Effects of high-pressure annealing on critical current density in 122 type iron pnictide wires

Pyon, S.*; Tsuchiya, Yuji*; Inoue, Hiroshi*; Koizumi, Norikiyo; Kajitani, Hideki; Tamegai, Tsuyoshi*

Physica C, 504, p.69 - 72, 2014/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2014.03.008

no abstracts in English

Structural and functional characterization of the copper nitrite reductase; Involvement of the unique N-terminal region in the interprotein electron transfer with its redox partner

Fukuda, Yota*; Koteishi, Hiroyasu*; Yoneda, Ryohei*; Tamada, Taro; Takami, Hideto*; Inoue, Tsuyoshi*; Nojiri, Masaki

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta; Bioenergetics, 1837(3), p.396 - 405, 2014/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.01.004

The crystal structures of copper-containing nitrite reductase (CuNiR) from the thermophilic Gram-positive bacterium HTA426 and the amino (N)-terminal 68 residue-deleted mutant were determined at resolutions of 1.3 and 1.8, respectively. Both structures show a striking resemblance with the overall structure of the well-known CuNiRs composed of two Greek key -barrel domains; however, a remarkable structural difference was found in the N-terminal region. The unique region has one -strand and one -helix extended to the northern surface of the type-1 copper site. The superposition of the CuNiR model on the electron-transfer complex structure of CuNiR with the redox partner cytochrome in other denitrifier system led us to infer that this region contributes to the transient binding with the partner protein during the interprotein electron transfer reaction in the system. Furthermore, electron-transfer kinetics experiments using N-terminal residue-deleted mutant and the redox partner, cytochrome , were carried out. These structural and kinetics studies demonstrate that that region is directly involved in the specific partner recognition.

Control of oxidation nitridation reactions at metal surfaces by molecular beams and their observation via synchrotron radiation photoemission spectroscopy, 2

Teraoka, Yuden; Inoue, Keisuke*; Jinno, Muneaki*; Harries, J.; Okada, Ryuta; Iwai, Yutaro*; Takaoka, Tsuyoshi*; Yoshigoe, Akitaka; Komeda, Tadahiro*

Dai-56-Kai Nihon Gakujutsu Kaigi Zairyo Kogaku Rengo Koenkai Koen Rombunshu, p.360 - 361, 2012/10

no abstracts in English

Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic study of GK0767, the copper-containing nitrite reductase from Geobacillus kaustophilus

Fukuda, Yota*; Tamada, Taro; Takami, Hideto*; Suzuki, Shinichiro*; Inoue, Tsuyoshi*; Nojiri, Masaki

Acta Crystallographica Section F, 67(6), p.692 - 695, 2011/06

https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309111013297

Growth of large protein crystals by a large-scale hanging-drop method

Kakinouchi, Keisuke*; Nakamura, Tsutomu*; Tamada, Taro; Adachi, Hiroaki*; Sugiyama, Shigeru*; Maruyama, Mihoko*; Takahashi, Yoshinori*; Takano, Kazufumi*; Murakami, Satoshi*; Inoue, Tsuyoshi*; et al.

Journal of Applied Crystallography, 43(4), p.937 - 939, 2010/08

https://doi.org/10.1107/S0021889810015967

A method for growing large protein crystals is described. In this method, a cut pipette tip is used to hang large-scale droplets (maximum volume 200 l) consisting of protein and precipitating agents. A crystal grows at the vapor-liquid interface; thereafter the grown crystal can be retrieved by droplet-droplet contact both for repeated macroseeding and for mounting crystals in a capillary. Crystallization experiments with peroxiredoxin of K1(thioredoxin peroxidase, ApTPx) and hen egg white lysozyme demonstrated that this large-scale hanging-drop method could produce a large-volume crystal very effectively. A neutron diffraction experiment confirmed that an ApTPx crystal (6.2 mm) obtained by this method diffracted to beyond 3.5 resolution.

Compact DEMO, SlimCS; Design progress and issues

Tobita, Kenji; Nishio, Satoshi; Enoeda, Mikio; Kawashima, Hisato; Kurita, Genichi; Tanigawa, Hiroyasu; Nakamura, Hirofumi; Honda, Mitsuru; Saito, Ai*; Sato, Satoshi; et al.

Nuclear Fusion, 49(7), p.075029_1 - 075029_10, 2009/07

https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/49/7/075029

Recent design study on SlimCS focused mainly on the torus configuration including blanket, divertor, materials and maintenance scheme. For vertical stability of elongated plasma and high beta access, a sector-wide conducting shell is arranged in between replaceable and permanent blanket. The reactor adopts pressurized-water-cooled solid breeding blanket. Compared with the previous advanced concept with supercritical water, the design options satisfying tritium self-sufficiency are relatively scarce. Considered divertor technology and materials, an allowable heat load to the divertor plate should be 8 MW/m or lower, which can be a critical constraint for determining a handling power of DEMO (a combination of alpha heating power and external input power for current drive).

Crystallization and preliminary neutron diffraction studies of HIV-1 protease cocrystallized with inhibitor KNI-272

Matsumura, Hiroyoshi*; Adachi, Motoyasu; Sugiyama, Shigeru*; Okada, Shino*; Yamakami, Megumi*; Tamada, Taro; Hidaka, Koshi*; Hayashi, Yoshio*; Kimura, Toru*; Kiso, Yoshiaki*; et al.

Acta Crystallographica Section F, 64(11), p.1003 - 1006, 2008/11

https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309108029679

This paper reports the crystallization and preliminary neutron diffraction measurements of HIV-1 protease, a potential target for anti-HIV therapy, complexed with an inhibitor (KNI-272). The aim of this neutron diffraction study is to obtain structural information about the H atoms and to determine the protonation states of the residues within the active site. The crystal was grown to a size of 1.4 mm by repeated macroseeding and a slow-cooling method using a two-liquid system. Neutron diffraction data were collected at room temperature using a BIX-4 diffractometer at the JRR-3 research reactor of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). The data set was integrated and scaled to 2.3 resolution in space group P2(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = 59.5, b = 87.4, c = 46.8 .

Hydrogen incorporation and gasochromic coloration of tungsten oxide films

Nagata, Shinji*; Inoue, Aichi; Yamamoto, Shunya; Tsuchiya, Bun*; Takano, Katsuyoshi; To, Kentaro*; Shikama, Tatsuo*

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 446-447, p.558 - 561, 2007/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.01.039

The effect of the composition of non-stoichiometric WO films on the gasochromic coloration are investigated. The films are prepared by a reactive RF magnetron sputtering with varying oxygen partial pressure. To determine the quantitative composition of deposited films, Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS) and Elastic recoil detection (ERD) are employed. Gasochromic coloration of the films coated with Pd catalyst is examined by optical transmission in hydrogen gas. O/W atomic ratio of the films increases from 0.25 to 3.0 with increasing the oxygen partial pressure in the sputtering gas. H/W ratio increases up to 0.7 with increasing the O/W ration. As regards gasochromic coloration, the film with O/W atomic ratio of 3.0 shows superior coloration performance comparing with that of less than 3.0. Therefore, it is assumed that the good gasochromic coloration of tungsten oxide films is realized by near-stoichiometric WO. In addition, gasochromic coloration state, increasing of hydrogen concentration in WO films is observed. It indicates that gasochromic coloration of WO is relate to formation of HWO structure.

Development of sheet-type hydrogen sensors

Takano, Katsuyoshi; Inoue, Aichi; Yamamoto, Shunya; Sugimoto, Masaki; Sugiyama, Akira; Yoshikawa, Masahito

Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, 32(3), p.673 - 676, 2007/09

The deposition of tungsten oxide on the sheet of polyethylene terephthalate or polyvinylindene chloride was performed by sputtering method. It was found that the color of the sheets changes within few minuets to expose 0.1 vol.% diluted hydrogen, so as to be able to confirm the change by viewing. The sheets can be produced with low cost, and are useful as convenient sheet-type hydrogen sensors for the utilization of hydrogen in fuel cell as a clean energy source.

Integrated experiments of electrometallurgical pyroprocessing with using plutonium oxide

Koyama, Tadafumi*; Hijikata, Takatoshi*; Usami, Tsuyoshi*; Inoue, Tadashi*; Kitawaki, Shinichi; Shinozaki, Tadahiro; Fukushima, Mineo; Myochin, Munetaka

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 44(3), p.382 - 392, 2007/03

https://doi.org/10.3327/jnst.44.382

Electrometallurgical pyroprocessing is a promising technology to realize actinide fuel cycle. Integrated experiments to demonstrate electrometallurgical pyroprocessing of plutonium oxide in continuous operation were carried out. In each test, 10 to 20 g of PuO was reacted with Li reductant to form metal product. The reduction products were charged in the anode basket of the electrorefiner with LiCl-KCl-UCl electrolyte. With using the anodes, deposition of uranium on the solid cathode was carried out, when PuCl concentration was low. After Pu/U ratio in salt electrolyte was increased enough, plutonium and uranium were recovered simultaneously on the liquid cadmium cathode. By heating up the deposits for distillation of the salt and the cadmium, U metal or Pu-U alloyed metal were obtained as residues in the crucible. It was first result to demonstrate the recovery of metal actinides in the continuous operation of pyroprocessing of oxide fuels.