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
Formation of zinc carbonate phases on dissolving calcite, aragonite, and vaterite in acidic aqueous solutions
YoungJae Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Bektur Abdilla, Viktor Nikitin, Neil C. Sturchio, Paul Fenter, Formation of zinc carbonate phases on dissolving calcite, aragonite, and vaterite in acidic aqueous solutions, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 380, 2024, Pages 131-139, ISSN 0016-7037.
Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82
Meryem Berrada, Siheng Wang, Bin Chen, Vitali Prakapenka, Stella Chariton, Marc M. Hirschmann & Jie Li Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82. Phys Chem Minerals 51, 27 (2024). DOI : /doi.org/10.1007/s00269-024-01275-8
Multicaloric Cryocooling Using Heavy Rare-Earth Free La(Fe,Si)13-Based Compounds
Benedikt Beckmann, Lukas Pfeuffer, Johanna Lill, Benedikt Eggert, David Koch, Barbara Lavina, Jiyong Zhao, Thomas Toellner, Esen E. Alp, Katharina Ollefs, Konstantin P. Skokov, Heiko Wende, and Oliver Gutfleisch, “Multicaloric Cryocooling Using Heavy Rare-Earth Free La(Fe,Si)13-Based Compounds”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c05397
Hydrogenation of calcite and change in chemical bonding at high pressure: Diamond formation above 100 GPa
Alexander F. Goncharov, Huiyao Kuang, John S. Tse, Eric Edmund, Maxim Bykov, Elena Bykova, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Timofey Fedotenko, Nico Giordano, Mohamed Mezouar, Jesse S. Smith, Hydrogenation of calcite and change in chemical bonding at high pressure: Diamond formation above 100 GPa, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2024, 107228, ISSN 0031-9201
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
Science Highlights
Quantifying Structural Polarization by Continuous Regulation of Lone-Pair Electron Expression in Molecular Crystals
Kejun Bu, Xin Feng, Dong Wang, Tonghuan Fu, Yiran Ma, Songhao Guo, Hui Luo, Yang Ding, Tianyou Zhai, and Xujie Lü, Quantifying Structural Polarization by Continuous Regulation of Lone-Pair Electron Expression in Molecular Crystals, Journal of the American Chemical Society Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c05927
Uranium oxidation states in zircon and other accessory phases
Shane K. Houchin, François L.H. Tissot, Mauricio Ibañez-Mejia, Matthew Newville, Antonio Lanzirotti, Frank Pavia, George Rossman, Uranium oxidation states in zircon and other accessory phases, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024, ISSN 0016-7037
Strength, plasticity, and spin transition of Fe-N alloys in planetary cores
Allison Pease, Jiachao Liu, Mingda Lv, Yuming Xiao, Katherine Armstrong, Dmitry Popov, Lowell Miyagi, Susannah M. Dorfman, Strength, plasticity, and spin transition of Fe-N alloys in planetary cores, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2024, 107236, ISSN 0031-9201
Formation of zinc carbonate phases on dissolving calcite, aragonite, and vaterite in acidic aqueous solutions
YoungJae Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Bektur Abdilla, Viktor Nikitin, Neil C. Sturchio, Paul Fenter, Formation of zinc carbonate phases on dissolving calcite, aragonite, and vaterite in acidic aqueous solutions, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 380, 2024, Pages 131-139, ISSN 0016-7037.
Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82
Meryem Berrada, Siheng Wang, Bin Chen, Vitali Prakapenka, Stella Chariton, Marc M. Hirschmann & Jie Li Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82. Phys Chem Minerals 51, 27 (2024). DOI : /doi.org/10.1007/s00269-024-01275-8
Multicaloric Cryocooling Using Heavy Rare-Earth Free La(Fe,Si)13-Based Compounds
Benedikt Beckmann, Lukas Pfeuffer, Johanna Lill, Benedikt Eggert, David Koch, Barbara Lavina, Jiyong Zhao, Thomas Toellner, Esen E. Alp, Katharina Ollefs, Konstantin P. Skokov, Heiko Wende, and Oliver Gutfleisch, “Multicaloric Cryocooling Using Heavy Rare-Earth Free La(Fe,Si)13-Based Compounds”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c05397
Hydrogenation of calcite and change in chemical bonding at high pressure: Diamond formation above 100 GPa
Alexander F. Goncharov, Huiyao Kuang, John S. Tse, Eric Edmund, Maxim Bykov, Elena Bykova, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Timofey Fedotenko, Nico Giordano, Mohamed Mezouar, Jesse S. Smith, Hydrogenation of calcite and change in chemical bonding at high pressure: Diamond formation above 100 GPa, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2024, 107228, ISSN 0031-9201
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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.
Upcoming New Soft X-ray Nanoscale Imaging and Spectromicroscopy Capabilities at NSLS-II
The Soft X-ray Nanoprobe (SXN) beamline, a new beamline under construction at NSLS-II, will offer...
Goldschmidt Conference 2024
GSECARS has organized an exciting session at the Goldschmidt Conference 2024 in Chicago entitled “2b – Deep planetary interiors: new experimental and analytical approaches “.
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