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
Time-And-Space Averaging Applied to Intermittent Multiphase Flow Experiments
Wang, T., McClure, J. E., Da Wang, Y., Berg, S., Chen, C., Mostaghimi, P., & Armstrong, R. T. (2024). Time‐and‐space averaging applied to intermittent multiphase flow experiments. Water Resources Research, 60, e2023WR036577.
The Thermal Conductivity of Bridgmanite at Lower Mantle Conditions Using a Multi-Technique Approach
Edmund, E., Chuvashova, I., Konôpková, Z., Husband, R., Strohm, C., Appel, K., et al. (2024). The thermal conductivity of bridgmanite at lower mantle conditions using a multi-technique approach.
Identifying critical features of iron phosphate particle for lithium preference
Yan, G., Wei, J., Apodaca, E. et al. Identifying critical features of iron phosphate particle for lithium preference. Nat Commun 15, 4859 (2024)
Valence instability and collapse of ferromagnetism in EuB6 at high pressures
L.O. Kutelak, R. Sereika, G. Fabbris, L. Francisco, G. Lombardi, E.H.T. Poldi, J. Zhao, E.E. Alp, N.M. Souza Neto, P.F.S. Rosa, D. Haskel, W. Bi, R.D. dos Reis, Valence instability and collapse of ferromagnetism in EuB6 at high pressures, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2024
Structural Evolution and Photoluminescence Quenching
Adam Balvanz, Majid Safdari, Marios Zacharias, Daehan Kim, Claire Welton, Evan H. Oriel, Mikaël Kepenekian, Claudine Katan, Christos D. Malliakas, Jacky Even, Vladislav Klepov, G. N. Manjunatha Reddy, Richard D. Schaller, Lin X. Chen, Ram Seshadri, and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis,Structural Evolution and Photoluminescence Quenching across the FASnI3–xBrx (x = 0–3) Perovskites,Journal of the American Chemical […]
Compressibility Studies of Copper Selenides Obtained by Cation Exchange Reaction Revealing the New CsCl Phase
Progna Banerjee, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Stella Chariton, and Elena V. Shevchenko, Compressibility Studies of Copper Selenides Obtained by Cation Exchange Reaction Revealing the New CsCl Phase, Nano Letters Article ASAP, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01285
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SEES Webinar: “SEES the Light”
SEES Director Andy Campbell hosted a public webinar to introduce the organization, its current activities, and future directions.
Science Highlights
Weyl Semimetallic Phase in High Pressure CrSb2 and Structural Compression Studies of its High Pressure Polymorphs
Carl Jonas Linnemann, Emma Ehrenreich-Petersen, Davide Ceresoli, Timofey Fedotenko, Innokenty Kantor, Mads Ry Vogel Jørgensen, Martin Bremholm, Weyl Semimetallic Phase in High Pressure CrSb2 and Structural Compression Studies of its High Pressure Polymorphs, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2024, 175457, ISSN 0925-8388
High-Pressure oC16-YBr3 Polymorph Recoverable to Ambient Conditions: From 3D Framework to Layered Material
Alena Aslandukova, Andrey Aslandukov, Fariia Iasmin Akbar, Yuqing Yin, Florian Trybel, Michael Hanfland, Anna Pakhomova, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, Natalia Dubrovinskaia, and Leonid Dubrovinsky, “High-Pressure oC16-YBr3 Polymorph Recoverable to Ambient Conditions: From 3D Framework to Layered Material”, Inorganic Chemistry Article ASAP
Deviatoric stress-induced metallization, layer reconstruction and collapse of van der Waals bonded zirconium disulfide
Linfei Yang, Junwei Li, Dongzhou Zhang, Yuegao Liu, Qingyang Hu. Deviatoric stress-induced metallization, layer reconstruction and collapse of van der Waals bonded zirconium disulfide. Commun Chem 7, 141 (2024).
Synthesis and Properties of the Helium Clathrate and Defect Perovskite [He2–x□x][CaNb]F6
Shangye Ma, Brett R. Hester, Anthony J. Lloyd II, Antonio M. dos Santos, Jamie J. Molaison, and Angus P. Wilkinson, Synthesis and Properties of the Helium Clathrate and Defect Perovskite [He2–x□x][CaNb]F6, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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APS First Light
Wednesday, June 19, 2024, APS delivered X-ray beams to the first of its scientific beamlines,...
New Opportunities and Developments in Synchrotron Earth & Environmental Science
SEES Director Andy Campbell will present a FORCE seminar, New Opportunities and Developments in...
SCSW 2024
GSE welcomes high school women at SCSW 2024.
Computed Microtomography in a Triaxial Cell
GSE staff Y. Wang, M. Yakovlev, M. Rivers, T. Officer, Wenlu Zhu U MD using the HEX beamline at NSLS II working on Computed Microtomography in a Triaxial Cell.
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