In June 2014 in collaboration with GSECARS and the University of Hawaii, COMPRES funded the Partnership for eXtreme Xtallography (PX^2).  PX^2 offers new capabilities for high-pressure diamond anvil cell research at GSECARS experimental station 13-BM-C at the APS. The beamline offers a focused, monochromatic 30 keV incident beam, focused to approximately 15x15 micrometers, and a unique 6-circle heavy duty Newport diffractometer, optimized for variety of advanced crystallography experiments, including powder and single crystal diffraction.

While the more advanced elements of the PX^2 setup are still under development, the basic functionality supporting diamond anvil cell experiments at ambient temperature and with resistive heating is already available.

GSECARS will be accepting General User Proposals for the 2015-2 run for the new PX^2 instrument from “friendly users” with understanding that the new setup is still under development. The deadline for submission of GUP proposals is tomorrow (11:59pm CST, March 6, 2015). Since the deadline is so near, rapid access proposals submitted after March 6 for the 2015-2 run will  be considered.

Apply at :  https://www1.aps.anl.gov/Users-Information/About-Proposals/Apply-for-Time

For more information about the technical details and capabilities that will be available in 2015-2, please contact the PX^2 Beamline Scientist Dongzhou Zhang (dzhang@hawaii.edu).

With best regards,

The PX^2 Team and GSECARS

Nancy Lazarz

The University of Chicago

Building 434A, Argonne National Laboratory

9700 South Cass Ave.,

Argonne, IL   60439

Phone : 630.252.0423

Fax  : 630.252.0436

Email : lazarz@cars.uchicago.edu