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).
Recent Publications
Three Distinctive Steps for Heterogeneous Nucleation of Tunnel-Structured Mn Oxide on Quartz under Light Exposure
Haesung Jung, Byeongdu Lee, Doyoon Kim, Zhenwei Gao, Ping-I Chou, Young-Shin Jun, “Three Distinctive Steps for Heterogeneous Nucleation of Tunnel-Structured Mn Oxide on Quartz under Light Exposure,” Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (48), 21200-21209 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c07527
DEM simulation of the compression of crushable sand: does the initial particle shape matter?
D.Seo, J.Harmon, J.Andrade, and G.Buscarnera, “DEM simulation of the compression of crushable sand: does the initial particle shape matter?” Géotechnique Letters 2024 14:4, 1-14
Sound velocities and thermal equation of state of fcc-iron-nickel alloys at high pressure and high temperature: Implications for the cores of Moon and several planets
Siheng Wang, Sibo Chen, Man Xu, Tony Yu, Yanbin Wang, Baosheng Li, Sound velocities and thermal equation of state of fcc-iron-nickel alloys at high pressure and high temperature: Implications for the cores of Moon and several planets, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 649, 2025, 119118, ISSN 0012-821X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119118.
Long-term relaxation of orientational disorder and structural modifications in molecular nitrogen at high pressure
Oliver Tschauner, Oded Navon, Christian Schmidt, Richard Wirth, Yaakov Weiss, Yael Kempe, Sergei Remennik, Wenjun Liu, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka; Long-term relaxation of orientational disorder and structural modifications in molecular nitrogen at high pressure. J. Chem. Phys. 21 November 2024; 161 (20): 204506.
Insights on Arc Magmatic Systems Drawn from Natural Melt Inclusions and Crystallization Experiments at PH2O = 800 MPa under Oxidizing Condition
Janine L Andrys, Elizabeth Cottrell, Katherine A Kelley, Laura E Waters, Michelle L Coombs, “Insights on Arc Magmatic Systems Drawn from Natural Melt Inclusions and Crystallization Experiments at P[subscript H2O] = 800 MPa under Oxidizing Conditions,” J. Petrol. 65 (12), egae117 (2024). DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egae117
Natural soils’ shear strength prediction: A morphological data-centric approach
Maher Omar, Mohamed G. Arab, Emran Alotaibi, Khalid A. Alshibli, Abdallah Shanableh, Hussein Elmehdi, Dima A.Hussien Malkawi, Ali Tahmaz, “Natural soils’ shear strength prediction: A morphological data-centric approach,” Soil Found. 64 (6), 101527 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.sandf.2024.101527
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