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GSECARS Scientists Continue to Decode Moon's Mysteries 50 Years Later

Celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Argonne explores its early lunar research as it anticipates studies at the Advanced Photon Source of pristine moon rocks from the final lunar landing missions.

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Diffraction at 13 BMC

Jin Zhang, an assistant professor in The University of New Mexico’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, was recently awarded a NSF CAREER grant to pursue new research on the elastic anisotropy of mantle minerals and potential relationships with mantle flows. Pictured here at 13 BMC.

Dr. Jin Zhang awarded prestigious NSF Career Grant

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What Diamond Impurities Tell Us About Earth's Mantle

Pockets of water may lay deep below Earth’s surface.

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GSECARS Outreach

GSECARS hosts experiments at 13 IDE for high school students in the Exemplary Student Research Program (ESRP) representing local area high schools.

GSECARS Outreach

X-ray Diffraction Patterns from a Diamond Anvil Cell.

X-ray diffraction is the most powerful technique for crystal structure determination. From left to right, patterns from a single crystal, polychrystalline, nano-cyrstalline and amorphous crystals.

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Paris-Edinburg Press

The 180 ton Paris-Edinburg press combined with a multi-channel collimator to study structures of liquid silicates up to 12 GPa and 3000 K in 13-ID-C. The intense double focused monochromatic beam allows collection of X-ray scattering patterns with robust statistics in 5 minutes.

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13 IDE new mirrors

13 IDE new mirrors achieve focused spot sizes in both the vertical and horizontal direction of <500 nm.

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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.

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

APS accepting proposals for 2026-3

Deadline: June 24, 2026, 2pm CDT

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Stability and physical properties of brucite at high pressures and temperatures: Implication for Earth’s deep water cycle

Ningyu Sun, Xinyang Li, Luo Li, Qingchun Zhang, Yingxin Yu, Zhu Mao, Cijin Zhou, Dongzhou Zhang, Geoscience Frontiers, 2024, 101940, ISSN 1674-9871,...

Microscopic insights into thermal cycling effects in granular materials via X-ray microtomography

Pan, Y., Seo, D., Rivers, M. et al. Microscopic insights into thermal cycling effects in granular materials via X-ray microtomography. Granular...

Synthesis and Comprehensive Studies of Be-IV-N2 (IV=Si, Ge): Solving the Mystery of Wurtzite-Type Pmc21 Structures

Georg Krach, Kristian Witthaut, Jennifer Steinadler, Thomas Bräuniger, Victor Milman, Lkhamsuren Bayarjargal, Björn Winkler, Elena Bykova, Maxim...

X-ray induced synthesis of beta tin (β-Sn)

Trimaan Malik, Petrika Cifligu, Changyong Park, Egor Evlyukhin,”X-ray induced synthesis of beta tin (β-Sn)”, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of...

Experimental and theoretical study of the phase transition between perovskite polytypes of BaPtO3 under high pressure and temperature

Hongze Li, Yanyao Zhang, Nisha Geng, Jiaming He, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, Carlos Alberto López, José Antonio Alonso, Eva Zurek, Jung-Fu...

Phase transition kinetics of superionic H2O ice phases revealed by Megahertz X-ray free-electron laser-heating experiments

Husband, R.J., Liermann, H.P., McHardy, J.D. et al. Phase transition kinetics of superionic H2O ice phases revealed by Megahertz X-ray free-electron...

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Silvanite AuAgTe4: a rare case of gold superconducting material

Jul 27, 2023

Yehezkel Amiel, Gyanu P. Kafle, Evgenia V. Komleva, Eran Greenberg, Yuri S. Ponosov, Stella Chariton, Barbara Lavina, Dongzhou Zhang, Alexander Palevski, Alexey V. Ushakov, Hitoshi Mori, Daniel I. Khomskii, Igor I. Mazin, Sergey V. Streltsov, Elena R. Margine, and Gregory Kh. Rozenberg; Silvanite AuAgTe4: a rare case of gold superconducting material. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023,11, 10016-10024

A thermodynamic explanation of the Invar effect

Jul 27, 2023

Lohaus, S.H., Heine, M., Guzman, P. et al. A thermodynamic explanation of the Invar effect. Nat. Phys. (2023).

Seven-Coordinated High-Pressure Phase of CrSb2 and Experimental Equation of State of MSb2 (M = Cr, Fe, Ru, Os)

Jul 24, 2023

Emma Ehrenreich-Petersen, Mads F. Hansen, Justin Jeanneau, Davide Ceresoli, Francesca Menescardi, Martin Ottesen, Vitali Prakapenka, Sergey N. Tkachev, and Martin Bremholm; Seven-Coordinated High-Pressure Phase of CrSb2 and Experimental Equation of State of MSb2 (M = Cr, Fe, Ru, Os). Inorganic Chemistry. (2023).

Structural evolution of iodine on approach to the monatomic state

Jul 24, 2023

Elena Bykova, Iskander G. Batyrev, Maxim Bykov, Eric Edmund, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Alexander F. Goncharov, “Structural evolution of iodine on approach to the monatomic state,” Phys. Rev. B 108 (2), 024104 (2023). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.024104

Structure evolution of Bi4O7 under high pressure

Jul 20, 2023

Wang, J., Wang, L., Liu, F., Yuan, S., Zhang, D., Prakapenka, V. B., Klein, W. & Liu, H. (2023). Structure evolution of Bi4O7 under high pressure. J. Appl. Cryst. 56, 1125–1130.

Manipulating Peierls Distortion in van der Waals NbOX2 Maximizes Second-Harmonic Generation

Jul 19, 2023

Tonghuan Fu, Kejun Bu, Xuzhou Sun, Dong Wang, Xin Feng, Songhao Guo, Zongdong Sun, Yuqiang Fang, Qingyang Hu, Yang Ding, Tianyou Zhai, Fuqiang Huang, and Xujie Lü
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023 145 (30), 16828-16834

Anomalous Charge Transfer from Organic Ligands to Metal Halides in Zero-Dimensional [(C6H5)4P]2SbCl5 Enabled by Pressure-Induced Lone Pair-π Interaction

Jul 18, 2023

Hui Luo, Kejun Bu, Yanfeng Yin, Dong Wang, Cuimi Shi, Songhao Guo, Tonghuan Fu, Jiayuan Liang, Bingyan Liu, Dongzhou Zhang, Liang-Jin Xu, Qingyang...

Exploring particle breakage in sand under triaxial shearing using combined X-ray tomography and particle tracking method

Jul 17, 2023

MengmengWu and JianfengWang, Exploring particle breakage in sand under triaxial shearing using combined X-ray tomography and particle tracking method, 2023,
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Strong effect of liquid Fe–S on elastic wave velocity of olivine aggregate: Implication for the low velocity anomaly at the base of the lunar mantle

Jul 4, 2023

Yoshio Kono, Hideharu Kuwahara, Steeve Gréaux, Mark L. Rivers, Yanbin Wang, Yuji Higo, Keisuke Mitsu, Nozomi Kondo,
Strong effect of liquid Fe–S on elastic wave velocity of olivine aggregate: Implication for the low velocity anomaly at the base of the lunar mantle,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 618, 2023, 118287, ISSN 0012-821X

High-pressure synthesis of fully sp2-hybridized polymeric nitrogen layer in potassium supernitride

Jun 30, 2023

Minghong Sui, Shuang Liu, Peng Wang, Nianlong Zou, Qing Dong, Miao Zhou, Shifeng Niu, Lei Yue, Zitong Zhao, Linlin Guo, Bo Liu, Ran Liu, Yong Xu, Zhen Yao, Bingbing Liu,
High-pressure synthesis of fully sp2-hybridized polymeric nitrogen layer in potassium supernitride,
Science Bulletin, 2023, ISSN 2095-9273.

Calibration for iron redox state and oxygen fugacity in silicate glasses from x-ray absorption spectroscopy

Jun 21, 2023

M. Darby Dyar, Molly McCanta, Antonio Lanzirotti, Cody J. Steven, Cai Ytsma,
Calibration for iron redox state and oxygen fugacity in silicate glasses from x-ray absorption spectroscopy,
Chemical Geology, 2023, 121605, ISSN 0009-2541.

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GSECARS Scientists Continue to Decode Moon's Mysteries 50 Years Later

Diffraction at 13 BMC

What Diamond Impurities Tell Us About Earth's Mantle

GSECARS Outreach

X-ray Diffraction Patterns from a Diamond Anvil Cell.

Paris-Edinburg Press

13 IDE new mirrors

GSECARS
A national user facility for frontier research in the earth sciences using synchrotron radiation at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory.

Research Techniques

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Recent Publications

Stability and physical properties of brucite at high pressures and temperatures: Implication for Earth’s deep water cycle

Microscopic insights into thermal cycling effects in granular materials via X-ray microtomography

Synthesis and Comprehensive Studies of Be-IV-N2 (IV=Si, Ge): Solving the Mystery of Wurtzite-Type Pmc21 Structures

X-ray induced synthesis of beta tin (β-Sn)

Experimental and theoretical study of the phase transition between perovskite polytypes of BaPtO3 under high pressure and temperature

Phase transition kinetics of superionic H2O ice phases revealed by Megahertz X-ray free-electron laser-heating experiments

Science Highlights

Silvanite AuAgTe4: a rare case of gold superconducting material

A thermodynamic explanation of the Invar effect

Seven-Coordinated High-Pressure Phase of CrSb2 and Experimental Equation of State of MSb2 (M = Cr, Fe, Ru, Os)

Structural evolution of iodine on approach to the monatomic state

Structure evolution of Bi4O7 under high pressure

Manipulating Peierls Distortion in van der Waals NbOX2 Maximizes Second-Harmonic Generation

Anomalous Charge Transfer from Organic Ligands to Metal Halides in Zero-Dimensional [(C6H5)4P]2SbCl5 Enabled by Pressure-Induced Lone Pair-π Interaction

Exploring particle breakage in sand under triaxial shearing using combined X-ray tomography and particle tracking method

Strong effect of liquid Fe–S on elastic wave velocity of olivine aggregate: Implication for the low velocity anomaly at the base of the lunar mantle

High-pressure synthesis of fully sp2-hybridized polymeric nitrogen layer in potassium supernitride

Calibration for iron redox state and oxygen fugacity in silicate glasses from x-ray absorption spectroscopy

Latest Happenings at GSECARS

IDD DAC KB Mirror System Installed

Mike Proskey and Peter Eng monochromator work

Northern IL University Group at 13 IDD

IDD DAC new KB Mirror System

GSECARS hosts tour for the 2025 SEES-ISRD Joint Meeting

GSECARS

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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GSECARS
A national user facility for frontier research in the earth sciences using synchrotron radiation at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory.