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).
2025 SEES-ISRD Joint Meeting
SEES and ISRD invite you to attend our annual meeting to be held jointly at the University of Chicago on August 11-13, 2025. Keynote speakers will discuss topics in rock and mineral deformation and rheological properties in Earth, and there will be a poster session with a broad scientific focus. All SEES and ISRD researchers are welcome and encouraged to attend. Click here to learn more.
Recent Publications
Twisted-layer boron nitride ceramic with high deformability and strength
Wu, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, X. et al. Twisted-layer boron nitride ceramic with high deformability and strength. Nature 626, 779–784 (2024).
Detection of thin film phase transformations at high-pressure and high-temperature in a diamond anvil cell
Berrada, M., Hu, G., Zhou, D. et al. Detection of thin film phase transformations at high-pressure and high-temperature in a diamond anvil cell. Commun Earth Environ 5, 73 (2024).
Thermal Equations of State of Magnesite: Implication for the Complex Mid-Lower Mantle Seismic Scatterers
Yu, Y., Sun, N., Mao, Z., Li, L., Prakapenka, V. B., & Lin, J.-F. (2024). Thermal equations of state of magnesite: Implication for the complex mid-lower mantle seismic scatterers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2023JB028026
Negative Linear Compressibility and Interlayer Gap Closure in Layered Rare-Earth Hydroxyhalide (YCl(OH)2) under High Pressure
Mengzeng Wu, Jingui Xu, Dongzhou Zhang, Yi Zhou, Wei Chen, Shanrong Zhang, Qifa Zhong, and Dawei Fan
Inorganic Chemistry Article ASAP, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03909
Structural phase purification of bulk HfO2:Y through pressure cycling
Musfeldt, J. L., Sobhit Singh, Shiyu Fan, Yanhong Gu, Xianghan Xu, S-W. Cheong, Z. Liu, David Vanderbilt, and Karin M. Rabe. "Structural phase...
High pressure raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction of K2Ca(CO3)2 bütschliite: multiple pressure-induced phase transitions in a double carbonate
Zeff, G., Kalkan, B., Armstrong, K. et al. High pressure raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction of K2Ca(CO3)2 bütschliite: multiple...