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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
Future of COMPRES, GSECARS, and Synchrotron-Based Earth Science Research
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Recent Publications
Stability of Fe2 S and Fe12 S7 to 125 GPa; implications for S-richplanetary cores
Zurkowski, C.C., Lavina, B., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, V., Campbell, A.J. (2022) Stability of Fe2S and Fe12S7 to 125 GPa; implications for S-rich planetary cores. Geochem. Persp. Let. 21, 47–52.
Deformation of Polycrystalline MgO Up to 8.3 GPa and 1270 K: Microstructures, Dominant Slip-Systems, and Transition to Grain Boundary Sliding
Ledoux Estelle Elisa, Lin Feng, Miyagi Lowell, Addad Ahmed, Fadel Alexandre, Jacob Damien, Béclin Franck, Merkel Sébastien, Deformation of Polycrystalline MgO Up to 8.3 GPa and 1270 K: Microstructures, Dominant Slip-Systems, and Transition to Grain Boundary Sliding, (2022) Frontiers in Earth Science , Vol 10, Article 849777, DOI=10.3389/feart.2022.849777
Insight into Contact Forces in Crushable Sand using Experiments and Predictive Particle-Scale Modeling
John M.Harmon, DawaSeo, GiuseppeBuscarnera, José E.Andrade, Insight into Contact Forces in Crushable Sand using Experiments and Predictive Particle-Scale Modeling, Géotechnique 0 0:0, 1-35
Science Highlights
Superconductivity above 200 K discovered in superhydrides of calcium
Li, Z., He, X., Zhang, C. et al. Superconductivity above 200 K discovered in superhydrides of calcium. Nat Commun 13, 2863 (2022).
Recent developments on high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction at the Partnership for eXtreme Xtallography (PX2) program
Zhang, D., Xu, J., Dera, P.K. et al. Recent developments on high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction at the Partnership for eXtreme Xtallography (PX2) program. Phys Chem Minerals 49, 19 (2022).
Materials synthesis at terapascal static pressures
Leonid Dubrovinsky, Saiana Khandarkhaeva, Timofey Fedotenko, Dominique Laniel, Maxim Bykov, Carlotta Giacobbe, Eleanor Lawrence Bright, Pavel Sedmak, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, Alena V. Ponomareva, Ekaterina A. Smirnova, Maxim P. Belov, Ferenc Tasnádi, Nina Shulumba, Florian Trybel, Igor A. Abrikosov, Natalia Dubrovinskaia, “Materials synthesis at terapascal static pressures,” Nature 605, 274-278 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04550-2
Stability of Fe2 S and Fe12 S7 to 125 GPa; implications for S-richplanetary cores
Zurkowski, C.C., Lavina, B., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, V., Campbell, A.J. (2022) Stability of Fe2S and Fe12S7 to 125 GPa; implications for S-rich planetary cores. Geochem. Persp. Let. 21, 47–52.
Deformation of Polycrystalline MgO Up to 8.3 GPa and 1270 K: Microstructures, Dominant Slip-Systems, and Transition to Grain Boundary Sliding
Ledoux Estelle Elisa, Lin Feng, Miyagi Lowell, Addad Ahmed, Fadel Alexandre, Jacob Damien, Béclin Franck, Merkel Sébastien, Deformation of Polycrystalline MgO Up to 8.3 GPa and 1270 K: Microstructures, Dominant Slip-Systems, and Transition to Grain Boundary Sliding, (2022) Frontiers in Earth Science , Vol 10, Article 849777, DOI=10.3389/feart.2022.849777
Insight into Contact Forces in Crushable Sand using Experiments and Predictive Particle-Scale Modeling
John M.Harmon, DawaSeo, GiuseppeBuscarnera, José E.Andrade, Insight into Contact Forces in Crushable Sand using Experiments and Predictive Particle-Scale Modeling, Géotechnique 0 0:0, 1-35
Control of deviatoric stress in the diamond anvil cell through thermal expansion mismatch stress in thin films
Dorfman, S.M., Najiba, S., Arroyo, B. et al. Control of deviatoric stress in the diamond anvil cell through thermal expansion mismatch stress in thin films. Phys Chem Minerals 49, 16 (2022).
Latest Happenings at GSECARS
Elastic Properties of Iron-Rich Melts in the Low-Velocity Zones of Earth’s Mantle studied at GSE 13 IDD
To understand Earth’s internal composition and structure, researchers track seismic and sound waves as they travel through the planet. Research carried out in large part at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source can shed
ESRP at 13-IDE
Using particulates on honeybees as a measure of local air pollution.
2022 IUCr High Pressure Workshop on “Advanced High Pressure Crystallography”
December 06 thru December 10, 2022
ANL Guest House Reopens
ANL Guest House Reopens, May 16, 2022. Reservations now being accepted.