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The Advanced Photon Source Limited Operations
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Update on status and plans at GSECARS, August 25, 2020
Please note the following information:
Current APS guidance for the 2020-3 run mandates that external users will not be allowed on-site. Based on this current policy, GSECARS is only scheduling users for 2020-3 that can mail-in samples, with partial or full remote access to control selected beamline computers to perform experiments in-close collaboration with GSECARS beamline staff.
Users that wish to have remote computer access to run their experiments at GSECARS will be considered “Remote Users” and noted so on their ESAF. “Remote Users” are still required to have all their APS safety training up to date for ESAF approval, ANL site access must be current and an approved 593 in place for foreign nationals.
Contacting beamline staff prior to your experiment is required. This can be arranged either via email, phone, or online (Zoom or Bluejeans are preferred).
Samples should be sent to your primary beamline contact at least one week ahead of scheduled beamtime. Please send the shipment tracking number to your host. We recommend FedEx as the most reliable option for shipping samples.
Send samples to :
Beamline Contact
The University of Chicago
Building 434A, Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Ave.
Lemont, IL 60439
GSECARS is a national user facility for frontier research in the earth sciences using synchrotron radiation at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory.
GSECARS provides earth scientists with access to the high-brilliance hard x-rays from this third-generation synchrotron light source. All principal synchrotron-based analytical techniques in demand by earth scientists are being brought to bear on earth science problems:
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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
Quick Links
- Apply for Beamtime
- APS User Portal
- Register as a General User
- Register as a Visitor to APS
- Experiment Safety Approval Form (ESAF)
- End of Experiment Form (EEF)
- APS Storage Ring Schedule
- GSECARS Beamtime Schedule
- Argonne Guest House (AGH)
- Safety Training – Remote Access
- APS Publication Database
- High Pressure Tools
Upcoming Events
Recent Publications
Real-Time Synchrotron-Based X-Ray Computed Microtomography During in Situ Emulsification
Yara A. Alzahid, Hussain Aborshaid, Mohanad Asali, James McClure, Cheng Chen, Peyman Mostaghimi, Ying Da Wang, Chenhao Sun, Ryan T. Armstrong, Real-time synchrotron-based X-ray computed microtomography during in situ emulsification, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 195, 2020, 107885, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107885
Pb Sorption at the Barite (001)–Water Interface
Jacquelyn N. Bracco, Sang Soo Lee, Inva Braha, Amanda Dorfman, Paul Fenter, Andrew G. Stack, “Pb Sorption at the Barite (001)–Water Interface,” J. Phys. Chem. C 124 (40), 22035-22045 (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c03842
Testing Os Staining Approach for Visualizing Soil Organic Matter Patterns in Intact Samples via X-ray Dual-Energy Tomography Scanning
Hongbing Zheng, Kyungmin Kim, Alexandra Kravchenko, Mark Rivers, Andrey Guber, “Testing Os Staining Approach for Visualizing Soil Organic Matter Patterns in Intact Samples via X-ray Dual-Energy Tomography Scanning,” Environ. Sci. Technol. 54 (14), 8980-8989 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01028
Four-Dimensional Dynamic Synchrotron Microcomputed Tomography Imaging of Gas-Water Interface at High Pressure and Low Temperature
Khalid Alshibli, Zaher A. Jarrar, “Four-Dimensional Dynamic Synchrotron Microcomputed Tomography Imaging of Gas-Water Interface at High Pressure and Low Temperature,” Geotech. Test. J. 44 (4), GTJODJ (2021). DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20190332
Mineralogy of the Deep Lower Mantle in the Presence of H2O
Qingyang Hu, Jin Liu, Jiuhua Chen, Bingmin Yan, Yue Meng, Vitali B Prakapenka, Wendy L Mao, Ho-kwang Mao, Mineralogy of the deep lower mantle in the presence of H2O, National Science Review, nwaa098
Science Highlights
Origin of the Isostructural Electronic States of the Topological Insulator Bi2Te3
Hong, Xinguo and Newville, Matt and Ding, Yang and Zhang, Dongzhou and Irifune, Tetsuo and Gu, Genda and Mao, Ho-Kwang, Origin of the isostructural electronic states of the topological insulator Bi2Te3, (2020) Phys. Rev. B, 102, 13, 134110, https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.134110
Transport properties of Fe-Ni-Si alloys at Earth’s core conditions: Insight into the viability of thermal and compositional convection
Youjun Zhang, Mingqiang Hou, Peter Driscoll, Nilesh P. Salke, Jin Liu, Eran Greenberge, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Jung-Fu Lin, “Transport properties of Fe-Ni-Si alloys at Earth’s core conditions: Insight into the viability of thermal and compositional convection,” Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 553, 116614 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116614
Warm and Oxidizing Slabs Limit Ingassing Efficiency of Nitrogen to the Mantle
Colin R.M. Jackson, Elizabeth Cottrell, Ben Andrews, Warm and oxidizing slabs limit ingassing efficiency of nitrogen to the mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters,
Volume 553, 2021, 116615
Incompatibility of Argon During Magma Ocean Crystallization
Colin R.M. Jackson, Curtis D. Williams, Zhixue Du, Neil R.Bennett, Sujoy Mukhopadhyay, Yingwei Fei, “Incompatibility of argon during magma ocean crystallization,” Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 553, 116598 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116598
Experimental Equation of State of 11 Lanthanide Nitrides (NdN to LuN) and Pressure Induced Phase Transitions in NdN, SmN, EuN, and GdN
Emma Ehrenreich-Petersen, Morten B. Nielsen, Martin Bremholma, “Experimental equation of state of 11 lanthanide nitrides (NdN to LuN) and pressure induced phase transitions in NdN, SmN, EuN, and GdN,” J. Appl. Phys. 128 (13), 135902 (2020). DOI: 10.1063/5.0021591
An Experimental-XANES Investigation of the Cr Valence Systematics in Basaltic Liquids and Applications to Modeling Cr2+/ΣCr Evolution in Crystallizing Basaltic Magma Systems
Bell, A.S., Vaci, Z., and Lanzirotti, A. An Experimental-XANES Investigation of the Cr Valence Systematics in Basaltic Liquids and Applications to Modeling Cr2+/ΣCr Evolution in Crystallizing Basaltic Magma Systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Facile and Scalable Dry Surface Doping Technique to Enhance the Electrochemical Performance of LiNi0.64Mn0.2Co0.16O2 Cathode Materials
Yang Shi, Kitae Kim, Yingjie Xing, Andrew Millonig, Bryan Kim, Lixin Wang, Eunsung Lee, Chloe Harrison, Taehwan Yu, Derek C. Johnson, Albert L. Lipson, Jessica L. Durham, Donghao Liu, Timothy T. Fister, Lei Yud, Jianguo Wen, “Facile and scalable dry surface doping technique to enhance the electrochemical performance of LiNi[subscript 0.64]Mn[subscript 0.2]Co[subscript 0.16]O[subscript 2] cathode materials,” J. Mater. Chem. A 8 (38), 19886-19872 (2020). DOI: 10.1039/d0ta07779h
Latest Happenings at GSECARS
GSECARS Welcomes Christofanis Skordas
Christofanis will be working on software development for the Diamond Anvil Cell program.
LVP Users Successfully Run Experiments Remotely
Sector 13 LVP users have successfully completed their most recent experiments remotely. They were able to mail in their samples, and with the help of remote access software, and GSECARS staff, run their experiments.
Carbon-Rich Planets Made of Diamonds May Exist Beyond Our Solar System
CNN, CNET and APS highlight work done at 13 IDD by Dan Shim’s Lab for Earth and Planetary Materials at Arizona State University and scientists from the University of Chicago on how the interiors of carbon-rich exoplanets could create diamonds through high pressure and temperature conditions.
GSECARS Welcomes Anna Wanhala
GSECARS welcomes Anna Wanhala. She is a postdoctoral scholar working with Joanne Stubbs and Peter Eng conducting research into mineral-fluid interface processes.
GSECARS Virtual Tour for Summer Interns
Tony Lanzirotti and Mark Rivers presented a virtual tour to the ANL summer interns on earth and planetary synchrotron research at GSECARS.