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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.

GSECARS congratulates Dr. Vitali Prakapenka on his award of the 2026 Gopal K. Shenoy Excellence in Beamline Science Award!

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Lightweight single-phase Al-based complex concentrated alloy with high specific strength

Han, M., Wu, Y., Zong, X. et al. Lightweight single-phase Al-based complex concentrated alloy with high specific strength. Nat Commun 15, 7102 (2024).

Compressional and shear wave velocities of Fe-bearing silicate post-perovskite in Earth’s lowermost mantle

Jing Yang, Suyu Fu, Jin Liu, Jung-Fu Lin, Compressional and shear wave velocities of Fe-bearing silicate post-perovskite in Earth’s lowermost...

Correlated electron physics near a site-selective pressure-induced Mott transition in α-LiFe5O8

Layek, S., Greenberg, E., Levy, D. et al. Correlated electron physics near a site-selective pressure-induced Mott transition in α-LiFe5O8. Commun...

Continuous pressure-induced valence and magnetic transitions in EuMnSb2

Weiwei and Zhao, Jiyong and Lavina, Barbara and Alp, Esen E. and Xiao, Yuming and Zhang, Dongzhou and Vohra, Yogesh K. and Bi, Wenli, Continuous...

Structural Stability of Natural Magnesiochromite at High-Temperature-Pressure Conditions

Jin, S., Wu, X., Liu, Y. et al. Structural Stability of Natural Magnesiochromite at High-Temperature-Pressure Conditions. J. Earth Sci. 35,...

Sound Velocities of Stishovite at Simultaneous High Pressure and High Temperature Suggest an Eclogite-Rich Layer Beneath the Hawaii Hotspot

Chen, S., Wang, S., Qi, X., Xu, M., Yu, T., Wang, Y., & Li, B. (2024). Sound velocities of stishovite at simultaneous high pressure and high...

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Evolution of magnetism, valence, and crystal lattice in EuCd2As2 under pressure

Jun 12, 2023

Jose, Greeshma C. and Burrage, Kaleb and Jimenez, Jose L. Gonzalez and Xie, Weiwei and Lavina, Barbara and Zhao, Jiyong and Alp, Esen E. and Zhang, Dongzhou and Xiao, Yuming and Vohra, Yogesh K. and Bi, Wenli, Evolution of magnetism, valence, and crystal lattice in EuCd2As2 under pressure,2023, Phys. Rev. B, 107 (24), 245121, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.245121.

The stability of FeHx and hydrogen transport at Earth’s core mantle boundary

Jun 12, 2023

Yu He, Duck Young Kim, Viktor V. Struzhkin, Zachary M. Geballe, Vitali Prakapenka, Ho-kwang Mao, The stability of FeHx and hydrogen transport at Earth’s core mantle boundary, Science Bulletin, 2023, ISSN 2095-9273.

Phase transitions and spin state of iron in FeO under the conditions of Earth’s deep interior

Jun 12, 2023

Greenberg, E. and Nazarov, R. and Landa, A. and Ying, J. and Hood, R. Q. and Hen, B. and Jeanloz, R. and Prakapenka, V. B. and Struzhkin, V. V. and Rozenberg, G. Kh. and Leonov, I. V., Phase transitions and spin state of iron in FeO under the conditions of Earth’s deep interior, 2023, PhysRevB.107.L241103.

Pressure-induced nonmonotonic cross-over of steady relaxation dynamics in a metallic glass

Jun 5, 2023

Xin Zhang, Hongbo Lou, Beatrice Ruta , Yuriy Chushkin, Federico Zontone, Shubin Li, Dazhe Xu, Tao Liang, Zhidan Zeng, Ho-kwang Mao, and Qiaoshi Zeng, Pressure-induced nonmonotonic cross-over of steady relaxation dynamics in a metallic glass, PNSA (2023), 120 (24) e2302281120.

Molybdenum in basalt-hosted seafloor hydrothermal systems: Experimental, theoretical, and field sampling approaches

Jun 3, 2023

Guy N. Evans, Laurence A. Coogan, Betül Kaçar, William E. Seyfried,
Molybdenum in basalt-hosted seafloor hydrothermal systems: Experimental, theoretical, and field sampling approaches, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,
Volume 353, 2023,
Pages 28-44.

No detectable redox exchange between sulfur and iron during rapid cooling of basalts

Jun 1, 2023

Michelle J. Muth, Elizabeth Cottrell,
No detectable redox exchange between sulfur and iron during rapid cooling of basalts,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 616, 2023,
118210.

The Oxidation State of Sulfur in Apatite of Martian Meteorite—Shergotty

May 31, 2023

Chowdhury, P., Brounce, M., Boyce, J. W., & McCubbin, F. M. (2023). The oxidation state of sulfur in apatite of Martian meteorite—Shergotty. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, e2022JE007634.

Superconductivity Observed in Tantalum Polyhydride at High Pressure

May 16, 2023

X. He, C. L. Zhang, Z. W. Li, S. J. Zhang, B. S. Min, J. Zhang, K. Lu, J. F. Zhao, L. C. Shi, Y. Peng, X. C. Wang, S. M. Feng, J. Song, L. H. Wang, V. B. Prakapenka, S. Chariton, H. Z. Liu, and C. Q. Jin, Superconductivity Observed in Tantalum Polyhydride at High Pressure, 2023 Chinese Phys. Lett. 40 057404, DOI 10.1088/0256-307X/40/5/057404

The Ti-in-zircon thermometer revised: The effect of pressure on the Ti site in zircon

May 12, 2023

Laura J. Crisp, Andrew J. Berry, Antony D. Burnham, Laura A. Miller, Matthew Newville,
The Ti-in-zircon thermometer revised: The effect of pressure on the Ti site in zircon,
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023,ISSN 0016-7037

Assessing the stability fields of molecular and polymeric CO2

May 11, 2023

Goncharov, Alexander F., Elena Bykova, Maxim Bykov, Eric Edmund, Jesse S. Smith, Stella Chariton, and Vitali B. Prakapenka. “Assessing the stability fields of molecular and polymeric CO2.” (2023) Phys. Rev. Materials 7, 053604.

Inhibition of Strontium Adsorption and Desorption by Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid at the Barite (001)–Water Interface

May 9, 2023

Amanda Dorfman, Anna Wanhala, Peter Eng, Joanne Stubbs, Omar Colon, Malik Donetian, and Jacquelyn N. Bracco, Inhibition of Strontium Adsorption and Desorption by Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid at the Barite (001)–Water Interface, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c01092

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Latest Happenings at GSECARS

13 ID-D Table Upgrade

Barbara Lavina was honored to participate in the celebration of the “Italian National Day” reception

GSECARS beamline scientist Stella Chariton gave an invited talk at Florida International University, “High Pressure Measurements with X-rays”, April 2025.

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GSECARS

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

Quick Links

Upcoming Events

Recent Publications

Lightweight single-phase Al-based complex concentrated alloy with high specific strength

Compressional and shear wave velocities of Fe-bearing silicate post-perovskite in Earth’s lowermost mantle

Correlated electron physics near a site-selective pressure-induced Mott transition in α-LiFe5O8

Continuous pressure-induced valence and magnetic transitions in EuMnSb2

Structural Stability of Natural Magnesiochromite at High-Temperature-Pressure Conditions

Sound Velocities of Stishovite at Simultaneous High Pressure and High Temperature Suggest an Eclogite-Rich Layer Beneath the Hawaii Hotspot

Science Highlights

Evolution of magnetism, valence, and crystal lattice in EuCd2As2 under pressure

The stability of FeHx and hydrogen transport at Earth’s core mantle boundary

Phase transitions and spin state of iron in FeO under the conditions of Earth’s deep interior

Pressure-induced nonmonotonic cross-over of steady relaxation dynamics in a metallic glass

Molybdenum in basalt-hosted seafloor hydrothermal systems: Experimental, theoretical, and field sampling approaches

No detectable redox exchange between sulfur and iron during rapid cooling of basalts

The Oxidation State of Sulfur in Apatite of Martian Meteorite—Shergotty

Superconductivity Observed in Tantalum Polyhydride at High Pressure

The Ti-in-zircon thermometer revised: The effect of pressure on the Ti site in zircon

Assessing the stability fields of molecular and polymeric CO2

Inhibition of Strontium Adsorption and Desorption by Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid at the Barite (001)–Water Interface

Latest Happenings at GSECARS

Barbara Lavina was honored to participate in the celebration of the “Italian National Day” reception

UTK and PSI Researchers at 13 IDE, June 2025

ANL and Tel Aviv University researchers at 13 BMD, June 2025

SCCM Meeting 2025 Masterclasses offered by GSECARS and DAC Tools

GSECARS beamline scientist Stella Chariton gave an invited talk at Florida International University, “High Pressure Measurements with X-rays”, April 2025.

GSECARS

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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Upcoming Events

Recent Publications

Science Highlights

Latest Happenings at GSECARS

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