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
Influence of X-Ray beam exposure on the development of gas bubbles during triaxial testing of sand using 3D synchrotron micro-computed tomography
Mohammed Elnur, Khalid A. Alshibli,, “Influence of X-Ray beam exposure on the development of gas bubbles during triaxial testing of sand using 3D synchrotron micro-computed tomography”, Tomography of Materials and Structures,
Volume 3, 2023, 100016, ISSN 2949-673X
Investigation on Shock Metamorphism of Anatase by Supersonic Microprojectile Impact
Seungyeol Lee, Jizhe Cai, Shiyun Jin, Hiromi Konishi, Dongzhou Zhang, Amanda S. Barnard, Ramathasan Thevamaran, and Huifang Xu, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Article ASAP,
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00057
Structure determination of ζ-N2 from single-crystal X-ray diffraction
Laniel, D., Trybel, F., Aslandukov, A. et al. Title: Structure determination of ζ-N2 from single-crystal X-ray diffraction and theoretical suggestion for the formation of amorphous nitrogen. Nat Commun 14, 6207 (2023)
High-pressure Raman scattering and X-ray diffraction study of kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4
Abhisek Basu, Mainak Mookherjee, Stephen Clapp, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, High-pressure Raman scattering and X-ray diffraction study of kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4, Applied Clay Science, Volume 245, 2023, 107144
Metastable phase formation in europium hexaboride
Raimundas Sereika, Matthew P. Clay, Li Zhu, Priscila F. S. Rosa, Wenli Bi, Yogesh K. Vohra; Metastable phase formation in europium hexaboride on compression to 187 GPa. J. Appl. Phys. 7 October 2023; 134 (13): 135901.
Hydrous wadsleyite crystal structure up to 32 GPa
Fei Wang, Elizabeth C. Thompson, Dongzhou Zhang, Jingui Xu, Ercan E. Alp, Steven D. Jacobsen; Hydrous wadsleyite crystal structure up to 32 GPa. American Mineralogist 2023;; 108 (10): 1948–1956
Science Highlights
High-pressure study of the low-Z rich superconductor Be22Re
J. Lim, A. C. Hire, Y. Quan, J. Kim, L. Fanfarillo, S. R. Xie, R. S. Kumar, C. Park, R. J. Hemley, Y. K. Vohra, R. G. Hennig, P. J. Hirschfeld, G. R. Stewart, and J. J Hamlin,
High-pressure study of the low-Z rich superconductor Be22Re,
Phys. Rev. B 104, 064505, DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.064505
Synthesis and chemical stability of technetium nitrides
E. Siska, D. Smith, A. Salamat, K. V. Lawler, B. Lavina, F. Poineau and P. M. Forster, Synthesis and chemical stability of technetium nitrides, Chem. Commun., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1CC02525B.
High-Resolution In-Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Studies of Inorganic Perovskite CsPbBr3: New Symmetry Assignments and Structural Phase Transitions
Liu, S., DeFilippo, A. R., Balasubramanian, M., Liu, Z., Wang, S. G., Chen, Y.-S., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, V., Luo, X., Zhao, L., Martin, J. S., Lin, Y., Yan, Y., Ghose, S. K., Tyson, T. A., High-Resolution In-Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Studies of Inorganic Perovskite CsPbBr3: New Symmetry Assignments and Structural Phase Transitions. Adv. Sci. 2021, 2003046.
Effect of Background Electrolyte Composition on the Interfacial Formation of Th(IV) Nanoparticles on the Muscovite (001) Basal Plane
J. Neumann, C. Qiu, P. Eng, S. Skanthakumar, L. Soderholm, T. Stumpf, M. Schmidt, Effect of Background Electrolyte Composition on the Interfacial Formation of Th(IV) Nanoparticles on the Muscovite (001) Basal Plane, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c03997
New model for estimating geometric tortuosity of variably-saturated porous media using 3D synchrotron micro-computed tomography imaging
Jarrar, Z.A., Al-Raoush, R.I., Hannun, J.A. and Alshibli, K.A. (2021), New model for estimating geometric tortuosity of variably-saturated porous media using 3D synchrotron micro-computed tomography imaging. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.. Accepted Author Manuscript.
New model for estimating geometric tortuosity of variably saturated porous media using 3D synchrotron microcomputed tomography imaging
Zaher A. Jarrar, Riyadh I. Al-Raoush, Jamal A. Hannun, Khalid A. Alshibli, “New model for estimating geometric tortuosity of variably saturated porous media using 3D synchrotron microcomputed tomography imaging,” Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 85 (6), 1867-1879 (2021).
High Pressure Brillouin Spectroscopy and X-ray Diffraction of Cerium Dioxide
Frost, M.; Lazarz, J.D.; Levitan, A.L.; Prakapenka, V.B.; Sun, P.; Tkachev, S.N.; Yang, H.; Glenzer, S.H.; Gleason, A.E. High Pressure Brillouin Spectroscopy and X-ray Diffraction of Cerium Dioxide. Materials 2021, 14, 3683.
Stability of the sc16 polymorph of GaAs
B. Lavina, E. Zanardi, A. Mujica, H. Cynn, S. Tkachev, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2021, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, DOI : 10.1016/j.jpcs.2021.110233.
Structural, Vibrational, and Electronic Properties of 1D-TlInTe2 under High Pressure: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study
Sorb Yesudhas, N. Yedukondalu, Manoj K. Jana, Jianbo Zhang, Jie Huang, Bijuan Chen, Hongshang Deng, Raimundas Sereika, Hong Xiao, Stanislav Sinogeikin, Curtis Kenney-Benson, Kanishka Biswas, John B. Parise, Yang Ding, and Ho-kwang Mao, Vibrational, and Electronic Properties of 1D-TlInTe2 under High Pressure: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study, Inorganic Chemistry Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03795
Lattice melting and superconductivity in a group IV-VI compound
Liu-Cheng Chen, Pei-Qi Chen, Wei-Jian Li, Qian Zhang, Viktor V. Struzhkin, Alexander F. Goncharov, Zhifeng Ren, Xiao-Jia Chen, Lattice melting and superconductivity in a group IV-VI compound, (2021) Phys. Rev. B, 103 (21) DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.214516
Influence of Micro- and Crystalline-Scale Properties on the Fracture of Silica Sand Particles Using 3D Finite-Element Analysis
Wadi H. Imseeh, and Khalid A. Alshibli, Influence of Micro- and Crystalline-Scale Properties on the Fracture of Silica Sand Particles Using 3D Finite-Element Analysis, International Journal of Geomechanics, Vol. 21, Issue 9
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