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
Experimental and analytical assessment of fracture criteria for non-spherical sand grains
Seo, D., Tengattini, A., Viggiani, G. et al. Experimental and analytical assessment of fracture criteria for non-spherical sand grains. Granular Matter 26, 1 (2024).
Structure of the Bastnäsite (001) Surface by Crystal Truncation Rod X-ray Diffraction and Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics
Anna K. Wanhala, Luke D. Gibson, Joanne E. Stubbs, Radu Custelcean, Cole Hexel, Peter J. Eng, Vyacheslav S. Bryantsev, and Andrew G. Stack, Structure of the Bastnäsite (001) Surface by Crystal Truncation Rod X-ray Diffraction and Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics: Implications for Separations of a Rare Earth Ore Mineral, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C Article ASAP
Pressure-Modulated Anomalous Organic–Inorganic Interactions Enhance Structural Distortion and Second-Harmonic Generation in MHyPbBr3 Perovskite
Yuhong Mao, Songhao Guo, Xu Huang, Kejun Bu, Zhongyang Li, Phuong Q. H. Nguyen, Gang Liu, Qingyang Hu, Dongzhou Zhang, Yongping Fu, Wenge Yang, and Xujie Lü, Pressure-Modulated Anomalous Organic–Inorganic Interactions Enhance Structural Distortion and Second-Harmonic Generation in MHyPbBr3 Perovskite, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023 145 (43), 23842-23848DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09375
In situ structural determination of 3d and 5d perovskite oxides under high pressure by synchrotron x-ray diffraction
Jie Chen, Jiaming He, Yanyao Zhang, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, Kazunari Yamaura, Jung-Fu Lin, J. B. Goodenough, and J.-S. Zhou, “In situ
structural determination of 3d and
5d perovskite oxides under high pressure by synchrotron x-ray diffraction”, Phys. Rev. B 108, 134106
Influence of X-Ray beam exposure on the development of gas bubbles during triaxial testing of sand using 3D synchrotron micro-computed tomography
Mohammed Elnur, Khalid A. Alshibli,, “Influence of X-Ray beam exposure on the development of gas bubbles during triaxial testing of sand using 3D synchrotron micro-computed tomography”, Tomography of Materials and Structures,
Volume 3, 2023, 100016, ISSN 2949-673X
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Article ASAP
Seungyeol Lee, Jizhe Cai, Shiyun Jin, Hiromi Konishi, Dongzhou Zhang, Amanda S. Barnard, Ramathasan Thevamaran, and Huifang Xu, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Article ASAP,
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00057