GSECARS
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.
SEES Multigrain Single Crystal Workshop
University of Chicago
August 8-9, 2026
Deadline: June 24, 2026, 2pm CDT
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Recent Publications
The mechanism behind pressure-induced isosymmetric second-order phase transitions
Zhong, Qifa, Jingui Xu, Dongzhou Zhang, Shanrong Zhang, Mengzeng Wu, Hailing Gu, Yi Zhou, and Dawei Fan. "The mechanism behind pressure-induced...
Rare earth element (REE) speciation in municipal solid waste incineration ash
Yinghao Wen, Lei Hu, Pan Liu, Qian Wang, Estefania Garcia, Weiyao Yan, Yuanzhi Tang, "Rare earth element (REE) speciation in municipal solid waste...
Iron Bonding with Light Elements: Implications for Planetary Cores Beyond the Binary System
Yang, H.; Wang, W.; Mao, W.L. Iron Bonding with Light Elements: Implications for Planetary Cores Beyond the Binary System. Crystals 2024, 14,...
High-pressure characterization of Ag3AuTe2: Implications for strain-induced band tuning
Juyeon Won, Rong Zhang, Cheng Peng, Ravhi Kumar, Mebatsion S. Gebre, Dmitry Popov, Russell J. Hemley, Barry Bradlyn, Thomas P. Devereaux, Daniel P....
An oxygen fugacity-temperature-pressure-composition model for sulfide speciation in Mercurian magmas
Brendan A. Anzures, Stephen W. Parman, Ralph E. Milliken, Olivier Namur, Camille Cartier, Francis M. McCubbin, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Kelsey...
Three Distinctive Steps for Heterogeneous Nucleation of Tunnel-Structured Mn Oxide on Quartz under Light Exposure
Haesung Jung, Byeongdu Lee, Doyoon Kim, Zhenwei Gao, Ping-I Chou, Young-Shin Jun, "Three Distinctive Steps for Heterogeneous Nucleation of...
Science Highlights
Superconductivity discovered in niobium polyhydride at high pressures
X. He, C.L. Zhang, Z.W. Li, K. Lu, S.J. Zhang, B.S. Min, J. Zhang, L.C. Shi, S.M. Feng, Q.Q. Liu, J. Song, X.C. Wang, Y. Peng, L.H. Wang, V.B. Prakapenka, S. Chariton, H.Z. Liu, C.Q. Jin, “Superconductivity discovered in niobium polyhydride at high pressures,” Mater. Today Phys. 40, 101298 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2023.101298
Externally Heated Diamond ANvil Cell Experimentation (EH-DANCE) for studying materials and processes under extreme conditions
Siheng Wang, Meryem Berrada, Keng-Hsien Chao, Xiaojing Lai, Feng Zhu, Dongzhou Zhang, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Stanislav Sinogeikin, Bin Chen; Externally Heated Diamond ANvil Cell Experimentation (EH-DANCE) for studying materials and processes under extreme conditions. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 December 2023; 94 (12): 123902.
Mechanism of the Direct Reduction of Chromite Process as a Clean Ferrochrome Technology
Dogan Paktunc, Jason P. Coumans, David Carter, Nail Zagrtdenov, Dominique Duguay, "Mechanism of the Direct Reduction of Chromite Process as a Clean...
Crystal structure of calcium-ferrite type NaAlSiO4 up to 45 GPa
Fei Qin, Ye Wu, Shengchao Xue, Dongzhou Zhang, Xiang Wu, Steven D. Jacobsen; Crystal structure of calcium-ferrite type NaAlSiO4 up to 45 GPa. American Mineralogist 2023;; 108 (12): 2331–2337
Validating mechanistic models of fluid displacement during imbibition
Sharon Ellman, Arjen Mascini, Tom Bultreys,, “Validating mechanistic models of fluid displacement during imbibition”, Advances in Water Resources, 2023, 104590,
ISSN 0309-1708
Designing Magnetic Properties in CrSBr through Hydrostatic Pressure and Ligand Substitution
Telford, E.J., Chica, D.G., Ziebel, M.E., Xie, K., Manganaro, N.S., Huang, C.-Y., Cox, J., Dismukes, A.H., Zhu, X., Walsh, J.P.S., Cao, T., Dean, C.R. and Roy, X. (2023), Designing Magnetic Properties in CrSBr through Hydrostatic Pressure and Ligand Substitution. Adv. Phys. Res., 2: 2300036.
Pressure-induced crystal structural and insulator-metal transitions in the quantum spin liquid candidate CsYbSe2
Sereika, Raimundas and Xu, Xilong and Wang, Yizhou and Yang, Li and Zhang, Dongzhou and Chariton, Stella and Xing, Jie and Sefat, Athena and Vohra, Yogesh K. and Bi, Wenli, ”
Pressure-induced crystal structural and insulator-metal transitions in the quantum spin liquid candidate
CsYbSe2, ” (2023)
Phys. Rev. B 108, 174106
(U)SAXS characterization of porous microstructure of chert: insights into organic matter preservation
Munoz, P., Ilavsky, J., Newville, M., Wetter, N. U., Lourenco, R. A., Barbosa de Andrade, M., Martins, T. S., Dipold, J., Freitas, A. Z., Cides da Silva, L. C. & Oliveira, C. L. P. (2023). J. Appl. Cryst. 56.
Influence of contrasting redox conditions on iron (oxyhydr)oxide transformation and associated phosphate sorption
Barczok, M., Smith, C., Di Domenico, N. et al. Influence of contrasting redox conditions on iron (oxyhydr)oxide transformation and associated phosphate sorption. Biogeochemistry (2023).
Melting and defect transitions in FeO up to pressures of Earth’s core-mantle boundary
Vasilije V. Dobrosavljevic , Dongzhou Zhang, Wolfgang Sturhahn, Stella Chariton , Vitali B. Prakapenka , Jiyong Zhao , Thomas S. Toellner , Olivia S. Pardo & Jennifer M. Jackson, ” Melting and defect transitions in FeO up to pressures of Earth’s core-mantle boundary.” Nat Commun 14, 7336 (2023).
A hydrogen-enriched layer in the topmost outer core sourced from deeply subducted water
Taehyun Kim, Joseph G. O’Rourke, Jeongmin Lee, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, Rachel J. Husband, Nico Giordano, Hanns-Peter Liermann, Sang-Heon Shim, Yongjae Lee, “A hydrogen-enriched layer in the topmost outer core sourced from deeply subducted water,” Nat. Geoscience 16, 1208-1214 (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-023-01324-x
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Juyong Bak, Anna Thomas and Athena Nghiem at 13IDE
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GSECARS beamline scientist Yanbin Wang presented a talk at AIRAPT 2025.
GSE beamline scientist Yanbin Wang presented a talk and chaired two sessions...








