Muon spin relaxation in mixed perovskite (LaAlO)(SrAlTaO) with

Ito, Takashi; Higemoto, Wataru; Koda, Akihiro*; Nakamura, Jumpei*; Shimomura, Koichiro*

Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.25_1 - 25_7, 2024/12

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-024-01866-5

Microbially formed Mn(IV) oxide as a novel adsorbent for removal of Radium

Tanaka, Kazuya; Yamaji, Keiko*; Masuya, Hayato*; Tomita, Jumpei; Ozawa, Mayumi*; Yamasaki, Shinya*; Tokunaga, Kohei; Fukuyama, Kenjin*; Ohara, Yoshiyuki*; Maamoun, I.*; et al.

Chemosphere, 355, p.141837_1 - 141837_11, 2024/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141837

In this study, biogenic Mn(IV) oxide was applied to remove Ra from mine water collected from a U mill tailings pond in the Ningyo-toge center. Just 7.6 mg of biogenic Mn(IV) oxide removed more than 98% of the Ra from 3 L of mine water, corresponding to a distribution coefficient of 10 mL/g for Ra at pH 7. The obtained value was convincingly high for practical application of biogenic Mn(IV) oxide in water treatment.

PIKOE: A Computer program for distorted-wave impulse approximation calculation for proton induced nucleon knockout reactions

Ogata, Kazuyuki*; Yoshida, Kazuki; Chazono, Yoshiki*

Computer Physics Communications, 297, p.109058_1 - 109058_16, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2023.109058

PIKOE is a Fortran 90 program that calculates triple- and quadruple-differential cross sections, vector analyzing powers, and momentum distributions of reaction residues, for proton-induced nucleon knockout reactions in normal and inverse kinematics. The distorted-wave impulse approximation is adopted, and the distorted waves are calculated quantum mechanically. Kinematics of the reaction particles are treated in a relativistic manner, which gives the proper asymptotics of the three-body scattering wave in the plane-wave limit.

Distinguishing ion dynamics from muon diffusion in muon spin relaxation

Ito, Takashi; Kadono, Ryosuke*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 93(4), p.044602_1 - 044602_7, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.93.044602

Room-temperature flexible manipulation of the quantum-metric structure in a topological chiral antiferromagnet

Han, J.*; Uchimura, Tomohiro*; Araki, Yasufumi; Yoon, J.-Y.*; Takeuchi, Yutaro*; Yamane, Yuta*; Kanai, Shun*; Ieda, Junichi; Ohno, Hideo*; Fukami, Shunsuke*

Nature Physics, 21 Pages, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02476-2

Quantum metric and Berry curvature are two fundamental and distinct factors to describe the geometry of quantum eigenstates. While Berry curvature is known for playing crucial roles in several condensed-matter states, quantum metric, which was predicted to induce new classes of topological phenomena, has rarely been touched, particularly in an ambient circumstance. Using a topological chiral antiferromagnet MnSn adjacent to Pt, at room temperature, we successfully manipulate the quantum-metric structure of electronic states through its interplay with the nanoscale spin texture at the MnSn/Pt interface. This is manifested by a time-reversal-odd second-order Hall effect that is robust against extrinsic electron scattering, in contrast to any transport effects from the Berry curvature. We also verify the flexibility of controlling the quantum-metric structure, as the interacting spin texture can be tuned by moderate magnetic fields or by interface engineering via spin-orbit interactions. Our work paves a way for harnessing the quantum-metric structure to unveil emerging topological physics in practical environments and to build applicable nonlinear devices.

Giant dipole resonance photofission and photoneutron reactions in U and Th

Filipescu, D.*; Gheorghe, I.*; Goriely, S.*; Nishio, Katsuhisa; Utsunomiya, Hiroaki*; Suzaki, Fumi; Hirose, Kentaro; 10 of others*

Physical Review C, 109(4), p.044602_1 - 044602_23, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.109.044602

Development of wide range photon detection system for muonic X-ray spectroscopy

Mizuno, Rurie*; Niikura, Megumi*; Saito, Takeshi*; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro*; Sakurai, Hiroyoshi*; Amato, A.*; Asari, Shunsuke*; Biswas, S.*; Chiu, I.-H. ; Gianluca, J.*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1060, p.169029_1 - 169029_14, 2024/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.169029

Quantitative measurement of figure of merit for transverse thermoelectric conversion in Fe/Pt metallic multilayers

Yamazaki, Takumi*; Hirai, Takamasa*; Yagi, Takashi*; Yamashita, Yuichiro*; Uchida, Kenichi*; Seki, Takeshi*; Takanashi, Koki

Physical Review Applied (Internet), 21(2), p.024039_1 - 024039_11, 2024/02

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.21.024039

Comparison of nuclear medicine therapeutics targeting PSMA among alpha-emitting nuclides

Kaneda-Nakashima, Kazuko*; Shirakami, Yoshifumi*; Kadonaga, Yuichiro*; Watabe, Tadashi*; Oe, Kazuhiro*; Yin, X.*; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Shirasaki, Kenji*; Kikunaga, Hidetoshi*; Tsukada, Kazuaki; et al.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Internet), 25(2), p.933_1 - 933_14, 2024/01

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25020933

Development of highly efficient solvent extraction separation systems for metal ions utilizing the characteristics of ionic liquids

Okamura, Hiroyuki

Nihon Ion Kokan Gakkai-Shi, 35(1), p.1 - 8, 2024/01

https://doi.org/10.5182/jaie.35.1

Ionic liquids have unique properties that are quite different from conventional molecular liquids, and have therefore attracted much attention in various fields as novel functional media. When ionic liquids are used as extraction media in solvent extraction, they can also act as "liquid ion exchangers", and it is thus expected to exhibit superior extractability and separability compared with those in conventional organic solvent systems. The author has focused on these characteristics of ionic liquids, and have studied on the extraction separation of metal ions using ionic liquids as extraction media, with the aim of developing highly efficient solvent extraction systems. This article presents the evaluation of the solvent properties of ionic liquids in metal ion extraction, the separation of rare earth metals by the synergistic effect in ionic liquid systems, and the development of a macrocyclic extractant and the structure analysis of the metal complex extracted into the ionic liquid.