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.
Recent Publications
High Sodium Solubility in Magnesiowüstite in Iron‐RichDeep Lower Mantle
Dorfman, S. M., Hsu, H., Nabiei, F., Cantoni, M., Badro, J., & Prakapenka, V. (2024). High sodium solubility in magnesiowüstite in iron-rich...
High-Pressure Synthesis of Ultra-Incompressible, Hard and Superconducting Tungsten Nitrides
A. Liang, I. Osmond, G. Krach, L.-T. Shi, L. Brüning, U. Ranieri, J. Spender, F. Tasnadi, B. Massani, C. R. Stevens, R. S. McWilliams, E. L....
Double Superconducting Dome of Quasi Two-Dimensional TaS2 in Non-Centrosymmetric van der Waals Heterostructure
Limin Yan, Kejun Bu, Zhongyang Li, Zihan Zhang, Wei Xia, Mingtao Li, Nana Li, Jiayi Guan, Xuqiang Liu, Jiahao Ning, Dongzhou Zhang, Yanfeng Guo, Xin...
Pressure-induced structural crossover in a Zr65Ni35 metallic glass
Xu, Dazhe and Lou, Hongbo and Peng, Di and Xing, Zhenfang and Lan, Fujun and Yin, Ziliang and Zhang, Fei and Xiong, Lianghua and Zeng, Zhidan and...
Pressure-induced Emission in 0D Metal Halide (EATMP)SbBr5 by Regulating Exciton–Phonon Coupling
Jiayuan Liang, Xin Mi, Songhao Guo, Hui Luo, Kejun Bu, Tonghuan Fu, Menglin Duan, Yang Wang, Qingyang Hu, Rengen Xiong, Peng Qin, Fuqiang Huang,...
High-pressure Phase Transition of Olivine-type Mg2GeO4 to a Metastable Forsterite-III type Structure and their Equation of States
R. Valli Divya, Gulshan Kumar, R. E. Cohen, Sally J. Tracy, Yue Meng, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Rajkrishna Dutta; High-pressure Phase...
Science Highlights
Boron isotopes in blue diamond record seawater-derived fluids in the lower mantle
Margo E. Regier, Karen V. Smit, Thomas B. Chalk, Thomas Stachel, Richard A. Stern, Evan M. Smith, Gavin L. Foster, Yannick Bussweiler, Chris DeBuhr, Antony D. Burnham, Jeff W. Harris, D. Graham Pearson,
Boron isotopes in blue diamond record seawater-derived fluids in the lower mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 602, 2023, 117923, ISSN 0012-821X,
Hydrogen solubility in FeSi alloy phases at high pressures and temperatures
Suyu Fu, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Andrew Chizmeshya, Sang-Heon Shim; Hydrogen solubility in FeSi alloy phases at high pressures and temperatures. American Mineralogist 2022; 107 (12): 2307–2314
Iron-rich Fe–O compounds at Earth’s core pressure
Jin Liu, Yang Sun, Chaojia Lv, Feng Zhang, Suyu Fu, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Caizhuang Wang, Kaiming Ho, Jungfu Lin, Renata M. Wentzcovitch, Iron-rich Fe–O compounds at Earth’s core pressures, The Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2023, 100354, ISSN 2666-6758,
Formation of oxidized sulfur-rich magmas in Neoarchaean subduction zones
Xuyang Meng, Adam C. Simon, Jackie M. Kleinsasser, David R. Mole, Daniel J. Kontak, Pedro J. Jugo, Jingwen Mao, Jeremy P. Richards, “Formation of oxidized sulfur-rich magmas in Neoarchaean subduction zones,” Nat. Geoscience 15, 1064-1070 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-022-01071-5
Experimental Constraints on the Fate of Subducted Sedimentary Nitrogen in the Reduced Mantle
Huang, S., Wu, X., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, V. B., Liang, L., Zhang, D., et al. (2022). Experimental constraints on the fate of subducted sedimentary nitrogen in the reduced mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB025169.
Single-Crystal Elasticity of Phase E at High Pressure and Temperature: Implications for the Low-Velocity Layer Atop the 410-km Depth
Wang, B., Zhang, Y., Fu, S., Ding, X., Liang, W., Takahashi, E., et al. (2022). Single-crystal elasticity of phase E at high pressure and temperature: Implications for the low-velocity layer atop the 410-km depth. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB025274.
Cesium-mediated electron redistribution and electron-electron interaction in high-pressure metallic CsPbI3
Ke, F., Yan, J., Niu, S. et al. Cesium-mediated electron redistribution and electron-electron interaction in high-pressure metallic CsPbI3. Nat Commun 13, 7067 (2022).
High-Pressure, High-Temperature Studies of Phase Transitions in SrOsO3─Discovery of a Post-Perovskite
Camilla Hjort Kronbo, Louise Ring Jensen, Francesca Menescardi, Davide Ceresoli, Martin Bremholm, “High-pressure, low-temperature studies of phase transitions in SrRuO[subscript 3]–Absence of volume collapse,” J. Solid State Chem. 287, 121360 (2020).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2020.121360
High-pressure synthesis of seven lanthanum hydrides with a significant variability of hydrogen content
Laniel, D., Trybel, F., Winkler, B. et al. High-pressure synthesis of seven lanthanum hydrides with a significant variability of hydrogen content. Nat Commun 13, 6987 (2022).
Determination of P–V equation of state of a natural clinoptilolite using high-pressure powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction
Strzelecki, A.C., Chariton, S., Cockreham, C.B. et al. Determination of P–V equation of state of a natural clinoptilolite using high-pressure powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Phys Chem Minerals 49, 45 (2022).
The mitochondrial Cu+ transporter PiC2 (SLC25A3) is a target of MTF1 and contributes to the development of skeletal muscle in vitro
Cat McCann, Michael Quinteros, Ifeoluwa Adelugba, Marcos N. Morgada, Aida R. Castelblanco, Emily J. Davis, Antonio Lanzirotti, Sarah J. Hainer, Alejandro J. Vila, Juan G. Navea, Teresita Padilla-Benavides, “The mitochondrial Cu[superscirpt +] transporter PiC2 (SLC25A3) is a target of MTF1 and contributes to the development of skeletal muscle in vitro,” Front. Mol. Biosci. 9, 1037941 (2022). DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1037941
Latest Happenings at GSECARS
13 IDE new mirrors achieve focused spot sizes in both the vertical and horizontal direction of <500 nm. Click here to read more
AGU 2024
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GSE staff investigate diopside using SEM
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GSE welcomes Carolyn Zaino
GSE welcomes Carolyn as the new research technician for Sector 13.










