New X-ray mirrors in 13 IDE achieve <500nm focused spot. gsecars.uchicago.edu/2025/09/23/n...

Successful first test of new laser heating system, 13IDD DAC by GSE scientists Vitali Prakapenka and Stella Chariton. To take full advantage of the APS-U, we initiated the process of technical developments for the DAC beamlines at GSECARS.

GSE Beamline Scientist Vitali Prakapenka was invited to Northern Illinois University to speak at a colloquium series organized by the Department of Earth, Atmosphere & Environment. Hosted by S. Autrey and M. Frank, with the title "Advanced Tools for Mineral Characterization at Extreme Conditions."

GSE scientific staff Tony Yu, Yanbin Wang, and Young Jay Ryu conduct an experiment at Soleil on the high-temperature density experiment on wollastonite and albite. Dr. Eva Pereiro, Soleil Science Director, visited the group to discuss the work and the potential applications of the findings.

Ryan Murphy and Catherine Badding (MIT) conduct offline work for high-pressure multi-anvil press synthesis of RuBi4, 13 IDD

GSE staff Max Yakovlev and Mike Proskey move the new KB Mirror System into its final location on the upgraded IDD DAC Table.

Work progresses as GSE staff Mike Proskey and Peter Eng continue the work on the ID C/D monochromator first crystal.

Brock Medernach and Suzanne Autrey (Northern IL University) work on garnet synthesis to test QuiG geobarometry, 13 IDD LVP offline, Aug 2025.

GSE Beamline Scientist Vitali Prakapenka gave an invited lecture to the The 3rd High-Pressure Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction Summer School, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. indico.global/event/6723/o...

Work on the new IDD DAC Experimental Table continues with the installation of the new KB Mirror System, fabricated by IDT (Instrument Design Technology). www.idtnet.co.uk/index.html

GSECARS was pleased to host a tour of SEES-funded facilities at the APS for the SEES 2025 Annual Meeting participants, including NSF Program Managers Andy Frassetto and Wendy Panero. gsecars.uchicago.edu/2025-sees-is...

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Yu Zhang (Argonne National Lab) works on the high-pressure synthesis of barium potassium antimonate, 13 IDD, August 2025.

Malgorzata Korbas and James O'Sullivan (eBERlight Program, Argonne National Laboratory) study distribution and speciation of metals in plants grown in contaminated soils, 13 IDE, August 2025.

Konrad Burkmann (Arizona State University) works on the determination of the thermoelastic properties of ZrC-ZrN solid solutions at high pressure and temperature, 13 BMD, August 2025.

Zixuan Xie (Washington University) conducts an investigation of the distribution and speciation of rare earth elements in coal-based materials by µ-XRF and µ-XANES, 13 IDE, Aug 2025.

Qi Chen (University of Chicago) conducts an offline study using the 13 IDD Large-Volume Press, looking at viscosity measurements of hydrous andesite melt using in-situ falling-sphere viscometry at high pressure, 13 IDD, July 2025.

Roberto Colina-Ruiz (GSECARS Beamline Scientist, NSLS II) co-chaired a topical session at the recent Goldschmidt conference in Prague, Czech Republic. @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social

Students from the University of Chicago Department of Geophysical Sciences got an in-depth demonstration of in-situ deformation and acoustic emissions at high pressure and temperature.

Bill Lu and George Charalambous (Queens College, City University of New York) conduct studies on nucleation, growth, and removal of secondary phases on the scaling mineral celestite, 13 BMC, July 2025. @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social

Tim Officer and Tony Yu (UofC) study in-situ deformation and acoustic emission study of harzburgite at high pressure and temperature, 13BMD, July 2025.

Juyong Bak, Athena Nghiem, Anna Thomas, Savannah Finley, and Logan Goulette (University of Wisconsin-Madison) research arsenic mobilization in peat-influenced aquifers through synchrotron-based speciation study, 13 IDE, July 2025. @uwmadscience.bsky.social

Dongyoun Chung (Pennsylvania State University) studies time-resolved X-ray diffraction of cation exchange in carbonate minerals, 13 BMC, July 2025.

Tim Officer and Tony Yu (University of Chicago) study the effect of temperature and phase transition on intrinsic seismic wave attenuation derived from cyclic loading of neighborite (NaMgF3), 13 BMD, July 2025.

Gabrielle Burke, Daniel Hummer (Southern Illinois University), and Peter Eng (UofC) study reversals in phase stability of Al-O-(H) minerals at the nanoscale, 13 BMC, July 2025.

13 IDD New DAC Table upgrade continues! GSECARS staff Mike Proskey, Peter Eng, and Stella Chariton epoxy the table feet into the final position.

Subin Yang (not pictured, Northwestern) worked on understanding the dynamics of granular materials under compressional loading through 3D microstructure imaging and ultrasonics probing, 13 BMD, July 2025.

American Crystallographic Association Conference Group Tours at GSECARS, Sector 13.

Ethan Weingust (Northwestern), Timothy Fister, Matt Nisbet, and Tiffany Kinnibrugh (ANL) work on probing temperature dependent structural changes during NMC cathode upcycling, 13 BMC, July 2025.

Megan Ryan, Tommaso Mandolini, Travis Hager (not pictured), Wenlu Zhu (not pictured) (University of Maryland), and Max Yakovlev (UofC) study the evolving microstructure of rocks during fracture propagation and frictional Instability, 13 BMD, July 2025. @umdgeology.bsky.social

Jessica White (University of Southern California) and Thomas Breithaupt (University of Cambridge) work on high-pressure, high-temperature garnet-synthesis experiments in the Kawai apparatus, LVP offline, 13 IDD, July 2025.

Youjun Deng and Camilo Sanchez Avellaneda (Texas A&M University) research in-situ 4D microtomography of minerals in bentonite clays at the high temperatures and salinity encountered at high level nuclear waste repositories, 13 BMD, July 2025.

Pu Xiao (University of Texas at Austin) works on in situ XRD measurements of Fe-bearing Al-phase D and -AlOOH at high pressures and high temperatures conditions in EHDAC, 13 BMC, July 2025. @txgeosciences.bsky.social

Michael Lara and Megan Holycross (Cornell University) look at quantifying sulfur oxidation in apatite and silicate melt using S-XANES, 13 IDE, July 2025. @cornellcals.bsky.social

Mohammad Safi, Khalid Alshibli (U Tennessee Knoxville), Ahmad Amer (UW Milwaukee), and Mohammed Elnur (U Tennessee Knoxville) research motif mining and discovery for In-situ 3D images of freezing and thawing sand: how morphology evolves and why it matters, 13 BMD, June 2025.

Moving quickly toward completion of the 13 IDD DAC Table Upgrade, the second experimental block has arrived! Installation is scheduled for the week of June 23rd, followed by setting up, testing, and alignment of the new IDD DAC Table experiment components.

Juliana Peckenpaugh, Yoshiyuki Okuda (U Hawaii), Rong Huang (U Michigan), and Young Jay Ryu (UofC) research single-crystal elasticity of diamond at high P-T conditions, 13 BMD, June 2025.

Molly McCanta (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) and Melinda Dyar (Planetary Science Institute) working on XAS of mineral standards for calibrations of oxygen fugacity and redox state, 13 IDE, June 2025. @psi.edu

Matthew Diamond (ANL), Yehezkel Amiel, and Eran Greenberg (Tel Aviv University) research pressure-induced superconductivity in AuAgTe4 and a huge pressure hysteresis of superconducting properties, 13 BMD, June 2025.

Nathan Yee (Rutgers), Arictan Coskun (IIT), and Jacob Hickey (Rutgers) prep samples to look at chemical speciation of metals in cyanobacteria to test artificial intelligence predictions with X-ray absorption spectroscopy, 13 IDE, June 2025.

Barbara Lavina, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, participated in the 8th Italian Research Day in the World – Chicago, April 22, 2025. conschicago.esteri.it/en/news/dal_...

Tommaso Mandolini and Travis Hager (University of Maryland) perform hydrostatic mineral carbonation experiments on cylindrical MgO ceramic samples using a triaxial deformation apparatus, GSECARS, June 2025. @umdgeology.bsky.social

Pu Xiao (The University of Texas at Austin) conducts research on elasticity measurements of single-crystal FeAl-bearing phase D at high pressures and high temperatures by Brillouin scattering and X-ray diffraction in an EHDAC, 13 BMD, June 2025. @txgeosciences.bsky.social

Taehyun Kim (Arizona State University) studied stability, crystal structure, and equation of state of hydrides in hydrogen-rich exoplanets, 13 BMD, June 2025.

GSE staff Chris Skordas and Max Yakovlev start the installation of the new lasers on the 13 IDD DAC Experiment Table.

GSE staff Mike Proskey and Stella Chariton start the installation of the new 13 IDD DAC Experiment Table.

Students from Northeastern Illinois University with ANL mentor Gosia Kobas and GSE beamline scientists Matt Newville and Tony Lanzirotti, investigate copper toxicity in sugar beet plants, 13 IDE, March 2025. eberlight.aps.anl.gov

Students from Metea Valley High School participated remotely, investigating arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the growth of herbs in the presence of excess copper, 13 IDE, March 2025. www.anl.gov/education/ex...

GSECARS congratulates Andy Campbell, SEES Director, for his award of the Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize for Exceptional Service in the Physical Sciences Division, University of Chicago.

GSE staff participate in the 2025 APS User Meeting Poster Session. gsecars.uchicago.edu/2025/05/07/g...