Guoyin Shen

 

Consortium for Advanced Radiation Sources

The University of Chicago

9700 S. Cass Ave, Bldg 434A, Argonne National Lab, Argonne, IL 60439

Tel: 630 252 0429, E-mail: shen@cars.uchicago.edu

 

Education

1994

Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Ph.D., Geophysics/Mineral Physics

1985

Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China, M.S., Solid State Physics

1982

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, B.S., Geochemistry

 

Professional Experience

2001-present

Senior research scientist, University of Chicago.

1997-present

Beam line scientist, University of Chicago.

1994-1996

Post-doctoral associate, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington.

1990-1994

Research associate, University of Uppsala, Sweden.

1986-1990

Lecturer, Ningbo University, Zhejiang, China.

1982-1985

Research associate, Sichuan Normal University, China.

 

Teaching Experience

1985-1990

Lecturer, Ningbo University, Zhejiang, China. “quantum mechanics” (2 years), “general physics”(3 years), “solid state physics”(2 years), and “general experimental physics”(3 years)

1983-1985

Teaching assistant, Sichuan Normal University, China. “quantum mechanics” (1 year)

 

Synergetic Activities

Organize and conduct scientific meetings and instructional workshops

Organizer of a workshop entitled “Advances in Laser Heated Diamond Anvil Cell” held at Advanced Photon Source, May 25-28, 2000.  75 scientists from 8 countries attended the workshop. A special issue was published from the workshop in Review of Scientific Instruments (vol. 72, 2001);

AGU, AIRAPT session convener.

Develop state-of-the-art research techniques available to a broad user community

Responsible beamline scientist for the diamond cell program at the GeoSoilEnviroCARS at the Advanced Photon Source, a well regarded national user facility.

Promote collaborative research by facilitating access to the instrumentation

Working with more than 70 outside users with more than 40 publications in the past 4 years.

 

Membership in Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union since 1992; American Physical Society since 1995; Material Research Society since 1997.

 

Research Funding

“High pressure melting of the core material”, NSF-EAR0001149 ($175,200; 2000-2002)

I am the PI. Co-PIs are Dr. Mark Rivers and Dr. Steve Sutton.

Publications

 

1. Shen, G., M.L. Rivers, Y. Wang, and S.R. Sutton, A laser heated diamond cell system at the Advanced Photon Source for in situ x-ray measurements at high pressure and temperature, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 72, 1273-1282, 2001.

2. Shen, G., N. Sata, M.L. Rivers, and S.R. Sutton, Melting of Indium at High Pressure Determined by Monochromatic X-ray Diffraction in an Externally-Heated Diamond Anvil Cell, Appl. Phys. Lett., 78, 3208-3210, 2001.

3. Shen, G., N. Sata, N. Taberlet, M. Newville, M.L. Rivers, and S.R. Sutton, Melting studies of indium: Determination of structure and density of melts at high pressures and high temperatures, in International Conference of High Pressure Science and Technology (AIRAPT), Beijing, in press, 2001.

4. Shen, G., M.L. Rivers, Y. Wang, and S.R. Sutton, New developments on laser heated diamond anvil cell, in Science and Technology of High Pressure, edited by Murli H. Manghnani, William J. Nellis and Malcolm F. Nicol, pp. 1043-1046, Universities Press, Hyderabad, India, 2000.

5. Shen, G., H.K. Mao, R.J. Hemley, T.S. Duffy, and M.L. Rivers, Melting and crystal structure of iron at high pressures, Geophy. Res. Lett., 25, 373-376, 1998.

6. Shen, G., and D.L. Heinz, High pressure melting of deep mantle and core materials, in Ultra High Pressure Mineralogy - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth's Deep Interior -, edited by R.J. Hemley, pp. 369-396, Mineralogical Society of America, Washington DC, 1998.

7. Shen, G., T.S. Duffy, Y. Wang, M.L. Rivers, S.R. Sutton, Studies on materials under ultrahigh P-T at the Advanced Photon Source. In: High Pressure Materials Research, RM Wentzcovitch, RJ Hemley, WJ Nellis, P Yu (eds), pp. 283-288, Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, 1998.

8. Shen, G., T.S. Duffy, M.L. Rivers, P. J. Eng, S.R. Sutton, Y. Wang, High brilliance and high pressure: A new diamond anvil cell facility at the Advance Photon Source, Rev. High Pressure Sci. Technol., 7, 1529-1531, 1998.

9. Shen, G., H.K. Mao, and R.J. Hemley, Laser-heated diamond anvil cell technique: double sided heating with multimode Nd:YAG laser, in Advanced Materials'96, Proceedings of the 3rd NIRIM international symposium on advanced materials, 149-152, 1996.

10. Shen, G., and P. Lazor, Measurement of melting temperatures of some minerals under lower mantle pressures, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 17699-17713, 1995.

11. Shen, G., Y. Fei, U. Hålenius, Y. Wang, Optical absorption spectra of iron in (Mg,Fe)SiO3 silicate perovskites, Phys. Chem. Mineral., 20, 478-482, 1994.

12. Shen, G., P. Lazor, and S.K. Saxena, Melting of wüstite and iron up to pressures of 600 kbar, Phys. Chem. Mineral., 20, 91-96, 1993.

13. Shen, G., and S.K. Saxena, Assessed data on heat capacity, thermal expansion and compressibility for some oxides and silicates, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 19813-19825, 1992.

14. Shen, G., G.R. Bai, C.Q. Xu, Cu2+-Cu2+ pair effect on EPR parameters in C2v symmetry crystals, Phys. Status Solidi b, 158, k185-k190, 1990.

15. Shen, G., and G.R. Bai, The contributions of Cu2+-Cu2+ pairs to EPR, J. Appl. Phys., 63, 3026 1988.

16. Shen, G., K.L. Wan, S. Bo, The transitions of Fe2+-Fe3+ pairs in tourmaline, Acta Physica Sinica, 34, 164-168, 1985.

17. Shen, G., and M.G. Zhao, An ab-initio calculation for pressure shifts of optical absorption bands in Fe2+-bearing garnets, J. de Phys., 45, c8, 93-96, 1984.

18. Shen, G., and M.G. Zhao, Analysis of the spectrum of Fe2+ in Fe-pyrope garnets, Phys. Rev. B30, 3691-3703, 1984.

20. Badro, J., V.V. Struzhkin, J. Hu, J. Shu, R.J. Hemley, H.K. Mao, C.C. Kao, J.-P. Rueff and G. Shen, Pressure transition and magnetic collapse in FeO at pressures to 150 GPa, Phys. Rev. Lett., 20, 4101-4104, 1999.

21. Dubrovinsky, L.S., N.A. Dubrovinskaia, S.K. Saxena, F. Tutti, S. Rekhi, G. Shen, and J. Hu, Pressure-induced transformations of cristobalite, Chemical Physics Lett., 333, 264-270, 2001.

22. Duffy, T.S., G. Shen, D.L. Heinz, Y. Ma, J. Shu, H.K. Mao, R.J. Hemley, and A.K. Singh, Lattice strains in gold and rhenium under non-hydrostatic compression to 37 GPa, Phys. Rev. B, 60, 15063-15073, 1999.

23. Duffy, T.S., G. Shen, J. Shu, H.K. Mao, R.J. Hemley, and A.K. Singh, Elasticity, shear strength, and equation of state of molybdenum and gold under non-hydrostatic compression to 24 GPa, J. Appl. Phys., 86, 6729-6736, 1999.

24. Duffy, T.S., G. Shen,  D.L. Heinz, Y. Ma,  R.J. Hemley, H.K. Mao, Lattice strains in gold and rhenium under non-hydrostatic compression, In: High Pressure Materials Research, RM Wentzcovitch, RJ Hemley, WJ Nellis, P Yu (eds) Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, 1998.

25. Hemley, R. J., H.K. Mao, G. Shen, J. Badro, P. Gillet, M. Hanfland, D. Häusermann, X-ray imaging of stress and strain of diamond, iron, and tungsten at megabar pressures, Science; 276 (5316):1242, 1997.

26. Kavner, A., T.S. Duffy, and G. Shen, Phase stability and density of FeS at high pressures and temperatures: implications for the interior structure of Mars, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 185, 25-33, 2001.

27. Lazor, P., G. Shen, and S.K. Saxena, Laser-heated diamond anvil cell experiments at high pressure: Melting curve of nickel up to 700 kbar, Phys. Chem. Mineral., 20, 86-90, 1993.

28. Lin, J.F., D.L. Heinz, A.J. Campbell, J.M. Devine, and G. Shen, Iron-silicon alloy in Earth’s core?, Science, 295, 313-315, 2002.

29. Ma, Y., H.K. Mao, R.J. Hemley, S.A. Gramsch, G. Shen, and M. Somayazulu, Two-dimensional energy dispersive x-ray diffraction at high pressures and temperatures, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 72 (1302-1305), 2001.

30. Mao, H.K., J. Xu, V.V. Struzhkin, J. Shu, R.J. Hemley, W. Sturhahn, M.Y. Hu, E.E. Alp, L. Vocadlo, D. Alfè, G.D. Price, M.J. Gillan, M. Schwoerer-Böhning, D. Häusermann, P. Eng, S. G., G. H., R. Lubers, and G. Wortmann, Phonon density of states of iron up to 153 Gigapascals, Science, 292, 914-916, 2001.

31. Mao, H.K., J. Shu, G. Shen, R.J. Hemley, B. Li, and A.K. Singh, Elasticity and rheology of iron above 200 GPa and the nature of the earth’s inner core, Nature, 396, 741-743, 1998.

32. Mao, H.K., G. Shen, and R.J. Hemley, Multivariable dependence of Fe-Mg partitioning in the lower mantle, Science, 278, 2098-2100, 1997.

33. Mao, H.K., G. Shen, R.J. Hemley, T.S. Duffy, X-ray diffraction with a double hot plate laser heated diamond cell,  In: MH Manghnani, T Yagi (eds) Properties of Earth and Planetary Materials at High Pressure and Temperature. p 27-34 American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 1998.

34. Merkel, S., P. Gillet; H.K. Mao; R.J. Hemley; R. Wenk; G. Shen; J. Shu, Deformation of MgO Aggregates at High Pressure, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2002.

35. Prewitt, C.T., T. Ko, G. Shen, J.D. Fitz Gerald, Role of twinning in perovskite - Lithium niobate phase transitions, Rev. High Pressure Sci. Technol., 7, 40-43, 1998.

36. Rivers, M.L., T.S. Duffy, Y. Wang, P.J. Eng, S.R. Sutton, G. Shen, A new facility for high pressure research at the Advanced Photon Source, in Properties of Earth and Planetary Materials, edited by M.H. Manghnani and T. Yagi, Terra Scientific Publishing Company, 79, 1998.

37. Sata, N., G. Shen, M.L. Rivers, S.R. Sutton, The pressure-volume equation of state of the high-pressure B2 phase of NaCl, Phys. Rev. B, in press, 2002.

38. Saxena, S.K., L.S. Dubrovinsky, P. Haggkvist, Y. Cerenius, G. Shen, H. K. Mao, Synchrotron X-ray study of iron at high pressure and temperature, Science, 269, 1703-1704, 1995.

39. Saxena, S.K., G. Shen, and P. Lazor, Temperatures in Earth's core based on melting and phase transformation experiments on iron, 1994, Science, 264, 405-407, 1994.

40. Saxena, S.K., N. Chatterjee, Y. Fei, and G. Shen, Thermodynamic data on oxides and silicates, Springer Verlag, 1993.

41. Saxena, S.K., G. Shen, and P. Lazor, Experimental evidence for a new iron phase and implications for Earth's core, Science, 260, 1312-1314, 1993.

42. Shim, S.H., T.S. Duffy, and G. Shen, Evidence that the post-spinel transformation in Mg2SiO4 is responsible for the 660-km seismic discontinuity, Nature, 411, 571-574, 2001.

43. Shim, S.H., T.S. Duffy, and G. Shen, Stability and Structure of MgSiO3 Perovskite to 2300-km Depth in the Earth’s Mantle, Science, 293, 2437-2440, 2001.

44. Shim, S. H., T.S. Duffy, and G. Shen, The structure and equation of state of CaSiO3 perovskite at lower mantle pressures and 300 K. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 120, 327-338, 2000.

45. Shim, S.H., T.S. Duffy, and G. Shen, The stability and P-V-T equation of state for CaSiO3 perovskite at the earth’s mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 25955-25968, 2000.

46. Struzhkin, V.V., H.K. Mao, J. Hu, M. Schwoerer-Bohning, J. Shu, R.J. Hemley, W. Sturhahn, M.Y. Hu, E.E. Alp, and G. Shen, Nuclear Inelastic X-Ray Scattering of FeO to 48 GPa, Phys. Rev. Lett., in press, 2001.

47. Wang, Y., M.L. Rivers, T. Uchida, P. Murray, G. Shen, S.R. Sutton, J. Chen, Y. Xu, and D. Weidner, High Pressure Research Using Large-Volume Presses at GeoSoilEnviroCARS, Advanced Photon Source, in Science and Technology of High Pressure, edited by W.J.N.a.M.F.N. Murli H. Manghnani, pp. 1047-1052, Universities Press, Hyderabad, India, 2000.

48. Wang, Y., M.L. Rivers, S.R. Sutton, P. Eng, G. Shen, and I. Getting, A Multi-Anvil, High-Pressure Facility for Synchrotron Radiation Research at GeoSoilEnviroCARS at the Advanced Photon Source, High Pressure Sci. Technol. 7, 1490-1495, 1998.

 

 

Papers submitted and in review

 

1. Shen, G., N. Sata, M.L. Rivers, and S.R. Sutton, Molar volumes of liquids measured in a diamond anvil cell, Phys. Rev. Lett., submitted, 2001.

2. Baer, B.J., H. Cynn, V. Iota, K. Visbeck, C.S. Yoo, and G. Shen, Phase diagram and equation of state of praseodymium at high pressures and temperatures, Phys. Rev. B, submitted, 2001.

3. Gregoryanz, Y., A. Goncharov, H.K. Mao, R.J. Hemley, M. Somayazulu, G. Shen, New phases of solid nitrogen, Nature, submitted, 2001.

4. Lazor, P., and G. Shen, High pressure melting curve of cobalt, Phys. Chem. Mineral., submitted, 2001.

5. Ma, Y.Z., M. Somayazulu, H.K. Mao, R.J. Hemley, J. Shu, and G. Shen, In situ X-ray diffraction studies of iron to the earth core conditions, Phys. Rev. Lett., submitted, 2001.

6. Zhao, Y., D.W. He, L.L.Daemen, J. Huang, T.D. Shen, R.B. Schwarz, D.L. Bish, Y. Zhu, J. Zhang, G. Shen, J. Qian, T.W. Zerda, Nanostructured superhard BC2N material bulks synthesized under high P-T conditions, Nature, submitted, 2001.

7. Sata, N. G. Shen, M. L. Rivers, S. R. Sutton, L. Dubrovinsky, FeO at high pressure and high temperature: The normal or inverse B8 structure? Phys. Rev. Lett., submitted, 2002