Science Highlights
Below, you will find a summary of the very latest science highlights from across all three CARS sectors. This includes publications in various scientitific journals, magazines, and even published books. Be sure to check back often to see what is new!
You can find full listings of of science highlights and publications for each individual sector using the links on the right side of this page.
Science Highlights and Publications
GSECARS
BioCARS
NSF’s ChemMatCARS
Perturbative diffraction methods resolve a conformational switch that facilitates a two-step enzymatic mechanism
Greisman, J. B., Dalton, K. M., Brookner, D. E., Klureza, M. A., Sheehan, C. J., Kim, I.-S., Henning, R. W., Russi, S., and Hekstra, D. R. (2024) PNAS 121, e2313192121
Pressure-Induced Amidine Formationvia Side-Chain Polymerizationin a Charge-Transfer Cocrysta
Twisted-layer boron nitride ceramic with high deformability and strength
Wu, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, X. et al. Twisted-layer boron nitride ceramic with high deformability and strength. Nature 626, 779–784 (2024).
Detection of thin film phase transformations at high-pressure and high-temperature in a diamond anvil cell
Berrada, M., Hu, G., Zhou, D. et al. Detection of thin film phase transformations at high-pressure and high-temperature in a diamond anvil cell. Commun Earth Environ 5, 73 (2024).
Thermal Equations of State of Magnesite: Implication for the Complex Mid-Lower Mantle Seismic Scatterers
Yu, Y., Sun, N., Mao, Z., Li, L., Prakapenka, V. B., & Lin, J.-F. (2024). Thermal equations of state of magnesite: Implication for the complex mid-lower mantle seismic scatterers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2023JB028026
BioCARS: Synchrotron facility for probing structural dynamics of biological macromolecules
Henning, R. W., Kosheleva, I., Šrajer, V., Kim, I.-S., Zoellner, E., and Ranganathan, R. (2024) Structural Dynamics 11, 014301
Negative Linear Compressibility and Interlayer Gap Closure in Layered Rare-Earth Hydroxyhalide (YCl(OH)2) under High Pressure
Mengzeng Wu, Jingui Xu, Dongzhou Zhang, Yi Zhou, Wei Chen, Shanrong Zhang, Qifa Zhong, and Dawei Fan Inorganic Chemistry Article ASAP, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03909
Synthesis of Ultra-Incompressible and Recoverable Carbon Nitrides Featuring CN4 Tetrahedra
D. Laniel, F. Trybel, A. Aslandukov, S. Khandarkhaeva, T. Fedotenko, Y. Yin, N. Miyajima, F. Tasnádi, A. V. Ponomareva, N. Jena, F. I. Akbar, B. Winkler, A. Néri, S. Chariton, V. Prakapenka, V. Milman, W. Schnick, A. N. Rudenko, M. I. Katsnelson, I. A. Abrikosov, L....
Focused-beam X-ray fluorescence and diffraction microtomographies for mineralogical and chemical characterization of unsectioned extraterrestrial samples
Lanzirotti, A., Sutton, S.R., Newville, M., Brearley, A. and Tschauner, O. (2024), Focused-beam X-ray fluorescence and diffraction microtomographies for mineralogical and chemical characterization of unsectioned extraterrestrial samples. Meteorit Planet Sci
Fe Kα XANES, Fe Kβ HERFD XANES and EPMA flank method determinations of the oxidation state of Fe in garnet
Megan Holycross, Elizabeth Cottrell, Jay Ague, Antonio Lanzirotti, Matthew Newville, Fe Kα XANES, Fe Kβ HERFD XANES and EPMA flank method determinations of the oxidation state of Fe in garnet, Chemical Geology, 2024, 121937, ISSN 0009-2541