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
Dynamic Inhibition of Calcite Dissolution in Flowing Acidic Pb2+ Solutions
Bektur Abdilla, Sang Soo Lee, Paul Fenter, Neil C. Sturchio, "Dynamic Inhibition of Calcite Dissolution in Flowing Acidic Pb2+ Solutions," Environ....
Extending carbon chemistry at high-pressure by synthesis of CaC2 and Ca3C7 with deprotonated polyacene- and para-poly(indenoindene)-like nanoribbons
Khandarkhaeva, S., Fedotenko, T., Aslandukova, A. et al. Extending carbon chemistry at high-pressure by synthesis of CaC2 and Ca3C7 with...
Pressure-induced phase transitions in Ni-bearing ferrosilite (Ni-En31Fs65)
Xu, Jingui, Fan, Dawei, Zhang, Dongzhou, Li, Bo, Zhou, Wenge and Dera, Przemyslaw. "Pressure-induced phase transitions in Ni-bearing ferrosilite...
Mapping the redox state of the young Solar System using ytterbium valence state
Tahar Hammouda, Paul Frossard, Maud Boyet, Audrey Bouvier, Matthew Newville, Antonio Lanzirotti, "Mapping the redox state of the young Solar System...
Synchrotron-based techniques for elemental analysis in soil-plant system under polluted environment
Kirichkov, Mikhail; Burachevskaya, Marina; Mandzhieva, Saglara; Minkina, Tatiana; Rajput, Vishnu D.; N, Synchrotron-based techniques for elemental...
Thermoelastic Properties of Fe3+-Rich Jeffbenite and Application to Superdeep Diamond Barometry
Qin,F.,Wang,F.,Smyth,J.R.,Zhang,D.,Xu,J.,&Jacobsen,S.D.(2024).Thermoelastic properties of Fe3+- rich jeffbenite and application to super deep...
Science Highlights
Pressure-induced local structural crossover in a high-entropy metallic glass
Zhang, Xin and Lou, Hongbo and Zhang, Fei and Luan, Hengwei and Liang, Tao and Li, Shubin and Chen, Xiehang and Shao, Yang and Yao, Ke-Fu and Zeng, Zhidan and Zeng, Qiaoshi,Pressure-induced local structural crossover in a high-entropy metallic glass, Phys. Rev. B, 105 (22), 2022, doi = 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.224201
Magnetic field screening in hydrogen-rich high-temperature superconductors
Minkov, V.S., Bud’ko, S.L., Balakirev, F.F. et al. Magnetic field screening in hydrogen-rich high-temperature superconductors. Nat Commun 13, 3194 (2022).
Verwey-Type Charge Ordering and Site-Selective Mott Transition inFe4 O5 under Pressure
Samar Layek, Eran Greenberg, Stella Chariton, Maxim Bykov, Elena Bykova, Dmytro M. Trots, Alexander V. Kurnosov, Irina Chuvashova, Sergey V. Ovsyannikov, Ivan Leonov, and Gregory Kh. Rozenberg, Verwey-Type Charge Ordering and Site-Selective Mott Transition in Fe4O5 under Pressure,
Journal of the American Chemical Society Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c00895
Synthesis, Structure, and Electric Conductivity of Higher Hydrides ofYtterbium at High Pressure
Tomasz Jaroń, Jianjun Ying, Marek Tkacz, Adam Grzelak, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Viktor V. Struzhkin, and Wojciech Grochala, Synthesis, Structure, and Electric Conductivity of Higher Hydrides of Ytterbium at High Pressure, Inorganic Chemistry Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00405
Superconductivity above 200 K discovered in superhydrides of calcium
Li, Z., He, X., Zhang, C. et al. Superconductivity above 200 K discovered in superhydrides of calcium. Nat Commun 13, 2863 (2022).
Recent developments on high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction at the Partnership for eXtreme Xtallography (PX2) program
Zhang, D., Xu, J., Dera, P.K. et al. Recent developments on high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction at the Partnership for eXtreme Xtallography (PX2) program. Phys Chem Minerals 49, 19 (2022).
Materials synthesis at terapascal static pressures
Leonid Dubrovinsky, Saiana Khandarkhaeva, Timofey Fedotenko, Dominique Laniel, Maxim Bykov, Carlotta Giacobbe, Eleanor Lawrence Bright, Pavel Sedmak, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, Alena V. Ponomareva, Ekaterina A. Smirnova, Maxim P. Belov, Ferenc Tasnádi, Nina Shulumba, Florian Trybel, Igor A. Abrikosov, Natalia Dubrovinskaia, “Materials synthesis at terapascal static pressures,” Nature 605, 274-278 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04550-2
Stability of Fe2 S and Fe12 S7 to 125 GPa; implications for S-richplanetary cores
Zurkowski, C.C., Lavina, B., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, V., Campbell, A.J. (2022) Stability of Fe2S and Fe12S7 to 125 GPa; implications for S-rich planetary cores. Geochem. Persp. Let. 21, 47–52.
Deformation of Polycrystalline MgO Up to 8.3 GPa and 1270 K: Microstructures, Dominant Slip-Systems, and Transition to Grain Boundary Sliding
Ledoux Estelle Elisa, Lin Feng, Miyagi Lowell, Addad Ahmed, Fadel Alexandre, Jacob Damien, Béclin Franck, Merkel Sébastien, Deformation of Polycrystalline MgO Up to 8.3 GPa and 1270 K: Microstructures, Dominant Slip-Systems, and Transition to Grain Boundary Sliding, (2022) Frontiers in Earth Science , Vol 10, Article 849777, DOI=10.3389/feart.2022.849777
Insight into Contact Forces in Crushable Sand using Experiments and Predictive Particle-Scale Modeling
John M.Harmon, DawaSeo, GiuseppeBuscarnera, José E.Andrade, Insight into Contact Forces in Crushable Sand using Experiments and Predictive Particle-Scale Modeling, Géotechnique 0 0:0, 1-35
Control of deviatoric stress in the diamond anvil cell through thermal expansion mismatch stress in thin films
Dorfman, S.M., Najiba, S., Arroyo, B. et al. Control of deviatoric stress in the diamond anvil cell through thermal expansion mismatch stress in thin films. Phys Chem Minerals 49, 16 (2022).
Latest Happenings at GSECARS
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James O'Sullivan, Xiaoyang Liu, and Haoran Wu (ANL) explore X-ray...
Congratulations to GSE beamline scientists Stella Chariton and Vitali Prakapenka for their work being ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by Advanced Materials in 2023!
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Studying crystal structural transitions at 13 BMC, April 2025
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