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The Advanced Photon Source Limited Operations
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Update on status and plans at GSECARS, August 25, 2020
Please note the following information:
Current APS guidance for the 2021-1 run mandates that external users will not be allowed on-site. Based on this current policy, GSECARS is only scheduling users for 2021-1 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
Melting Curve of Vanadium up to 256 GPa: Consistency Between Experiments and Theory
Youjun Zhang, Ye Tan, Hua Y. Geng, Nilesh P. Salke, Zhipeng Gao, Jun Li, Toshimori Sekine, Qingming Wang, Eran Greenberg, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Jung-Fu Lin, Melting curve of vanadium up to 256 GPa: Consistency between experiments and theory, (2020) Phys. Rev. B 102, 214104, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.214104
Synthesis of Osmium Hydride Under High Hydrogen Pressure
Mikhail A. Kuzovnikov, Vasily S. Minkov, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Mikhail I. Eremets, Synthesis of osmium hydride under high hydrogen pressure, (2020) Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 102, No. 21, 214109
Insights into the Monoclinic Phase Transition, Hydrogen Bonding, and Anharmonicity
Brad A. Steele, Elissaios Stavrou, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Matthew P. Kroonblawd, I-Feng W. Kuo,
High-Pressure Equation of State of 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene: Insights into the Monoclinic Phase Transition, Hydrogen Bonding, and Anharmonicity, (2020) The Journal of Physical Chemistry A Article ASAP, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c09463
Investigation of the Crystal Structure of a Low Water Content Hydrous Olivine to 29.9 GPa: A High-Pressure Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction Study
Jingui Xu, Dawei Fan, Dongzhou Zhang, Bo Li, Wenge Zhou, Przemyslaw K. Dera; Investigation of the crystal structure of a low water content hydrous olivine to 29.9 GPa: A high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. American Mineralogist ; 105 (12): 1857–1865
Structure Analysis of Natural Wangdaodeite—LiNbO3-Type FeTiO3
Oliver Tschauner, Chi Ma, Matthew G. Newville, Antonio Lanzirotti, Structure Analysis of Natural Wangdaodeite LiNbO3-Type FeTiO3, Minerals 2020, 10(12), 1072
Science Highlights
Unraveling Microstrain-Promoted Structural Evolution and Thermally Driven Phase Transition in c−Sc2O3 Nanocrystals at High Pressure
Yongtao Zou, Mu Li, Wei Zhang, Cangtao Zhou, Tony Yu, Hongbin Zhuo, Yanbin Wang, Yusheng Zhao, Shuangchen Ruan, Baosheng Li, “Unraveling microstrain-promoted structural evolution and thermally driven phase transition in c-Sc2O3 nanocrystals at high pressure”, Phys. Rev. B 102, 214115
In Situ Electrical Resistivity and Viscosity Measurements of Iron Alloys Under Pressure Using Synchrotron X-Ray Radiography
A. Pommier, K. Leinenweber, H. Pirotte, T. Yu & Y. Wang (2020) In situ electrical resistivity and viscosity measurements of iron alloys under pressure using synchrotron X-ray radiography, High Pressure Research.
Toward Real-Time Analysis of Synchrotron Micro-Tomography Data: Accelerating Experimental Workflows with AI and HPC
J.E. McClure, J.Yin, R.T. Armstrong, K.C. Maheshwari, S. WIlkinson, L. Vlcek, Y.D. Wang, M.A. Berrill, M. Rivers, “Toward Real-Time Analysis of Synchrotron Micro-Tomography Data: Accelerating Experimental Workflows with AI and HPC”, J. Nichols et al. (Eds): SMC 2020, CCS 1315, pp 226-239, 2020.
Valence Determinations and Oxybarometry on FIB‐Sectioned Olivine and Pyroxene Using Correlated Ti, V, and Cr Micro‐XAFS Spectroscopy: Evaluation of Ion‐Milling Effects and Application to Antarctic Micrometeorite Grains
Sutton, S.R., Brearley, A.J., DobricĂ, E., Lanzirotti, A., Newville, M. and Tschauner, O. (2020), Valence determinations and oxybarometry on FIB‐sectioned olivine and pyroxene using correlated Ti, V, and Cr micro‐XAFS spectroscopy: Evaluation of ion‐milling effects and application to Antarctic micrometeorite grains. Meteorit Planet Sci.
Constraining the Density Evolution During Destruction of the Lithospheric Mantle in the Eastern North China Craton
Zhilin Ye, Dawei Fan, Qizhe Tang, Jingui Xu, Dongzhou Zhang, Wenge Zhou,
Constraining the density evolution during destruction of the lithospheric mantle in the eastern North China Craton, Gondwana Research, 2020
Melting Curve of Vanadium up to 256 GPa: Consistency Between Experiments and Theory
Youjun Zhang, Ye Tan, Hua Y. Geng, Nilesh P. Salke, Zhipeng Gao, Jun Li, Toshimori Sekine, Qingming Wang, Eran Greenberg, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Jung-Fu Lin, Melting curve of vanadium up to 256 GPa: Consistency between experiments and theory, (2020) Phys. Rev. B 102, 214104, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.214104
Synthesis of Osmium Hydride Under High Hydrogen Pressure
Mikhail A. Kuzovnikov, Vasily S. Minkov, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Mikhail I. Eremets, Synthesis of osmium hydride under high hydrogen pressure, (2020) Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 102, No. 21, 214109
Latest Happenings at GSECARS
GSECARS Welcomes Christofanis Skordas
Christofanis will be working on software development for the Diamond Anvil Cell program.
LVP Users Successfully Run Experiments Remotely
Sector 13 LVP users have successfully completed their most recent experiments remotely. They were able to mail in their samples, and with the help of remote access software, and GSECARS staff, run their experiments.
Carbon-Rich Planets Made of Diamonds May Exist Beyond Our Solar System
CNN, CNET and APS highlight work done at 13 IDD by Dan Shim’s Lab for Earth and Planetary Materials at Arizona State University and scientists from the University of Chicago on how the interiors of carbon-rich exoplanets could create diamonds through high pressure and temperature conditions.
GSECARS Welcomes Anna Wanhala
GSECARS welcomes Anna Wanhala. She is a postdoctoral scholar working with Joanne Stubbs and Peter Eng conducting research into mineral-fluid interface processes.
GSECARS Virtual Tour for Summer Interns
Tony Lanzirotti and Mark Rivers presented a virtual tour to the ANL summer interns on earth and planetary synchrotron research at GSECARS.