Probing deformation behavior of a refractory high-entropy alloy using neutron diffraction

Zhou, Y.*; Song, W.*; Zhang, F.*; Wu, Y.*; Lei, Z.*; Jiao, M.*; Zhang, X.*; Dong, J.*; Zhang, Y.*; Yang, M.*; et al.

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 971, p.172635_1 - 172635_7, 2024/01

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.172635

The grain orientation-dependent lattice strain evolution of a (TiZrHfNb) refractory high-entropy alloy (HEA) during tensile loading has been investigated using neutron diffraction. The equivalent strain-hardening rate of each of the primary -oriented grain families was found to be relatively low, manifesting the macroscopically weak work-hardening ability of such a body-centered cubic (BCC)-structured HEA. This finding is indicative of a dislocation planar slip mode that is confined in a few single-slip planes and leads to in-plane softening by high pile-up stresses.

Hydrogen absorption and desorption on Rh nanoparticles revealed by dispersive X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy

Song, C.*; Seo, O.*; 松村 大樹; 廣井 慧*; Cui, Y.-T.*; Kim, J.*; Chen, Y.*; Tayal, A.*; 草田 康平*; 小林 浩和*; et al.

RSC Advances (Internet), 10(34), p.19751 - 19758, 2020/05

https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA03322G

To unveil the origin of the hydrogen-storage properties of rhodium nanoparticles (Rh NPs), we investigated the dynamical structural change of Rh NPs using dispersive X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (XAFS). The variation of the Rh-Rh interatomic distance and Debye-Waller factor of Rh NPs with a size of 4.0 and 10.5 nm during hydrogen absorption and desorption suggested that they have a different mechanism for hydrogen absorption, which is that the hydrogen absorption on the inner site has a greater contribution than that on a surface for Rh 4.0 nm. In the case of Rh 10.5 nm, it is opposed to Rh 4.0 nm. This study demonstrates a powerful XAFS method for observing small local structural changes of metal nanoparticles and its importance for understanding of the hydrogen-absorption properties of Rh NPs with an interesting hydrogenation mechanism.

Current situation of OECD/NEA, Preparatory Study on Analysis of Fuel debris (PreADES) project

仲吉 彬; Journeau, C.*; Rempe, J.*; Barrachin, M.*; Bottomley, D.; Nauchi, Y.*; Song, J. H.*

Proceedings of 2019 International Workshop on Post-Fukushima Challenges on Severe Accident Mitigation and Research Collaboration (SAMRC 2019) (USB Flash Drive), 6 Pages, 2019/11

In recognition of the broad international interest in learning from post-accident examinations and other activities related to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1F), Japan recommended, to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development/Nuclear energy Agency/Committee on Safety of Nuclear Installations (OECD/NEA/CSNI) in 2013, that they identified and followed up on opportunities to address safety research gaps. The CSNI set up the Senior Expert Group (SEG) on Safety Research Opportunities Post-Fukushima (SAREF). In 2016-2017, Preparatory Study on Analysis of Fuel Debris (PreADES) project was recommended by the SEG on SAREF as a near-term project. The PreADES project will summarize the collected knowledge and expertise of debris characterization and identify the needs for debris analyses that will most contribute to the decommissioning of 1F. The project also aims to improve the understanding of severe accidents and reactor safety assessments as well as creating appropriate and optimal methodologies for future debris sampling, retrieval, and storage. Consequently, the project provides important input for a future international project of sample examination based on long-term considerations. The PreADES project launched discussions among interested organizations at the preliminary meeting in July 2017 about the objectives, scope, output, and direction of the project. The contents of the PreADES project were agreed as the three following tasks: Task 1: Joint study on fuel debris' expected properties and characterization, Task 2: Identifying needs and major issues for future fuel debris sampling, retrieval, and analyses, Task 3: Planning of future international R&D framework. Currently, 4th meeting took place on July in Tokyo Japan. Task 1 is almost completed and Task 2 will be summarized soon.

Dirac surface state-modulated spin dynamics in a ferrimagnetic insulator at room temperature

Tang, C.*; Song, Q.*; Chang, C.-Z.*; Xu, Y.*; 大沼 悠一; 松尾 衛*; Liu, Y.*; Yuan, W.*; Yao, Y.*; Moodera, J. S.*; et al.

Science Advances (Internet), 4(6), p.eaas8660_1 - eaas8660_6, 2018/06

AA2018-0166.pdf:0.7MB

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aas8660

This work demonstrates markedly modified spin dynamics of magnetic insulator (MI) by the spin momentum-locked Dirac surface states of the adjacent topological insulator (TI). As the Bi concentration is systematically tuned in 5-nm-thick (BiSb)Te TI films, the weight of the surface relative to bulk states peaks at = 0.32 when the chemical potential approaches the Dirac point. At this concentration, the Gilbert damping constant of the precessing magnetization in 10-nm-thick YFeO MI films in the MI/TI heterostructures is enhanced by an order of magnitude, the largest among all concentrations. In addition, the MI acquires additional strong magnetic anisotropy that favors the in-plane orientation with similar Bi concentration dependence. These extraordinary effects of the Dirac surface states distinguish TI from other materials such as heavy metals in modulating spin dynamics of the neighboring magnetic layer.

Uniaxial pressure effect on the magnetic ordered moment and transition temperatures in BaFeTAs ( = Co,Ni)

Tam, D. M.*; Song, Y.*; Man, H.*; Cheung, S. C.*; Yin, Z.*; Lu, X.*; Wang, W.*; Frandsen, B. A.*; Liu, L.*; Gong, Z.*; et al.

Physical Review B, 95(6), p.060505_1 - 060505_6, 2017/02

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.060505

We use neutron diffraction and muon spin relaxation to study the effect of in-plane uniaxial pressure on the antiferromagnetic (AF) orthorhombic phase in BaFeTAs and its Co- and Ni-substituted members near optimal superconductivity. In the low-temperature AF ordered state, uniaxial pressure necessary to detwin the orthorhombic crystals also increases the magnetic ordered moment, reaching an 11% increase under 40 MPa for BaFeCoAs, and a 15% increase for BaFeNiAs. We also observe an increase of the AF ordering temperature () of about 0.25 K/MPa in all compounds, consistent with density functional theory calculations that reveal better Fermi surface nesting for itinerant electrons under uniaxial pressure. The doping dependence of the magnetic ordered moment is captured by combining dynamical mean field theory with density functional theory, suggesting that the pressure-induced moment increase near optimal superconductivity is closely related to quantum fluctuations and the nearby electronic nematic phase.

Measurement of proton, deuteron, and triton production double differential cross sections on carbon by 290 MeV/nucleon Ar ions

梶本 剛*; 橋口 太郎*; 執行 信寛*; 佐藤 大樹; 魚住 祐介*; Song, T. Y.*; Lee, C. W.*; Kim, J. W.*; Yang, S. C.*; 古場 裕介*; et al.

JAEA-Conf 2014-002, p.127 - 132, 2015/02

https://doi.org/10.11484/jaea-conf-2014-002

高エネルギー加速器施設の遮蔽設計には、原子力機構を中心に開発されているPHITSや欧州原子核研究機構を中心に開発されているFLUKAなどのモンテカルロ法に基づく放射線輸送コードが利用されている。これら放射線輸送コードの予測精度を検証するには、核反応の素過程に関する二重微分断面積の実験データとの比較が必要である。しかし、重イオン入射反応に関する実験データは乏しく、荷電粒子生成に関するものはほとんど存在しない。そこで、放射線医学総合研究所のHIMAC加速器を用い290MeV/uのAr入射反応に対する炭素原子核からの陽子、重陽子及び三重陽子生成二重微分断面積を測定した。生成した荷電粒子は、ビーム軸に対して15, 30, 45, 60, 75及び90度方向に配置した液体有機シンチレータで検出した。各荷電粒子は、飛行時間と検出器でのエネルギー損失の情報から識別できる。実験データをPHITS及びFLUKAと比較したところ、陽子生成については実験データの傾向を再現するものの、重陽子及び三重陽子生成については、両コードで全く再現できず、各コードによる計算値の間にも大きな差があることが分かった。これは、既存の核反応模型では重陽子や三重陽子の放出に必要な核子の同伴および癒着過程を適切に取り扱えていないためと考えられる。本研究で得られる知見は、放射線輸送コードにおける核反応模型の改良に貢献することが期待できる。

Status and result of the KSTAR upgrade for the 2010's campaign

Yang, H. L.*; Kim, Y. S.*; Park, Y. M.*; Bae, Y. S.*; Kim, H. K.*; Kim, K. M.*; Lee, K. S.*; Kim, H. T.*; Bang, E. N.*; Joung, M.*; et al.

Proceedings of 23rd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2010) (CD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2011/03

http://www-naweb.iaea.org/napc/physics/FEC/FEC2010/html/node436.htm#84701

韓国超伝導トカマク先進研究装置(KSTAR)における高楕円度でダイバータ配位を有するプラズマ生成を目指した2010年の運転のため、プラズマ形状制御に不可欠なハードウェア・システムが新たに据え付けられ改良された。この論文では、改良されたシステムの一般的な構成の概要を述べる。さらに、システムにおいてキーとなる幾つかの性能と試験結果についても報告する。

Study of ion-beam-induced damage and luminescence properties in terbium-implanted AlGaN

Park, J.-H.*; 若原 昭浩*; 岡田 浩*; 古川 雄三*; Kim, Y.-T.*; Chang, H.-J.*; Song, J.*; Shin, S.*; Lee, J.-H.*; 佐藤 真一郎; et al.

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 49(3), p.032401_1 - 032401_5, 2010/03

https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.49.032401

Terbium (Tb) ions were implanted into AlGaN epitaxial layers at room temperature to investigate ion-beam-induced damage and luminescence properties at various doses of - Tb/cm. Rutherford backscattering spectrometry/channeling (RBS/channeling) reveals that on-beam-induced damage level steeply increases and that the damage cannot be fully recovered even after rapid thermal annealing at 1100 C, when the dose exceeds Tb/cm. On the other hand, cathodoluminescence (CL) intensity related to Tb transitions increased initially and saturated above a dose of Tb/cm. The results suggest that Tb-related luminescence properties are much susceptible to defects and nonradiative defects, namely, Tb-defect complexes, are formed under low-dose conditions even at a very low structural defect density.

A Consideration on increasing current density in normal conducting toroidal field coil for spherical tokamak power plant

Song, Y.*; 西尾 敏

Plasma Science and Technology, 7(2), p.2731 - 2733, 2005/04

https://doi.org/10.1088/1009-0630/7/2/009

球状トカマク炉用常伝導トロイダル磁場コイルの許容電流密度を合理的に増加させる新方式について論じたものである。最重要課題は電磁力である。トロイダルコイルのクリティカルな部位はトーラス軸近傍の直線部である。これは、この部位が強磁場環境に置かれることと空間的に制約され支持部材の導入が困難なためである。全トロイダルコイルでこの部位は一本の柱状をなし中心柱と呼ばれ、ここでの荷重形態は中心力によるピンチ力とフープ力による引っ張り力である。この両荷重形態は相乗して応力強さを増加させることになり、コイル許容電流が著しく制限される。応力強さを軽減する目的で中心柱に上下方向からフープ力を相殺する以上の圧縮荷重を加える。この場合、圧縮荷重は座屈によって制限されるとした。この圧縮荷重を最適化することで電磁力の観点からコイル許容電流を2倍以上増加させることが可能となり、ジュール発熱の冷却をする場合でも60%程度の電流密度の増加が見込めることが明らかとなった。

Buckling analysis for the center post of low aspect ratio Tokamak

Song, Y.; 西尾 敏

Proceedings of 20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE 2003), p.581 - 584, 2003/00

低アスペクト比のトカマク炉,中就STトカマク炉のトロイダルコイル形態はトーラス中心領域で構造的に一本の柱状に一体化することが可能となり、コイル全体としての剛性の向上が期待できる。この中心柱に作用する電磁力形態はピンチ力による断面内圧縮力と柱の軸方向の引張り力である。発生する応力強さはこれら二種類の応力の大きさの和で表される。そこで軸方向引張り力を打ち消すためにあるいはそれ以上に外部から圧縮力を加えることにより、応力強さを低減し部材量の低減あるいはより高電流密度のコイルを実現することが期待できる。外部から印加する軸方向圧縮力の許容値は柱の座屈によって制限される。本論分での座屈の可否は柱の太さ,長さ及び空洞率(冷却路の占有率に対応)の関数として定量化した。