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
Exploring particle breakage in sand under triaxial shearing using combined X-ray tomography and particle tracking method
MengmengWu and JianfengWang, Exploring particle breakage in sand under triaxial shearing using combined X-ray tomography and particle tracking method, 2023,
Géotechnique 0 0:0, 1-40
Strong effect of liquid Fe–S on elastic wave velocity of olivine aggregate: Implication for the low velocity anomaly at the base of the lunar mantle
Yoshio Kono, Hideharu Kuwahara, Steeve Gréaux, Mark L. Rivers, Yanbin Wang, Yuji Higo, Keisuke Mitsu, Nozomi Kondo,
Strong effect of liquid Fe–S on elastic wave velocity of olivine aggregate: Implication for the low velocity anomaly at the base of the lunar mantle,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 618, 2023, 118287, ISSN 0012-821X
High-pressure synthesis of fully sp2-hybridized polymeric nitrogen layer in potassium supernitride
Minghong Sui, Shuang Liu, Peng Wang, Nianlong Zou, Qing Dong, Miao Zhou, Shifeng Niu, Lei Yue, Zitong Zhao, Linlin Guo, Bo Liu, Ran Liu, Yong Xu, Zhen Yao, Bingbing Liu,
High-pressure synthesis of fully sp2-hybridized polymeric nitrogen layer in potassium supernitride,
Science Bulletin, 2023, ISSN 2095-9273.
Calibration for iron redox state and oxygen fugacity in silicate glasses from x-ray absorption spectroscopy
M. Darby Dyar, Molly McCanta, Antonio Lanzirotti, Cody J. Steven, Cai Ytsma,
Calibration for iron redox state and oxygen fugacity in silicate glasses from x-ray absorption spectroscopy,
Chemical Geology, 2023, 121605, ISSN 0009-2541.
A MHz X-ray diffraction set-up for dynamic compression experiments in the diamond anvil cell
Husband, R. J., Strohm, C., Appel, K., Ball, O. B., Briggs, R., Buchen, et al, A MHz X-ray diffraction set-up for dynamic compression experiments in the diamond anvil cell, 2023, J. Synchrotron Rad. 30 (4).
Evolution of magnetism, valence, and crystal lattice in EuCd2As2 under pressure
Jose, Greeshma C. and Burrage, Kaleb and Jimenez, Jose L. Gonzalez and Xie, Weiwei and Lavina, Barbara and Zhao, Jiyong and Alp, Esen E. and Zhang, Dongzhou and Xiao, Yuming and Vohra, Yogesh K. and Bi, Wenli, Evolution of magnetism, valence, and crystal lattice in EuCd2As2 under pressure,2023, Phys. Rev. B, 107 (24), 245121, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.245121.
Science Highlights
Pressure-Induced Ferroelectric-Like Transition Creates a Polar Metal in Defect Antiperovskites Hg3Te2X2 (X = Cl, Br)
Cai, W., He, J., Li, H. et al. Pressure-induced ferroelectric-like transition creates a polar metal in defect antiperovskites Hg3Te2X2 (X = Cl, Br). Nat Commun 12, 1509 (2021)
Stability of the Peroxide Group in BaO2 Under High Pressure
X. Zhang, X. Luo, M. Bykov, Maxim, E. Bykova, I. Chuvashova, D. Butenko, S. Chariton, V. Prakapenka, Smith, D. Smith, H. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Lv, A.F. Goncharov, ,” Stability of the peroxide group in BaO2 under high pressure”, Phys. Rev. B, 103, (9), 094104
The Stability of Subducted Glaucophane with the Earth’s Secular Cooling
Yoonah Bang, Huijeong Hwang, Taehyun Kim, Hyunchae Cynn, Yong Park, Haemyeong Jung, Changyong Park, Dmitry Popov, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Lin Wang, Hanns-Peter Liermann, Tetsuo Irifune, Ho-Kwang Mao, Yongjae Lee, “The stability of subducted glaucophane with the Earth’s secular cooling,” Nat. Commun. 12, 1496 (2021).
Phonon Properties of Bulk Violet Phosphorus Single Crystals: Temperature and Pressure Evolution
Lihui Zhang, Hongyang Huang, Zhengxing Lv, Longren Li, Mengyue Gu, Xuewen Zhao, Bo Zhang, Yonghong Cheng, and Jinying Zhang, Phonon Properties of Bulk Violet Phosphorus Single Crystals: Temperature and Pressure Evolution,ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2021 3 (3), 1043-1049, DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.0c00731
Thermoelasticity and Stability of Natural Epidote at High Pressure and High Temperature: Implications for Water Transport During Cold Slab Subduction
Bo Li, Jingui Xu, Dongzhou Zhang, Zhilin Ye, Shijie Huang, Dawei Fan, Wenge Zhou, Hongsen Xie,
Thermoelasticity and stability of natural epidote at high pressure and high temperature: Implications for water transport during cold slab subduction, Geoscience Frontiers, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 921-928.
Rethinking the Design of Ionic Conductors Using Meyer–Neldel–Conductivity Plot
Gao, Y., Li, N., Wu, Y., Yang, W., Bo, S.‐H., Rethinking the Design of Ionic Conductors Using Meyer–Neldel–Conductivity Plot. Adv. Energy Mater. 2021, 2100325.
High Pressure Structure Studies of Three SrGeO3 Polymorphs – Amorphization Under Pressure
Camilla H. Kronbo, Francesca Menescardi, Davide Ceresoli, Martin Bremholm,
High pressure structure studies of three SrGeO3 polymorphs – Amorphization under pressure,
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 855, Part 1, 2021, 157419
Understanding Effects of Conductive Additives in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Xiaoxiao Han, Jiyu Cai, Xin Wang, Yongqiang Liu, Hua Zhou, Xiangbo Meng, “Understanding effects of conductive additives in lithium-sulfur batteries,” Mater. Today Commun. 26, 101934 (2021)
From Semiconducting to Metallic: Jahn−Teller-Induced PhaseTransformation in Skyrmion Host GaV4S8
Yuejian Wang, Saqib Rahman, Elaine Sun, Christopher Knill, Dongzhou Zhang, Lin Wang, Vladimir Tsurkan, and István Kézsmárki The Journal of Physical Chemistry C Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c10527
Noble Gas Incorporation Into Silicate Glasses: Implications for Planetary Volatile Storage
Yang, H., Gleason, A.E., Tkachev, S.N., Chen, B., Jeanloz, R., Mao, W.L. (2021) Noble gas incorporation into silicate glasses: implications for planetary volatile storage. Geochem. Persp. Let. 17, 1–5.
Rapid Reduction of Basaltic Glasses in Piston-Cylinder Experiments: a XANES study
Ni, P., Zhang, Y., Fiege, A. et al. Rapid reduction of basaltic glasses in piston-cylinder experiments: a XANES study. Contrib Mineral Petrol 176, 17 (2021).
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GSE user Evan Oriel, ANL, works in the GSE Raman Lab
GSE user Evan Oriel, ANL, works in the GSE Raman Lab to measure Raman spectra...
Buttoning-up 13 BM, getting ready for commissioning!
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GSECARS hosts Prabhav Borate
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Core-mantle boundary conditions in the presence of water could explain the heterogeneities in seismic properties
Multi-anvil experiments at ESRF’s ID06
GSE beamline scientists T. Officer, T. Yu, and Y. Wang (not pictured) conduct...