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Multi-anvil experiments at ESRF’s ID06
GSE beamline scientists T. Officer, T. Yu, and Y. Wang (not pictured) conduct high pressure multi-anvil experiments at ESRF's ID06
SCSW 2024
GSE welcomes high school women at SCSW 2024.
Solar eclipse viewing at GSECARS.
UofC and FIU researchers working on Advanced optical system for studying materials at extreme conditions and their synthesis at FIU
Computed Microtomography in a Triaxial Cell
GSE staff Y. Wang, M. Yakovlev, M. Rivers, T. Officer, Wenlu Zhu U MD using the HEX beamline at NSLS II working on Computed Microtomography in a Triaxial Cell.
International Woman’s Day celebrated at GSECARS!
Melting and defect transitions in FeO up to pressures of Earth’s core-mantle boundary
Research into FeO under high pressure may provide new insights into Earth's geophysical evolution, including the nutation of the poles, the evolution of the magnetic field, and our planet's deep history.
High Pressure Synthesis Using the PE Cell at GSECARS 13IDC
GSE scientist Tony Yu hosted students from Hanyang University and Pusan National University researching "High Pressure Synthesis Using the PE Cell".
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
GSE staff members Stella Chariton and Nancy Lazarz volunteered at ANL's Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.
From Structure to Dynamics: High P Crystallographic Research at GSECARS 13 BMC
GSE scientist Dongzhou Zhang gave an invited talk to the Chemistry Dept at Michigan State, “From Structure to Dynamics: High P Crystallographic Research at GSECARS 13 BMC”.
APS Highlights:
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
Solid-State Pathway Control via Reaction-Directing Heteroatoms: Ordered Pyridazine Nanothreads through Selective Cycloaddition
Samuel G. Dunning, Li Zhu, Bo Chen, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Maddury Somayazulu, Timothy A. Strobel, “Solid-State Pathway Control via Reaction-Directing Heteroatoms: Ordered Pyridazine Nanothreads through Selective Cycloaddition,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144 (5), 2073-2078 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12143
GSECARS Virtual Tour
GSE beamline scientist Tony Lanzirotti gave a virtual tour to Prof. Zach Dowdy and his science journalism class from Stony Brook University showing the students how synchrotron radiation is used in earth and planetary science research.
ESRP at 13 IDE, Mundelein HS
Students from Mundelein High School participated in the ANL Exemplary Student Research Program conducting an experiment at 13 IDE, “Using X-Ray Fluorescence and Absorption Spectroscopy to Analyze The Relationship Between Particulate Matter And The Environment Through Factors Of Metal Type And Particle Size”.
ESRP at 13 IDE, UofC Lab School
Students from The University of Chicago Lab HS participated in the ANL Exemplary Student Research Program conducting an experiment at 13 IDE, “Using particulates on honeybees and in their byproducts as a measure of local pollution”.