The mission of SEES (Synchrotron Earth and Environmental Science) is to advance research and education in synchrotron-based Earth and environmental science to better understand our planet from the atmosphere to the core, to address societally relevant problems, and to train the next generation of scientists. SEES is responsible for the management, operation, and development of multiple user facilities hosted at four DOE-operated US synchrotrons: Advanced Photon Source (APS), Advanced Light Source (ALS), National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).
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Recent Publications
Sound Velocities of Stishovite at Simultaneous High Pressure and High Temperature Suggest an Eclogite-Rich Layer Beneath the Hawaii Hotspot
Chen, S., Wang, S., Qi, X., Xu, M., Yu, T., Wang, Y., & Li, B. (2024). Sound velocities of stishovite at simultaneous high pressure and high temperature suggest an eclogite-rich layer beneath the Hawaii hotspot. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL107700.
Transformational faulting in Mn2GeO4 from olivine to wadsleyite structure: Implications for physical mechanism of deep-focus earthquakes
Feng Shi, Yanbin Wang, Timothy Officer, Dongdong Yao, Tony Yu, Lupei Zhu, Jianguo Wen, Junfeng Zhang, Zhigang Peng, Transformational faulting in Mn2GeO4 from olivine to wadsleyite structure: Implications for physical mechanism of deep-focus earthquakes, Tectonophysics, 2024, 230467, ISSN 0040-1951
Magnetic collapse and low conductivity of Fe3N in the deep interiors of Earth-like planets
Yukai Zhuang, Jin Liu, Chaojia Lv, Liangxu Xu, Wenli Bi, Qingyang Hu, Dongzhou Zhang, Gaston Garbarino, Shengcai Zhu, Youjun Zhang; Magnetic collapse and low conductivity of Fe3N in the deep interiors of Earth-like planets. American Mineralogist 2024
Pressure induced structural and electronic band transition in CsPbBr3
Dongzhou Zhang, Sagarmoy Mandal, Duck Young Chung, Jingui Xu, Nannan Shan, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis & Ming Chen, Pressure induced structural and electronic band transition in CsPbBr3. Commun Chem 7, 175 (2024).
Evidence of non-isentropic release from high residual temperatures in shocked metals measured with ultrafast x-ray diffraction
Hong Yang, Michael R. Armstrong, Ryan A. Austin, Harry B. Radousky, Akshat Hetal Patel, Tiwei Wei, Alexander F. Goncharov, Wendy L. Mao, Eduardo Granados, Hae Ja Lee, Inhyuk Nam, Bob Nagler, Peter Walter, Jonathan L. Belof, Shaughnessy B. Brown, Vitali Prakapenka, Sergey S. Lobanov, Clemens Prescher, Nicolas Holtgrewe, Elissaios Stavrou, Paulius V. Grivickas, Arianna E. […]
Science Highlights
Proteomic Insights into Trichome Responses to Elevated Elemental Stress in Cation Exchanger (CAX) Mutants
Qi Guo, Shayan Sarkar, Tracy Punshon, Ryan Tappero, Barkla J Bronwyn, Kendal D Hirschi, Proteomic Insights into Trichome Responses to Elevated Elemental Stress in Cation Exchanger (CAX) Mutants, Plant and Cell Physiology, 2024
Above-Room-Temperature Ferroelectricity and Giant Second Harmonic Generation in 1D vdW NbOI3
Y. Fang, Y. Liu, N. Yang, G. Wang, W. He, X. Zhou, S. Xia, D. Wang, J. Fu, J. Wang, Y. Ding, T. Yu, C. Xu, L. Zhen, J. Lin, G. Gou, Y. Li, F. Huang, Above-Room-Temperature Ferroelectricity and Giant Second Harmonic Generation in 1D vdW NbOI3. Adv. Mater. 2024, 2407249.
Thermoelastic Anomaly of Iron Carbonitride Across the Spin Transition and Implications for Planetary Cores
Huang, S., Wu, X., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, V., Qin, S., & Chen, B. (2024). Thermoelastic anomaly of iron carbonitride across the spin transition and implications for planetary cores. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL108973.
Lightweight single-phase Al-based complex concentrated alloy with high specific strength
Han, M., Wu, Y., Zong, X. et al. Lightweight single-phase Al-based complex concentrated alloy with high specific strength. Nat Commun 15, 7102 (2024).
Compressional and shear wave velocities of Fe-bearing silicate post-perovskite in Earth’s lowermost mantle
Jing Yang, Suyu Fu, Jin Liu, Jung-Fu Lin, Compressional and shear wave velocities of Fe-bearing silicate post-perovskite in Earth’s lowermost mantle, Geoscience Frontiers, 2024, 101915, ISSN 1674-9871
Continuous pressure-induced valence and magnetic transitions in EuMnSb2
Weiwei and Zhao, Jiyong and Lavina, Barbara and Alp, Esen E. and Xiao, Yuming and Zhang, Dongzhou and Vohra, Yogesh K. and Bi, Wenli, Continuous pressure-induced valence and magnetic transitions in EuMnSb2, 2024, Phys. Phys. Rev. B 110, 075127
Structural Stability of Natural Magnesiochromite at High-Temperature-Pressure Conditions
Jin, S., Wu, X., Liu, Y. et al. Structural Stability of Natural Magnesiochromite at High-Temperature-Pressure Conditions. J. Earth Sci. 35, 1196–1203 (2024).
Latest Happenings
SEES Booth at Goldschmidt Conference
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2nd HP Single XL Diffraction Summer School
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