMPRES, and new support for beamlines highlighting applications in environmental science, low temperature geochemistry, and rock deformation studies. More information can be found here:
https://new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-announces-new-award-synchrotron-earth
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Recent Publications
The crystal structure of feitknechtite (β-MnOOH) and a new MnOOH polymorph ” Amerian Mineralogist, Vol 108, Number 11, 2023
Jeffrey E. Pos, Peter J. Heaney, Eugene S. Ilton, Evert J. Elzinga, ”
The crystal structure of feitknechtite (β-MnOOH) and a new MnOOH polymorph ” Amerian Mineralogist, Vol 108, Number 11, 2023
Temperature-induced densification in compressed basaltic glass revealed by in-situ ultrasonic measurements
Man Xu, Zhicheng Jing, Young Jay Ryu, Julien Chantel, James A. Van Orman, Tony Yu, Yanbin Wang, ”
Temperature-induced densification in compressed basaltic glass revealed by in-situ ultrasonic measurements”, American Mineralogist, Vol 108, Number 11, 2023, 2075–2085
Amorphous Mn2SiO4: A potential manganese phase in the stagnant slab
Zhilin Ye, Jingui Xu, Dawei Fan, Dongzhou Zhang, Wenge Zhou, Hongsen Xie, “Amorphous Mn2SiO4: A potential manganese phase in the stagnant slab”, American Mineralogist, Vol 108, Number 11, 2023
GSECARS is organizing two synchrotron relevant sessions at the 2023 AGU Conference, Dec 11-15. Please consider attending.
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Science Highlights
Validating mechanistic models of fluid displacement during imbibition
Sharon Ellman, Arjen Mascini, Tom Bultreys,, “Validating mechanistic models of fluid displacement during imbibition”, Advances in Water Resources, 2023, 104590,
ISSN 0309-1708
Pressure-induced crystal structural and insulator-metal transitions in the quantum spin liquid candidate CsYbSe2
Sereika, Raimundas and Xu, Xilong and Wang, Yizhou and Yang, Li and Zhang, Dongzhou and Chariton, Stella and Xing, Jie and Sefat, Athena and Vohra, Yogesh K. and Bi, Wenli, ”
Pressure-induced crystal structural and insulator-metal transitions in the quantum spin liquid candidate
CsYbSe2, ” (2023)
Phys. Rev. B 108, 174106
(U)SAXS characterization of porous microstructure of chert: insights into organic matter preservation
Munoz, P., Ilavsky, J., Newville, M., Wetter, N. U., Lourenco, R. A., Barbosa de Andrade, M., Martins, T. S., Dipold, J., Freitas, A. Z., Cides da Silva, L. C. & Oliveira, C. L. P. (2023). J. Appl. Cryst. 56.
Influence of contrasting redox conditions on iron (oxyhydr)oxide transformation and associated phosphate sorption
Barczok, M., Smith, C., Di Domenico, N. et al. Influence of contrasting redox conditions on iron (oxyhydr)oxide transformation and associated phosphate sorption. Biogeochemistry (2023).
Melting and defect transitions in FeO up to pressures of Earth’s core-mantle boundary
Vasilije V. Dobrosavljevic , Dongzhou Zhang, Wolfgang Sturhahn, Stella Chariton , Vitali B. Prakapenka , Jiyong Zhao , Thomas S. Toellner , Olivia S. Pardo & Jennifer M. Jackson, ” Melting and defect transitions in FeO up to pressures of Earth’s core-mantle boundary.” Nat Commun 14, 7336 (2023).
A hydrogen-enriched layer in the topmost outer core sourced from deeply subducted water
Kim, T., O’Rourke, J.G., Lee, J. et al. A hydrogen-enriched layer in the topmost outer core sourced from deeply subducted water. Nat. Geosci. (2023).
Photophysical Behavior of Triethylmethylammonium Tetrabromoferrate(III) under High Pressure
Takeshi Nakagawa, Yang Ding, Kejun Bu, Xujie Lü, Haozhe Liu, Anna Moliterni, Jasminka Popović, Marian Mihalik, Zvonko Jagličić, Matúš Mihalik, and Martina Vrankić, Inorganic Chemistry Article ASAPDOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02607
Latest Happenings at GSECARS
Beamline Scientist Position at NSLS II, XFM Beamline
HP science session at the 2024 AOGS
GSECARS scientists are organizing a HP science session at the 2024 AOGS Annual Meeting in Pyeongchang, South Korea (June 23-28) to reach out to the Asian HP community and provide updates regarding the latest HP scientific developments at GSECARS
Young Jay Ryu gave lectures on Raman and Brillouin spectroscopy
GSE beamline scientist Young Jay Ryu gave lectures on Raman and Brillouin spectroscopy to students at Hanyang University.
GSE beamline scientist Stella Chariton presented “Multigrain crystallography at extremes” as an invited speaker at the 80th Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference
Force Seminar October 2023
The Slab in the Lab: Simulating deep-focus earthquakes through transformational faulting at high pressure and temperature in olivine analogues. Hosted by Tim Officer of GSECARS, University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory.