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The Advanced Photon Source Limited Operations
https://www.anl.gov/coronavirus
Update on status and plans at GSECARS, August 25, 2020
Please note the following information:
Current APS guidance for the 2021-1 and 2021-2 runs mandates that external users will not be allowed on-site. Based on this current policy, GSECARS is only scheduling users for 2021-1 and 2021-2 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
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- GSECARS Beamtime Schedule
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- Safety Training – Remote Access
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- High Pressure Tools
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Upcoming Events
Recent Publications
Oxidized Sulfur-Rich Arc Magmas Formed Porphyry Cu Deposits by 1.88 Ga
Meng, X., Kleinsasser, J.M., Richards, J.P. et al. Oxidized sulfur-rich arc magmas formed porphyry Cu deposits by 1.88 Ga. Nat Commun 12, 2189 (2021).
Structural Transitions of 4:1 Methanol–Ethanol Mixture and Silicone Oil Under High Pressure
Xiehang Chen, Hongbo Lou, Zhidan Zeng, Benyuan Cheng, Xin Zhang, Ye Liu, Dazhe Xu, Ke Yang, and Qiaoshi Zeng
, “Structural transitions of 4:1 methanol–ethanol mixture and silicone oil under high pressure” , Matter and Radiation at Extremes 6, 038402 (2021)
Single‐Crystal Elasticity of High‐Pressure Ice up to 98 GPa by Brillouin Scattering
Shi, W., Sun, N., Li, X., Mao, Z., Liu, J., & Prakapenka, V. B. (2021). Single‐crystal elasticity of high‐pressure ice up to 98 GPa by brillouin scattering. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092514
Latent Heat Method to Detect Melting and Freezing of Metals at Megabar Pressures
Zachary M. Geballe, Nicholas Holtgrewe, Amol Karandikar, Eran Greenberg, Vitali B. Prakapenka, and Alexander F. Goncharov, “Latent heat method to detect melting and freezing of metals at megabar pressures”, (2021) Phys. Rev. Materials 5, Iss. 3, 033803, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.033803
Ultra-Incompressible High-Entropy Diborides
Xiaoliang Zhang, Weiwei Li, Hua Tian, Junxiu Liu, Cong Li, Hongliang Dong, Jian Chen, Meng Song, Bin Chen, Hongwei Sheng, Shanmin Wang, Dongzhou Zhang, and Hengzhong Zhang, ”
Ultra-incompressible High-Entropy Diborides”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 0, 12, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00399
Science Highlights
Equation of State for Natural Almandine, Spessartine, Pyrope Garnet: Implications for Quartz-In-Garnet Elastic Geobarometry
Mulligan, Suzanne R.; Stavrou, Elissaios; Chariton, Stella; Tschauner, Oliver; Salamat, Ashkan; Wells, Michael L.; Smith, Alexander G.; Hoisch, Thomas D.; Prakapenka, Vitali. 2021. “Equation of State for Natural Almandine, Spessartine, Pyrope Garnet: Implications for Quartz-In-Garnet Elastic Geobarometry” Minerals 11, no. 5: 458.
High-Pressure Synthesis of Dirac Materials: Layered van der Waals Bonded BeN4 Polymorph
Maxim Bykov, Timofey Fedotenko, Stella Chariton, Dominique Laniel, Konstantin Glazyrin, Michael Hanfland, Jesse S. Smith, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Mohammad F. Mahmood, Alexander F. Goncharov, Alena V. Ponomareva, Ferenc Tasnádi, Alexei I. Abrikosov, Talha Bin Masood, Ingrid Hotz, Alexander N. Rudenko, Mikhail I. Katsnelson, Natalia Dubrovinskaia, Leonid Dubrovinsky, and Igor A. Abrikosov, High-Pressure Synthesis of Dirac Materials: Layered van der Waals Bonded BeN4 Polymorph, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 175501, DOI = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.175501
The Water-Fe-Pressure Dependent Single-Crystal Elastic Properties of Wadsleyite: Implications for the Seismic Anisotropy in the Upper Mantle Transition Zone
Wen-Yi Zhou, Zhiyuan Ren, Jin S. Zhang, Bin Chen, Ming Hao, Tomohiro Ohuchi, Lowell Miyagi, Dongzhou Zhang, Esen E. Alp, Barbara Lavina, Brandon Schmandt, The Water-Fe-Pressure dependent single-crystal elastic properties of wadsleyite: Implications for the seismic anisotropy in the upper Mantle Transition Zone, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 565, 2021,116955
Hybrid Double Perovskite Containing Helium: [He2][CaZr]F6
Anthony J. Lloyd, Brett R. Hester, Samuel J. Baxter, Shangye Ma, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Sergey N. Tkachev, Changyong Park, and Angus P. Wilkinson, Hybrid Double Perovskite Containing Helium: [He2][CaZr]F6, Chemistry of Materials Article ASAP, DOI: 0.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04782
Can Quasicrystals Survive in Planetary Collisions?
Stagno, V., Bindi, L., Takagi, S. et al. Can quasicrystals survive in planetary collisions?. Prog Earth Planet Sci 8, 27 (2021).
Persistent Negative Compressibility Coupled to Optical Modulation in Empty-Perovskite TiOF2
Yang Lu, Hao Yan, Eugene Huang, and Bin Chen, Persistent Negative Compressibility Coupled to Optical Modulation in Empty-Perovskite TiOF2, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C Article ASAP (2021)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c01601
Stabilization of Pentazolate Anions in High-Pressure Compounds Na2N5, NaN5 and in Sodium Pentazolate Framework NaN5·N2
M. Bykov, E. E. Bykova, S. S. Chariton, V. B. Prakapenka, I. G. Batyrev, M. F. M. Mahmood and A. F. A. Goncharov, Dalton Trans., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1DT00722J.
Latest Happenings at GSECARS
Dr. Mark Rivers and Dr. Stephen Sutton: Recipients of 2021 APSUO Arthur H. Compton Award
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Rivers and Dr. Stephen Sutton as the recipients of the 2021 APSUO Arthur H. Compton Award. The award recognizes a significant scientific or technical accomplishment at the Advanced Photon Source.
GSECARS Hosts Virtual Tutorial on Crystal Truncation Rod Diffraction (CTR) for Atomic-Scale Surface Structure Measurement
On Wednsday, March 31st, GSECARS Beamline Scientists Peter Eng and Joanne Stubbs host a virtual tutorial on Crystal Truncation Rod Diffraction (CTR) for Atomic-Scale Surface Structure Measurement.
GSECARS Hosts Faculty and Students from Lockport Township High School Involved with the ESRP Program at APS
Their experiment “Comparative Chemical Analysis of Soil Contamination Using Hyperaccumulators” was run at 13 IDE with GSE beamline scientists Tony Lanzirotti and Matt Newville as hosts.
Virtual Tutorial on Crystal Truncation Rod Diffraction for Atomic-Scale Surface Structure Measurement
March 31, 2021: GeoSoilEnviroCARS, the University of Chicago, at the Advanced Photon Source invites you to attend a half-day online workshop.
HP Interest Group
Dr Stella Chariton, GSECARS, to host high pressure interest group: “Solving crystal structures from complex multigrain, multi-phase samples at extreme conditions”. Monday, Jan 25th, 2-3pm (CST)