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
Stabilization Of The CN35− Anion In Recoverable High-pressure Ln3O2(CN3) (Ln=La, Eu, Gd, Tb, Ho, Yb) Oxoguanidinates
Andrey Aslandukov, Pascal L. Jurzick, Dr. Maxim Bykov, Alena Aslandukova, Dr. Artem Chanyshev, Dr. Dominique Laniel, Dr. Yuqing Yin, Fariia I. Akbar, Dr. Saiana Khandarkhaeva, Dr. Timofey Fedotenko, Dr. Konstantin Glazyrin, Dr. Stella Chariton, Prof. Vitali Prakapenka, Dr. Fabrice Wilhelm, Dr. Andrei Rogalev, Dr. Davide Comboni, Dr. Michael Hanfland, Prof. Natalia Dubrovinskaia, Prof. Leonid Dubrovinsky, “Stabilization Of The CN35− Anion In Recoverable High-pressure Ln3O2(CN3) (Ln=La, Eu, Gd, Tb, Ho, Yb) Oxoguanidinates
“, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2023)
Disproportionation of iron in almandine-pyrope-grossular garnet from 25 to 65 GPa
Swadba, K. E., Davis, A. H., Zurkowski, C. C., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, V. B., & Campbell, A. J. (2023). Disproportionation of iron in almandine-pyrope-grossular garnet from 25 to 65 GPa. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24, e2023GC011081
The synthesis of novel lanthanum hydroxyborate at extreme conditions
Ibragimova Olga, Vaquero Lia, Hussein Zain, Drozd Vadym, Chariton Stella, Prakapenka Vitali, Chuvashova Irina, “The synthesis of novel lanthanum hydroxyborate at extreme conditions”, Front Chem, 11, (2023), DOI=10.3389/fchem.2023.1259000
Synchrotron X-rays reveal the modes of Fe binding and trace metal storage in the brown algae Laminaria digitata and Ectocarpus siliculosus
Ana Mijovilovich, Peter Cloetens, Antonio Lanzirotti, Matt Newville, Gerd Wellenreuther, Puja Kumari, Christos Katsaros, Carl J Carrano, Hendrik Küpper, Frithjof C Küpper, Synchrotron X-rays reveal the modes of Fe binding and trace metal storage in the brown algae Laminaria digitata and Ectocarpus siliculosus, Metallomics, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2023, mfad058
MHz free electron laser x-ray diffraction and modeling of pulsed laser heated diamond anvil cell
Nicolas Jaisle, David Cébron, Zuzana Konôpková, Rachel J Husband, Clemens Prescher, et.al, ; MHz free electron laser x-ray diffraction and modeling of pulsed laser heated diamond anvil cell. J. Appl. Phys. 7 September 2023; 134 (9): 095904
Niobium substitution suppresses the superconducting critical temperature of pressurized MoB2
Lim, J. and Sinha, S. and Hire, A. C. and Kim, J. S. and Dee, P. M. and Kumar, R. S. and Popov, D. and Hemley, R. J. and Hennig, R. G. and Hirschfeld, P. J. and Stewart, G. R. and Hamlin, J. J, Niobium substitution suppresses the superconducting critical temperature of pressurized MoB2, (2023), Phys Rev B, 108, 9, 094501
Science Highlights
Immiscibility in N2–H2O solids up to 140 GPa
Xiao Zhang, Yu Wang, Maxim Bykov, Elena Bykova, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Konstantin Glazyrin, and Alexander F. Goncharov
, “Immiscibility in N2–H2O solids up to 140 GPa”, The Journal of Chemical Physics 154, 234505 (2021)
Volatile Element Evidence of Local MORB Mantle
Heterogeneity Beneath the Southwest Indian Ridge,
48°–51°E
Wang, W., Kelley, K. A., Li, Z., Chu, F., Dong, Y., Chen, L., etal. (2021). Volatile element evidence of local MORB mantle heterogeneity beneath the Southwest Indian Ridge, 48°–51°E. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22, e2021GC009647
Slab-derived sulfate generates oxidized basaltic magmas in the southern Cascade arc (California, USA)
Michelle J. Muth, Paul J. Wallace; Slab-derived sulfate generates oxidized basaltic magmas in the southern Cascade arc (California, USA). Geology 2021;; 49 (10): 1177–1181
Slab-derived sulfate generates oxidized basaltic magmas in the southern Cascade arc
Michelle J. Muth, Paul J. Wallace; Slab-derived sulfate generates oxidized basaltic magmas in the southern Cascade arc (California, USA). Geology 2021
Experimental Deformation of Lower Mantle Rocks and Minerals
Miyagi, Lowell, Experimental Deformation of Lower Mantle Rocks and Minerals, Mantle Convection and Surface Expressions, Geophysical Monograph Series, Chapter 2, pp. 21-50.
High-Pressure Phase Stability and Thermoelastic Properties of Iron Carbonitrides and Nitrogen in the Deep Earth
Huang, S., Wu, X., Zhu, F., Lai, X., Li, J., Neill, O. K., et al. (2021). High-pressure phase stability and thermoelastic properties of iron carbonitrides and nitrogen in the deep earth. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB021934.
X-ray free electron laser heating of water and gold at high static pressure
Husband, R.J., McWilliams, R.S., Pace, E.J. et al. X-ray free electron laser heating of water and gold at high static pressure. Commun Mater 2, 61 (2021).
Iron phosphate mediated magnetite synthesis: a bioinspired approach
Giulia Mirabello, Matthew GoodSmith, Paul H. H. Bomans, Linus Stegbauer, Derk Joester , Gijsbertus de With, Iron phosphate mediated magnetite synthesis: a bioinspired approach, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 9458-9465, DOI: 10.1039/D0SC07079C
β-Technetium: An allotrope with a nonstandard volume-pressure relationship
Emily Siska, Dean Smith, Christian Childs, Daniel Koury, Paul M. Forster, Keith V. Lawler, Ashkan Salamat,
β-Technetium: An allotrope with a nonstandard volume-pressure relationship,
Phys. Rev. Materials 5, 063603
Investigating the Calcination and Sintering of Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) Solid Electrolytes Using Operando Synchrotron X-ray Characterization and Mesoscale Modeling
Pallab Barai, Timothy Fister, Yujia Liang, Joseph Libera, Mark Wolfman, Xiaoping Wang, Juan Garcia, Hakim Iddir, and Venkat Srinivasan, Investigating the Calcination and Sintering of Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) Solid Electrolytes Using Operando Synchrotron X-ray Characterization and Mesoscale Modeling
Chemistry of Materials 2021 33 (12), 4337-4352
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04393
Covariation of Slab Tracers, Volatiles, and Oxidation During Subduction Initiation
Brounce, M., Reagan, M. K., Kelley, K. A., Cottrell, E., Shimizu, K., & Almeev, R. (2021). Co-variation of slab tracers, volatiles and oxidation during subduction initiation. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22, e2021GC009823
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13 ID-D Table Upgrade
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