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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
- 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
- DAC Users Informational Flyer
- BMC Users Informational Flyer
Recent Publications
Pressure-Induced Ferroelectric-Like Transition Creates a Polar Metal in Defect Antiperovskites Hg3Te2X2 (X = Cl, Br)
Cai, W., He, J., Li, H. et al. Pressure-induced ferroelectric-like transition creates a polar metal in defect antiperovskites Hg3Te2X2 (X = Cl, Br). Nat Commun 12, 1509 (2021)
Stability of the Peroxide Group in BaO2 Under High Pressure
X. Zhang, X. Luo, M. Bykov, Maxim, E. Bykova, I. Chuvashova, D. Butenko, S. Chariton, V. Prakapenka, Smith, D. Smith, H. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Lv, A.F. Goncharov, ,” Stability of the peroxide group in BaO2 under high pressure”, Phys. Rev. B, 103, (9), 094104
The Stability of Subducted Glaucophane with the Earth’s Secular Cooling
Yoonah Bang, Huijeong Hwang, Taehyun Kim, Hyunchae Cynn, Yong Park, Haemyeong Jung, Changyong Park, Dmitry Popov, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Lin Wang, Hanns-Peter Liermann, Tetsuo Irifune, Ho-Kwang Mao, Yongjae Lee, “The stability of subducted glaucophane with the Earth’s secular cooling,” Nat. Commun. 12, 1496 (2021).
Thermoelasticity and Stability of Natural Epidote at High Pressure and High Temperature: Implications for Water Transport During Cold Slab Subduction
Bo Li, Jingui Xu, Dongzhou Zhang, Zhilin Ye, Shijie Huang, Dawei Fan, Wenge Zhou, Hongsen Xie,
Thermoelasticity and stability of natural epidote at high pressure and high temperature: Implications for water transport during cold slab subduction, Geoscience Frontiers, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 921-928.
Rethinking the Design of Ionic Conductors Using Meyer–Neldel–Conductivity Plot
Gao, Y., Li, N., Wu, Y., Yang, W., Bo, S.‐H., Rethinking the Design of Ionic Conductors Using Meyer–Neldel–Conductivity Plot. Adv. Energy Mater. 2021, 2100325.
Science Highlights
Reversal of Carbonate-Silicate Cation Exchange in Cold Slabs in Earth’s Lower Mantle
Lv, M., Dorfman, S.M., Badro, J. et al. Reversal of carbonate-silicate cation exchange in cold slabs in Earth’s lower mantle. Nat Commun 12, 1712 (2021).
Predicting the Effect of Relaxation on Interfacial Area Development in Multiphase Flow
Meisenheimer, D. E., & Wildenschild, D. (2021). Predicting the effect of relaxation on interfacial area development in multiphase flow. Water Resources Research, 57, e2020WR028770.
Revealing the Complex Nature of Bonding in the Binary High-Pressure Compound FeO2
Koemets, E. and Leonov, I. and Bykov, M. and Bykova, E. and Chariton, S. and Aprilis, G. and Fedotenko, T. and Cl\’ement, S. and Rouquette, J. and Haines, J. and Cerantola, V. and Glazyrin, K. and McCammon, C. and Prakapenka, V. B. and Hanfland, M. and Liermann, H.-P. and Svitlyk, V. and Torchio, R. and Rosa, A. D. and Irifune, T. and Ponomareva, A. V. and Abrikosov, I. A. and Dubrovinskaia, N. and Dubrovinsky, L., “Revealing the Complex Nature of Bonding in the Binary High-Pressure Compound
FeO2”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 106001
Carbonate Caprock–Brine–Carbon Dioxide Interaction: Alteration of Hydromechanical Properties and Implications on Carbon Dioxide Leakage
Sang, Guijie , and Shimin Liu. “Carbonate Caprock–Brine–Carbon Dioxide Interaction: Alteration of Hydromechanical Properties and Implications on Carbon Dioxide Leakage.” SPE J. (2021;)
Superionic Iron Oxide–Hydroxide in Earth’s Deep Mantle
Hou, M., He, Y., Jang, B.G. et al. Superionic iron oxide–hydroxide in Earth’s deep mantle. Nat. Geosci. 14, 174–178 (2021)
Pressure-Induced Ferroelectric-Like Transition Creates a Polar Metal in Defect Antiperovskites Hg3Te2X2 (X = Cl, Br)
Cai, W., He, J., Li, H. et al. Pressure-induced ferroelectric-like transition creates a polar metal in defect antiperovskites Hg3Te2X2 (X = Cl, Br). Nat Commun 12, 1509 (2021)
Stability of the Peroxide Group in BaO2 Under High Pressure
X. Zhang, X. Luo, M. Bykov, Maxim, E. Bykova, I. Chuvashova, D. Butenko, S. Chariton, V. Prakapenka, Smith, D. Smith, H. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Lv, A.F. Goncharov, ,” Stability of the peroxide group in BaO2 under high pressure”, Phys. Rev. B, 103, (9), 094104
Latest Happenings at GSECARS
In-situ Studies of Rock Deformation Science Workshop
Presentations will be given in virtual meeting format on the afternoons of Jan 18 and 19, 2021.
Mark Rivers of GSECARS Elected as a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America
Congratulations to Mark Rivers for being elected as a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America!
GSECARS 13 ID-D DAC Program Successfully Runs Using Mail-In Samples
The GSECARS 13 ID-D DAC program successfully ran 140 mail-in DACs and 10 ambient samples. They received (and returned!) 36 boxes of DAC samples. Users report that running experiments remotely with mail-in samples resulted in excellent data and was deemed a great success!
GSECARS Hosts Virtual Hands-On Microtomogoraphy Tutorial Sessions
Dr. Mark Rivers at GSECARS hosts a virtual hands-on tutorial sessions on synchrotron computed microtomography.
GSECARS Welcomes Christofanis Skordas
Christofanis will be working on software development for the Diamond Anvil Cell program.