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
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Recent Publications
Reassessment of Birch’s Law on hcp-Fe From Ultrasonic Sound Velocity Measurement and Implications on the Velocity Profiles of Earth’s Inner Core
Wang, S., Chen, S., Qi, X., Xu, M., Yu, T., Wang, Y., & Li, B. (2024). Reassessment of Birch's law on hcp-Fe from ultrasonic sound velocity...
Single-crystal X-ray diffraction on the structure of (Al,Fe)-bearing bridgmanite in the lower mantle
Suyu Fu, Stella Chariton, Yanyao Zhang, Takuo Okuchi, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Jung-Fu Lin; Single-crystal X-ray diffraction on the structure of...
Composition and metabolism of microbial communities in soil pores
Li, Z., Kravchenko, A.N., Cupples, A. et al. Composition and metabolism of microbial communities in soil pores. Nat Commun 15, 3578 (2024). Link to...
Fast Seismic Anomalies Under Continents Explained by the Delaminated Lower Continental Crust—Implications From High Pressure-Temperature Elasticity of Jadeite
Hao, M., Zhou, W.Y., Dera, P., Schmandt, B., Zhang, D., & Zhang, J. S. (2024). Fast seismic anomalies under continents explained by the...
High-Pressure Behavior of Ferromagnesite (Mg0.81Fe0.19)CO3 by Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction and Raman Spectroscopy up to 53 GPa
Liang, L., Zhang, G., Huang, S. et al. High-Pressure Behavior of Ferromagnesite (Mg0.81Fe0.19)CO3 by Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction and Raman...
High-pressure high-temperature synthesis of NdRe2
Hussein Z, Kazemiasl N, Hussaini K, Vaquero L, Barkova O, Drozd V, Chariton S, Prakapenka V and Chuvashova I (2024), High-pressure high-temperature...
Science Highlights
High-Pressure and High-Temperature Single-Crystal Elasticity of Cr-Pyrope: Implications for the Density and Seismic Velocity of Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle
Xu, J., Fan, D., Li, B., Tkachev, S. N., Prakapenka, V. B., Zhang, D., et al. (2022). High-pressure and high-temperature single-crystal elasticity of Cr-pyrope: Implications for the density and seismic velocity of subcontinental lithospheric mantle. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23, e2022GC010393.
Germanium redistribution during weathering of Zn mine wastes: Implications for environmental mobility and recovery of a critical mineral
Sarah Jane O. White, Nadine M. Piatak, Ryan J. McAleer, Sarah M. Hayes, Robert R. Seal II, Laurel A. Schaider, James P. Shine, “Germanium redistribution during weathering of Zn mine wastes: Implications for environmental mobility and recovery of a critical mineral,” Appl. Geochem. 143, 105341 (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105341
Shear wave velocities across the olivine – wadsleyite – ringwoodite transitions and sharpness of the 410 km seismic discontinuity
Jean-Philippe Perrillat, Benoît Tauzin, Julien Chantel, Julie Jonfal, Isabelle Daniel, Zhicheng Jing, Yanbin Wang, Shear wave velocities across the olivine – wadsleyite – ringwoodite transitions and sharpness of the 410 km seismic discontinuity, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 593, 2022, 117690, ISSN 0012-821X,
Application of the double-difference relocation method to acoustic emission events in high-pressure deformation experiments
Officer, T., Zhu, L., Li, Z. et al. Application of the double-difference relocation method to acoustic emission events in high-pressure deformation experiments. Phys Chem Minerals 49, 29 (2022).
A Multi-faceted Experimental Study on the Dynamic Behavior of MgSiO3 Glass in the Earth’s Deep Interior
Young Jay Ryu, Yanbin Wang, Tony Yu, Fiona Bonnet, Eran Greenberg, Clemens Prescher, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Sergey Tkachev, Peter Eng, Joanne E. Stubbs, Przemyslaw Dera, Heather Watson, Mark L. Rivers; A multi-faceted experimental study on the dynamic behavior of MgSiO3 glass in the Earth’s deep interior. American Mineralogist 2022;; 107 (7): 1313–1324
Thermal and mechanical properties of the clathrate-II Na24Si136
Beekman, Matt and Karttunen, Antti J. and Wong-Ng, Winnie and Zhang, Mingjian and Chen, Yu-Sheng and Posadas, Christian and Jarymowycz, Andrew and Cruse, E and Peng, Wanyue and Zevalkink, Alexandra and Kaduk, James A. and Nolas, George S., Thermal and mechanical properties of the clathrate-II Na24Si136, Phys Rev B, 105 (21), 2022, DOE : 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.214114
Thermal equation of state of Cr-pyrope: implications for entrapment pressure of Cr-pyrope inclusion in diamond
Xu, J., Fan, D., Li, B. et al. Thermal equation of state of Cr-pyrope: implications for entrapment pressure of Cr-pyrope inclusion in diamond. Contrib Mineral Petrol 177, 69 (2022).
Synthesis of the Candidate Topological Compound Ni 3Pb2
Alexandra D. Tamerius, Alison B. Altman, Michael J. Waters, Eric A. Riesel, Christos D. Malliakas, Matthew L. Whitaker, Tony Yu, Gilberto Fabbris, Yue Meng, Daniel Haskel, Yanbin Wang, Steven D. Jacobsen, James M. Rondinelli, and Danna E. Freedman
Journal of the American Chemical Society ,
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03485
Coexistence of vitreous and crystalline phases of H2O at ambient temperature
Ali K. Shargh, Aude Picard, Rostislav Hrubiak, Dongzhou Zhang, Russell J. Hemley, Shanti Deemyad, Niaz Abdolrahim, Saveez Saffarian, Coexistence of vitreous and crystalline phases of H2O at ambient temperature, 2022, J Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, e2117281119,V 119,N 27
doi:10.1073/pnas.2117281119
Accurate crystal structure of ice VI from X-raydiffraction with Hirshfeld atom refinement
Chodkiewicz, M. L., Gajda, R., Lavina, B., Tkachev, S., Prakapenka, V. B., Dera, P. & Wozniak, K., Accurate crystal structure of ice VI from X-ray diffraction with Hirshfeld atom refinement IUCrJ Chemistry, Vol 9, Part 5, (2022)
Structural and vibrational behavior of 2H−NbSe2 at high pressures
Chen, Grace P. and Bykova, Elena and Bykov, Maxim and Edmund, Eric and Cao, Zi-Yu and Chen, Xiao-Jia and Smith, Jesse S. and Chariton, Stella and Prakapenka, Vitali B. and Goncharov, Alexander F., Structural and vibrational behavior of 2H−NbSe2 at high pressures, (2022) Phys. Rev. B 105, 224114
Latest Happenings at GSECARS
13 ID-D Table Upgrade
Synthesizing a Ru-Bi compound at 13 IDD, April 2025
Catherine Badding and Michael Lee (MIT) working on high-pressure multi-anvil...
Studying crystal structural transitions at 13 BMC, April 2025
Francisco Canales, James Petri, and Zofia Kabarowska (University of Alabama at...
Ames Laboratory Researchers at 13 BMC, April 2025
Rafaela Penacchio and Shuyuan Huyan (Ames Laboratory) investigate complex T-p...
GSE Electronics Engineer Lino DiDonna works on the control system for the new Sector 6 vacuum cart
