February 2024 - Sees_users - millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov

[Sees_users] interested in adding SEES supported X-ray microscopy to your research?
by Matthew Newville 28 Feb '24

28 Feb '24

Hi, If you'd like to add X-ray microscopy to your research or gain access to SEES supported X-ray microscopes, now is a great time to begin. SEES has a new Approved Program at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) called SYSTER*. You can learn about the instruments with scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM), spectromicroscopy, and ptychography capabilities here https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://seescience.org/beamlines/*als__;Iw!!G_uC… You are welcome to email Brandy Toner (toner at umn.edu) and are encouraged (always) to email your beamline scientists to discuss your research needs and proposal ideas for Earth and environmental applications. The general user proposal due dates for the ALS in 2024 are *March 6th and September 4th* https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://als.lbl.gov/apply-for-beamtime/__;!!G_uC… . When you submit your proposal, please select the 'SYSTER' Approved Program in the general user webform under the *Details* tab. Note that you'll also see the other SEES resources at the ALS listed there! Stay tuned for announcements of new SYSTER personnel at the ALS and our first SEES/SYSTER-supported X-ray microscopy workshop at the NSLS2 User Meeting https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.bnl.gov/usersmeeting/__;!!G_uCfscf7e… * SYnergy of Soft and Tender X-rays for Earth Research PS: This message got sent to the SEES User list by Brandy Toner on Monday evening but was not delivered to many people. If this happens to you, let us know!

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[Sees_users] interested in adding SEES supported X-ray microscopy to your research?
by Brandy Toner 28 Feb '24

28 Feb '24

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[Sees_users] FORCE Seminar recording is live - Marc Hirschmann
by Kara Brugman 28 Feb '24

28 Feb '24

The recording of Friday’s FORCE Seminar by Marc Hirschmann, “The Deep Earth Oxygen Cycle” is now live on the FORCE YouTube channel at bit.ly/FORCEseminar_223watch. Check out the recording for a great talk about the redox capabilities of magma oceans and to see photos of Ichiban’s new 2nd stage anvils and the lab staff conducting Ichiban’s first (ASU-only) compression test. Join us next month for a seminar given by Anne Pommier from Carnegie’s Earth & Planets Laboratory. FORCE Seminar Schedule Fridays at noon AZ/PT • February 23: Marc Hirschmann, University of Minnesota Watch the recording • March 22: Anne Pommier, Carnegie Institution for Science • April 26: Andrew Campbell, SEES, University of Chicago • May 24: Innocent Ezenwa, Argonne National Laboratory Join the FORCE mailing list here. Follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, & Twitter.

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[Sees_users] interested in adding SEES supported X-ray microscopy to your research?
by Brandy Toner 27 Feb '24

27 Feb '24

Hello SEES Community! If you'd like to add X-ray microscopy to your research or gain access to SEES supported X-ray microscopes, now is a great time to begin. SEES has a new Approved Program at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) called SYSTER*. You can learn about the instruments with scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM), spectromicroscopy, and ptychography capabilities here <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://seescience.org/beamlines/*als__;Iw!!G_uC… >. You are welcome to email me (toner(a)umn.edu) and encouraged (always) to email your beamline scientists to discuss your research needs and proposal ideas for Earth and environmental applications. The general user proposal due dates for the ALS in 2024 are *March 6th and September 4th* <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://als.lbl.gov/apply-for-beamtime/__;!!G_uC… >. When you submit your proposal, please select the 'SYSTER' Approved Program in the general user webform under the *Details* tab. Note that you'll also see the other SEES resources at the ALS listed there! Stay tuned for announcements of new SYSTER personnel at the ALS and our first SEES/SYSTER-supported X-ray microscopy workshop at the NSLS2 User Meeting <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.bnl.gov/usersmeeting/__;!!G_uCfscf7e… >. take care, Brandy * SYnergy of Soft and Tender X-rays for Earth Research -- Brandy M. Toner (she/they) Professor Department of Soil, Water & Climate University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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[Sees_users] Today! Marc Hirschmann FORCE Seminar
by Kara Brugman 23 Feb '24

23 Feb '24

In 2 hours! Zoom: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://bit.ly/FORCEseminar_223__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS… _________ Join us on Friday, Feb. 23 at noon AZ/MST (11 am PT, 2 pm ET) on Zoom. Marc Hirschmann from the University of Minnesota will give a talk titled, “The Deep Oxygen Cycle”. Please see the attached flyer for the talk abstract and Dr. Hirschmann's bio. See the full semester seminar schedule below. If you would like to suggest someone (including yourself) to give a future FORCE seminar, please fill out this form. FORCE Seminar Schedule Fridays at noon AZ/PT • February 23: Marc Hirschmann, University of Minnesota Zoom link • March 22: Anne Pommier, Carnegie Institution for Science • April 26: Andrew Campbell, SEES, University of Chicago • May 24: Innocent Ezenwa, Argonne National Laboratory Join the FORCE mailing list here. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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[Sees_users] FORCE progress update + seminar on Friday
by Kara Brugman 21 Feb '24

21 Feb '24

Hello High Pressure Community: Progress Update We are pleased to share our latest progress update (PDF, attached, also linked on our homepage and at bit.ly/FORCEprogress_20240216). You’ll find an updated timeline and information about how we’re spending our summer (spoiler alert: we’ll be installing our last two apparatuses!) FORCE Seminar Join us on Friday, Feb. 23 at noon AZ/MST (11 am PT, 2 pm ET) on Zoom. Marc Hirschmann from the University of Minnesota will give a talk titled, “The Deep Oxygen Cycle”. Please see the attached flyer for the talk abstract and Dr. Hirschmann's bio. See the full semester seminar schedule below. If you would like to suggest someone (including yourself) to give a future FORCE seminar, please fill out this form. FORCE Seminar Schedule Fridays at noon AZ/PT • February 23: Marc Hirschmann, University of Minnesota Zoom link • March 22: Anne Pommier, Carnegie Institution for Science • April 26: Andrew Campbell, SEES, University of Chicago • May 24: Innocent Ezenwa, Argonne National Laboratory Join the FORCE mailing list here. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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[Sees_users] SNS-SNAP 2024-B proposal call reminder
by Moreira Dos Santos, Antonio 20 Feb '24

20 Feb '24

Dear colleagues, Apologies for cross postings. After a shutdown longer than usual , the SNS proton power upgrade is nearly completed! We are happy to announce that the 2024-B call for General User (GUP) and Collaborative Development (CD) proposals is now open. Requests for beamtime should be submitted via the proposal system at https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://snsapp1.sns.ornl.gov/xprod/f?p=100__;!!G… by Noon (EDT) on Wednesday February 28th 2024. To learn more about the submission process, go to https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://neutrons.ornl.gov/users/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS… A template of the statement of research, as well as tips for proposal writing are available at https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://neutrons.ornl.gov/users/tips__;!!G_uCfsc… . The beamtime for approved proposals is anticipated to be scheduled from July - November 2024. However short proof-of-principle proposals can be entertained, depending on beam and staff availability during beam commissioning days. As always, early contact with the instrument team is strongly encouraged when considering a proposal. We welcome long-term development ideas that are suitable for CD proposals. (further details on proposal types can be found on https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://neutrons.ornl.gov/users/proposal-types*p… ). The use of high-pressure resources for offline measurements: Raman Scattering, High Pressure Magnetization, Gas adsorption etc. are available via a Facilities Development Proposal. Project Submissions for this type of work can be made at any time. The SNAP instrument can measure powder and single crystal samples in a variety of pressure devices and temperature ranges. Details on the available standard settings are listed in the table below. User supplied devices and pressure regimes outside the standard range may be considered, as significant improvements on the pressure cells are ongoing. Scientific success in this pressure range is highly dependent on the sample characteristics and the science case, therefore proposals outside the standard range will only be considered if previously discussed with beamline staff<mailto:snap@ornl.gov?subject=USER%20Contact>. Cell type Temp. Range Press. Range Observations Paris- Edinburgh VX-5 Low-T 90 K - 350 K 10 GPa cBN Single-toroidal anvils - Up to 80 mm3 Paris-Edinburgh VX-5 High-T RT - 1200 C 6 GPa WC conical anvils - Up to 80 mm3 Paris-Edinburgh VX-3 90 K - 350 K 22 GPa PCD Double toroidal anvils20 mm3 / Strong diamond peaks from anvils below 2Å. Clamp cell (CuBe) 4 K -350 K 20 kbar (2 GPa) Strong peaks from CuBe cell body. Also available with online pressure control Gas Cell (Al) 10 K -350 K 4.8 kbar (0.48 GPa) Scattering contribution from cell body (aluminum) can be significantly suppressed with collimation Gas Cell TiZr 10 K -350 K 1.4 kbar (0.14 GPa) Null-scattering - no Bragg peaks from cell, but increased background Diamond Anvil Cell (DAC)* *-inert gas-loading available 6 K - 350 K 30/40 GPa 30 GPa is available for general samples while 40 GPa might be possible for some systems (contact instrument team). For parameters outside the temperature and pressure regime quoted here, please contact instrument team. Best regards, The SNAP team<mailto:snap@ornl.gov?subject=USER%20Contact>

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[Sees_users] 2024 Goldschmidt - Session Announcement
by Stella Chariton 19 Feb '24

19 Feb '24

Dear colleagues, we would like to draw your attention to an exciting session # 2b that we are organizing this year at the Goldschmidt Conference (August 18-23, Chicago, USA). Please consider submitting an abstract to our session: 2b - Deep planetary interiors: new experimental and analytical approaches (https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/2024/g… ) Experimental studies and theoretical simulations of material properties at extreme conditions are one of the few but prevailing ways that geoscientists use to understand and model the processes taking place in the most complex parts of the deep Earth and other planetary interiors. Yet more discoveries await in sight of recent technological advances in experimental designs and computing efficiency, sample preparation and synthesis methods, analytical tools as well as AI assisted data collection and processing protocols with supporting software. The science front is driven by the challenges that the high-pressure community faces in exploring the mineral physics and crystal chemistry of geomaterials at elevated pressure, temperature and stress conditions. In particular, the enhanced spatial and energy resolution of X-ray and optical techniques at large facilities and advanced laboratories encourage experiments at the ultimate instrumental limits. The resulted superior data quality derived grand access to an infinite number of mineral properties, and in combination with computational approaches, allow the full assessment of countless plausible scenarios that help describe the micro- and macroscopic processes that govern the deep planetary interiors. This session welcomes all contributions that highlight cutting-edge achievements in static and dynamic experimental methods as well as novel analytical approaches that address a variety of physical and chemical properties of minerals, and enhance our understanding of the evolution, structure and dynamics of the Earth’s interior and that of other planetary bodies. Confirmed Speakers: Thomas S. Duffy ( Princeton University , USA) Yongjae Lee (Yonsei University, Korea) Zuzana Konopkova (European XFEL , Germany) Conveners: Stella Chariton (The University of Chicago, GSECARS, Chicago, USA) Vitali B. Prakapenka (The University of Chicago, GSECARS, Chicago, USA) Guillaume Morard (Université Grenoble Alpes-CNRS-IRD-IFSTTAR-ISTerre, France) Haozhe Liu (HPSTAR, Beijing, China) Further details can be found on the conference website: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://goldschmidt.info/2017/abstracts__;!!G_uC… The deadline for abstracts submissions is 29 March 2024. Best wishes, Stella, Vitali, Guillaume, Haozhe

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[Sees_users] FORCE Seminar 2/23 Marc Hirschmann
by Kara Brugman 16 Feb '24

16 Feb '24

Hi everyone: Please join us next Friday, February 23 at noon AZ/MST (11 am PT, 2 pm ET) on Zoom. Marc Hirschmann from the University of Minnesota will give a talk titled, “The Deep Oxygen Cycle”. Please see the attached flyer for the talk abstract and Dr. Hirschmann's bio. See the full semester seminar schedule below. FORCE Seminar Schedule Fridays at noon AZ/PT • February 23: Marc Hirschmann, University of Minnesota Zoom link • March 22: Anne Pommier, Carnegie Institution for Science • April 26: Andrew Campbell, SEES, University of Chicago • May 24: Innocent Ezenwa, Argonne National Laboratory Join the FORCE mailing list here. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter. Kyusei Tsuno & Kara Brugman

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[Sees_users] Mark your calendar, May 21-23, Grenoble France
by Wenlu Zhu 14 Feb '24

14 Feb '24

*Exploring Dynamic Properties of Earth and Planetary Materials Using Neutron and X-Ray Methods* Integration of beamline technologies and rock deformation experiments can facilitate the investigation of the feedback between evolving mechanical properties, deformation textures, and deformation mechanisms, leading to much more robust extrapolation of lab-based rheological models to Earth and other planets. The NSF-funded Research Coordination Network (RCN) “In Situ Studies of Rock Deformation” (ISRD) aims at developing novel methods that exploit the beamline capabilities, enabling the next generation of rock deformation experiments, wherein samples can be examined while they are deforming. The 4th ISRD-RCN workshop, hosted by *the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL)* and *the University of Grenoble Alpes* will take place in-person at ILL <https://www.thehotelumd.com/>/ESRF campus on May 21-23, 2024. This workshop will focus on neutron and X-ray scattering and imaging as well as their applications in studying the dynamic properties of earth and planetary materials. The list of speakers includes: *Damien Freitas* (*University of Manchester*): “4D Synchrotron triaxial apparatus at TOMCAT” *Olga Stamati* (*ESRF*): “SPAM: a software tool for studying volume deformations and correlations” *Robert Farla* (*DESY*): “PETRA III and the bespoke large volume press” *Helen Lewis* (*Heriot-Watt University*): “Neutron and X-ray studies of fluid flow in reservoirs” *Peter Moonen* (*University of Pau*): “Geological H-storage, a multidisciplinary study” *Francois Renard* (*ESRF/University of Oslo*) “Fluid flow in rocks in 4D: from images to processes” *Chelsea Neil* (*Los Alamos National Lab*): “Porosity studies of shale gas recovery and H2 storage” *Hiroyuki Kagi* (*University of Tokyo*): “High pressure geoscience enabled by PLANET” *Pierre Bésuelle*, (*UGA*), “Failure prediction, strain localization from full field analyses” *Alessandro Tengattini*, (*UGA/ILL*), “Geomechanical studies enabled by NeXT-Grenoble” We expect additional presentations on measurement needs from participants and emerging techniques. Participants will also visit ESRF and ILL to discuss with beamline scientists and other participants about potential beamline experiments. All participants will be partially supported to attend the workshop, the level of support will depend on fund availability. Please mark your calendar. We will put up the workshop registration page shortly on the ISRD website (https://www.isrdrcn.org) Alessandro Tengattini, Chair, ISRD-RCN NeXT Workshop Organizing Committee Daniel Hussey, Co-Chair, ISRD-RCN NeXT Workshop Organizing Committee Wenlu Zhu, Co-Chair, ISRD-RCN NeXT Workshop Organizing Committee -- Dr. Wen-lu Zhu Professor Department of Geology University of Maryland

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