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
Future of COMPRES, GSECARS, and Synchrotron-Based Earth Science Research
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Recent Publications
Enhanced Second-Harmonic Generation of van der Waals CuInP2S6 via Pressure-Regulated Cationic Displacement
Kejun Bu, Tonghuan Fu, Ziwan Du, Xin Feng, Dong Wang, Zhongyang Li, Songhao Guo, Zongdong Sun, Hui Luo, Gang Liu, Yang Ding, Tianyou Zhai, Qian Li, and Xujie Lü
Chemistry of Materials Article ASAP DOI: 0.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03066
Boron isotopes in blue diamond record seawater-derived fluids in the lower mantle
Margo E. Regier, Karen V. Smit, Thomas B. Chalk, Thomas Stachel, Richard A. Stern, Evan M. Smith, Gavin L. Foster, Yannick Bussweiler, Chris DeBuhr, Antony D. Burnham, Jeff W. Harris, D. Graham Pearson,
Boron isotopes in blue diamond record seawater-derived fluids in the lower mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 602, 2023, 117923, ISSN 0012-821X,
Iron-rich Fe–O compounds at Earth’s core pressure
Jin Liu, Yang Sun, Chaojia Lv, Feng Zhang, Suyu Fu, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Caizhuang Wang, Kaiming Ho, Jungfu Lin, Renata M. Wentzcovitch, Iron-rich Fe–O compounds at Earth’s core pressures, The Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2023, 100354, ISSN 2666-6758,
Formation of oxidized sulfur-rich magmas in Neoarchaean subduction zones
Xuyang Meng, Adam C. Simon, Jackie M. Kleinsasser, David R. Mole, Daniel J. Kontak, Pedro J. Jugo, Jingwen Mao, Jeremy P. Richards, “Formation of oxidized sulfur-rich magmas in Neoarchaean subduction zones,” Nat. Geoscience 15, 1064-1070 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-022-01071-5
Experimental Constraints on the Fate of Subducted Sedimentary Nitrogen in the Reduced Mantle
Huang, S., Wu, X., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, V. B., Liang, L., Zhang, D., et al. (2022). Experimental constraints on the fate of subducted sedimentary nitrogen in the reduced mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB025169.
Single-Crystal Elasticity of Phase E at High Pressure and Temperature: Implications for the Low-Velocity Layer Atop the 410-km Depth
Wang, B., Zhang, Y., Fu, S., Ding, X., Liang, W., Takahashi, E., et al. (2022). Single-crystal elasticity of phase E at high pressure and temperature: Implications for the low-velocity layer atop the 410-km depth. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB025274.
Cesium-mediated electron redistribution and electron-electron interaction in high-pressure metallic CsPbI3
Ke, F., Yan, J., Niu, S. et al. Cesium-mediated electron redistribution and electron-electron interaction in high-pressure metallic CsPbI3. Nat Commun 13, 7067 (2022).
High-Pressure, High-Temperature Studies of Phase Transitions in SrOsO3─Discovery of a Post-Perovskite
Camilla Hjort Kronbo, Louise Ring Jensen, Francesca Menescardi, Davide Ceresoli, Martin Bremholm, “High-pressure, low-temperature studies of phase transitions in SrRuO[subscript 3]–Absence of volume collapse,” J. Solid State Chem. 287, 121360 (2020).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2020.121360
Workshops
Acoustic Emission Hands-on Workshop
Hands-on workshop for researchers who are interested in conducting in-situ studies of rock deformation.
Science Highlights
The first-order structural transition in NiO at high pressure
Gavriliuk, A.G., Struzhkin, V.V., Ivanova, A.G. et al. The first-order structural transition in NiO at high pressure. Commun Phys 6, 23 (2023).
Evaluation of Copper Chelation Therapy in a Transgenic Rat Model of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Ashwin Ambi, Aleksandra Stanisavljevic, Tiffany W. Victor, Adam W. Lowery, Judianne Davis, William E. Van Nostrand, and Lisa M. Miller, Evaluation of Copper Chelation Therapy in a Transgenic Rat Model of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy,
ACS Chemical Neuroscience Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.2c00483
Pressure-induced charge orders and their postulated coupling to magnetism in hexagonal multiferroic LuFe2O4
Liu, F., Hao, Y., Ni, J. et al. Pressure-induced charge orders and their postulated coupling to magnetism in hexagonal multiferroic LuFe2O4. npj Quantum Mater. 8, 1 (2023).
Extreme redox variations in a superdeep diamond from a subducted slab
Fabrizio Nestola, Margo E. Regier, Robert W. Luth, D. Graham Pearson, Thomas Stachel, Catherine McCammon, Michelle D. Wenz, Steven D. Jacobsen, Chiara Anzolini, Luca Bindi & Jeffrey W. Harris , “Extreme redox variations in a superdeep diamond from a subducted slab.” Nature 613, 85–89 (2023).
The influence of Al2O3 on the structural properties of MgSiO3 akimotoite
Nicki C. Siersch, Giacomo Criniti, Alexander Kurnosov, Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, Zhaodong Liu, Takayuki Ishii, Daniel J. Frost, Tony Yu, Yanbin Wang; The influence of Al2O3 on the structural properties of MgSiO3 akimotoite. American Mineralogist 2023;; 108 (1): 100–109.
Atomistic insight into the ferroelastic post-stishovite transition by high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction
Zhang, Yanyao, Stella Chariton, Jiaming He, Suyu Fu, Fang Xu, Vitali B. Prakapenka, and Jung-Fu Lin. “Atomistic insight into the ferroelastic post-stishovite transition by high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction.” American Mineralogist 108 (2023): 110-119.
Wie innerer Druck die Erde formt
Tschauner, O. (2023), How inner pressure shapes the earth. Phys. Unserer Zeit, 54: 37-43
Y(III) Sorption at the Orthoclase (001) Surface Measured by X-ray Reflectivity
Julia Neumann, Jessica Lessing, Sang Soo Lee, Joanne E. Stubbs, Peter J. Eng, Maximilian Demnitz, Paul Fenter, and Moritz Schmidt, Y(III) Sorption at the Orthoclase (001) Surface Measured by X-ray Reflectivity, Environmental Science & Technology Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c06703
Creating superconductivity in WB2 through pressure-induced metastable planar defects
J. Lim, A.C. Hire, Y. Quan, J.S. Kim, S.R. Xie, S. Sinha, R.S. Kumar, D. Popov, C. Park, R.J. Hemley, Y.K. Vohra, J.J. Hamlin, .R.G. Hennig, P.J Hirschfeld, G.R. Stewart, “Creating superconductivity in WB[subscript 2] through pressure-induced metastable planar defects,” Nat. Commun. 13, 7901-9 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35191-8
Latest Happenings at GSECARS
Acoustic Emission Hands-on Workshop
Hands-on workshop for researchers who are interested in conducting in-situ studies of rock deformation.
GSECARS Selected by NASA
GSECARS was selected as one of only 9 facilities by NASA to receive Research Facilities for Planetary Science funding to support investigators conducting planetary science research.
Between a Rock and Water Interface
Studies at 13 IDC by U Delaware and ANL researchers show that there is a complex interplay between surface reactions, topography, and solute transport velocity at the mineral-fluid interface.
New mineralogy of the deep Earth discovered
Published in Nature, researchers from ASU conducted a HP experiment at 13 IDD revealing a new mineral in the lower mantel.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05237-4