Pseudotunnel magnetoresistance in twisted van der Waals FeGeTe homojunctions

小幡 玲二*; 齊藤 英治; 吉川 貴史; 他13名*

Advanced Materials, 37(8), p.2411459_1 - 2411459_11, 2025/02

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202411459

Twistronics, a novel engineering approach involving the alignment of van der Waals (vdW) integrated two-dimensional materials at specific angles, has recently attracted significant attention. Novel nontrivial phenomena have been demonstrated in twisted vdW junctions (the so-called magic angle), such as unconventional superconductivity, topological phases, and magnetism. However, there have been only few reports on integrated vdW layers with large twist angles , such as twisted interfacial Josephson junctions using high-temperature superconductors. Herein, vdW homojunctions of the thin-magnetic flakes, FeGeTe (FGT), with large ranging from 0 to 90 deg, without inserting any tunnel barriers are assembled. Nevertheless, these vdW homojunctions exhibit tunnel-magnetoresistance (TMR) like behavior (pseudo-TMR (PTMR) effect) with the ratios highly sensitive to the values, revealing that the vdW gap at the junction interface between the twisted FGT layers behaves like a tunnel barrier and the serves a control parameter for PTMR by drastically varying magnitudes of the lattice-mismatch and the subsequent appearance of antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin alignment. First-principles calculations considering vacuum gaps indicate strong dependence of TMR on the driven by the sixfold screw rotational symmetry of bulk FGT. The present homojunctions hold promise as a platform for novel AFM spin-dependent phenomena and spintronic applications.

Pulsed muon facility of J-PARC MUSE

下村 浩一郎*; 幸田 章宏*; Pant, A. D.*; 砂川 光*; 藤森 寛*; 梅垣 いづみ*; 中村 惇平*; 藤原 理賀; 反保 元伸*; 河村 成肇*; et al.

Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.31_1 - 31_6, 2024/12

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-024-01863-8

J-PARC Muon Facility: MUSE (Muon Science Establishment) is responsible for the inter-university user program and the operation, maintenance, and construction of the muon beamlines, namely D-line, S-line, U-line, and H-line, along with the muon source at J-PARC Materials and Life Science Facility (MLF). In this paper, recent developments are briefly presented.

Sm synchrotron-radiation-based Mssbauer and SR studies of SmRuGe

筒井 智嗣; 伊藤 孝; 中村 仁*; 吉田 実生*; 小林 義男*; 依田 芳卓*; 中村 惇平*; 幸田 章宏*; 東中 隆二*; 青木 大*; et al.

Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.55_1 - 55_9, 2024/12

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-024-01900-6

Sm SR-based Mssbauer and muon spin relaxation (SR) spectroscopies have been applied to SmRuGe. The temperature dependence of the Sm SR-based Mssbauer spectra in the paramagnetic state implies the presence of dynamical nuclear Zeeman and/or quadrupole interactions. The time differential SR spectra also exhibit a marked temperature dependence in the paramagnetic state, indicating the presence of magnetic fluctuation in SmRuGe at least. These results in the present work infer that the dynamical hyperfine interactions observed using the mutually complementary spectroscopic methods are connected with the mechanism of the heavy fermion behavior in SmRuGe.

核破砕中性子源水銀標的容器の材料劣化評価に対する押込み試験技術の適用

涌井 隆; 斎藤 滋; 二川 正敏

実験力学, 24(4), p.212 - 218, 2024/12

J-PARCの核破砕中性子源水銀ターゲット容器の寿命を決定する主要な要因の一つは照射損傷である。使用済み容器の材料劣化を把握するため、使用済み容器の構造材料に対する押込み試験と数値実験による逆解析を用いた評価を行う予定である。照射量の異なる2種類のイオン照射材料に対して、この評価手法を適用した。照射量の増加に伴い、引張強度が増加し、全伸びが減少することが確認された。これらの傾向は、ばらつきを考慮した微小試験片の引張試験によって報告されている材料劣化挙動と同等である。さらに、容器は繰り返し熱負荷を受け、定格最大ビーム出力では容器の温度が140Cを超えると推定されるため、温度上昇に伴う全伸びと照射材料の疲労強度の低下について検討した。

Atom-vacancy-defect-derived electric hysteresis loops and stochastic low-frequency noises in few-atom layer MoS

小杉 美央子*; 吉川 貴史; 齊藤 英治; 他10名*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(46), p.64190 - 64196, 2024/11

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c13147

Atom-vacancy-defects present in various materials yield numerous interesting physical phenomena, even obstructing high performance in some cases. On the other hand, their valuable applications to novel devices, such as nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond for quantum bits, have gathered significant attention. In particular, these tendencies become more substantial in two-dimensional (2D) (atomically) thin van der Waals layers. However, correlations with various kinds of atom defects are still under exploration. Herein, we find the stochastic behaviors of large hysteresis loops with strong photoresponse in the static electrical properties in few-atom layer semiconductors, molybdenum disulfide (MoS). The temperature dependence and transmission electron microscopy reveal that they arise from pairs of two neighboring in-plane S-vacancy defects, which predominantly present only around the interface at the MoS flake/substrate, with activation energies similar to 0.35 eV. The low-frequency () (LF) noise measurements clarify a high f shift in the two 1/ 2-dependent regimes, implying stochastic behaviors of electric charges through the S-vacancy pairs with high-speed charge(spin) transitions across low kinetic energy barriers between narrow discrete states. The shallow energy sates are formed from the highly uniform S-vacancy pairs interacting with Mo atoms, which act like quantum dots. The observed stochastic operation holds promise for various application, particularly for probabilistic neuromorphic computation in artificial intelligence.

高速炉燃料用SUS316相当鋼の高温強度及び照射特性評価

宮澤 健; 上羽 智之; 矢野 康英; 丹野 敬嗣; 大塚 智史; 鬼澤 高志; 安藤 勝訓; 皆藤 威二

JAEA-Technology 2024-009, 140 Pages, 2024/10

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SUS316相当鋼を用いた高速炉燃料設計の高信頼性化に向けて、SUS316相当鋼被覆管及びラッパ管の高温強度及び照射データを材料学的及び統計学的な観点で評価・解析することで、高温強度及び高照射量までの照射特性に係る設計用強度式を導出した。異常な過渡変化の上限温度を超える900CまでのSUS316相当鋼被覆管及びラッパ管(非照射材)の高温引張試験データ及び高温クリープ試験データを拡充し、0.2%耐力、引張強さ、クリープ破断強度の最適近似式と下限式並びに熱クリープひずみの最適近似式と上下限式を導出した。また、高速実験炉「常陽」、仏国・高速原型炉Phenix及び米国・FFTFで高照射量まで中性子照射したSUS316相当鋼被覆管及びラッパ管の照射後引張試験データ及びSUS316相当鋼被覆管の炉内クリープ破断試験データを解析することで、炉内Na中照射による引張強度及びクリープ強度の低下を表す強度補正係数を導出した。導出した式を実測値と比較することで、その妥当性を確認した。

Chapter 9, Advanced materials; Oxide-dispersion strengthened steels

大塚 智史; 丹野 敬嗣; 矢野 康英; 皆藤 威二

Materials and Processes for Nuclear Energy Today and in the Future, p.279 - 297, 2024/10

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394325870.ch9

酸化物分散強化は、鉄鋼材料の高温強度改善に有効な手法である。酸化物粒子分散は、転位のすべり運動を阻害することで、鉄鋼材料の高温変形及び破壊に対する抵抗性を飛躍的に高めることができる。これまでに、核分裂炉材料及び核融合炉材料用にODS鋼の高温強度、耐照射性及び耐食性を改善するための研究が広く進められてきた。近年の研究において、ナノスケールの酸化物粒子分散は、高温強度を高めるだけでなく、酸化物粒子と母相の界面が照射欠陥の消滅場所としての機能を担うことにより、耐照射性を改善する効果があることが示されてきている。本節では、原子力用に進められているODS鋼の開発状況について概観する。

Development of a non-destructive carbon quantification method in iron by negative muon lifetime measurement

二宮 和彦*; 久保 謙哉*; 稲垣 誠*; 吉田 剛*; 竹下 聡史*; 反保 元伸*; 下村 浩一郎*; 河村 成肇*; Strasser, P.*; 三宅 康博*; et al.

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 333(7), p.3445 - 3450, 2024/07

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09289-2

A novel nondestructive light element analysis method for bulk materials using muon beams was demonstrated. This method is based on the lifetime measurement of muons in a material and performed by measuring muon-decay electrons and identifying elements using the atomic number based on muon lifetimes. Muon irradiation on pure iron and two steel samples with known carbon contents was conducted to prepare a calibration curve for the quantitative analysis. We also performed a muon lifetime measurement for a Japanese sword and successfully determined its carbon content as 0.51 wt% using the calibration curve, without sample destruction.

Creep deformation and rupture behavior of 9Cr-ODS steel cladding tube at high temperatures from 700C to 1000C

今川 裕也; 橋立 竜太; 宮澤 健; 鬼澤 高志; 大塚 智史; 矢野 康英; 丹野 敬嗣; 皆藤 威二; 大沼 正人*; 光原 昌寿*; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(6), p.762 - 777, 2024/06

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2023.2269178

日本原子力研究開発機構は、ナトリウム冷却高速炉(SFR)の燃料被覆管材料として9Cr-ODS鋼の開発を進めている。これまでの研究で、650Cから850Cを対象にクリープ破断式が策定されている。本研究では、700Cから1000Cでのクリープ強度評価を目的とし、クリープ試験を実施した。クリープ試験には内圧クリープ試験法と開発中のリングクリープ試験法の2種類の試験方法を使用し、リングクリープ試験方法の妥当性の検証も合わせて実施した。その結果、9Cr-ODS鋼は母相の相変態による強度変化がほとんど起こらず、700Cから1000Cまでを対象に一つの式でクリープ破断傾向を表せることが明らかとなった。リングクリープ試験方法の妥当性検証では、解析により試験片への応力集中の影響を明らかにした。初期応力が高いと塑性変形が起こり、早期破断に至る可能性がある。これらの検討の結果は、今後、中性子照射した9Cr-ODS鋼のクリープ試験の実施と評価をする際に不可欠である。

Formulation of high-temperature strength equation of 9Cr-ODS tempered martensitic steels using the Larson-Miller parameter and life-fraction rule for rupture life assessment in steady-state, transient, and accident conditions of fast reactor fuel

宮澤 健; 丹野 敬嗣; 今川 裕也; 橋立 竜太; 矢野 康英; 皆藤 威二; 大塚 智史; 光原 昌寿*; 外山 健*; 大沼 正人*; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 593, p.155008_1 - 155008_16, 2024/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155008

This paper discusses the applicability of J.L. Straalsund et al.'s technique for combining the Larson-Miller parameter (LMP) and life-fraction rule to form a single high-temperature strength equation for 9Cr- oxide-dispersion-strengthened (ODS) tempered martensitic steels (TMS). It uses the extensive dataset on creep rupture, tensile, and temperature-transient-to-burst tests of 9Cr-ODS TMS cladding tubes in the -phase, /-duplex, -phase matrices, which are accumulated by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency so far. The technique is adequately applicable to 9Cr-ODS TMS cladding tubes. A single high-temperature strength equation expressing the mechanical strength in different deformation and rupture modes (creep, tensile, temperature-transient-to-burst) is derived for 9Cr-ODS TMS cladding tubes. This equation can predict the rupture life of the cladding tubes under various stresses and temperatures over time. The applicable range of the high-temperature strength equation is specified in this study and the upper limit temperature for the equation is found to be 1200C. At temperatures higher than 1200C, the coarsening and aggregation of nanosized oxide particles and the to phase transformation are reported in previous studies. The high-temperature strength equation can be well applied to the creep and tensile strength in the -phase matrix, the creep strength in the -phase matrix and the temperature-transient-to-burst strength in both phases except for the low equivalent stress (43 MPa) at temperatures exceeding 1050C. The mechanism of the notable consistency between creep and tensile strength in the -phase matrix is discussed by analyzing the high-temperature deformation data in the light of existing deformation models.