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-MgAgSbLi, J.*; Li, X.*; Zhang, Y.*; Zhu, J.*; Zhao, E.*; 古府 麻衣子; 中島 健次; Avdeev, M.*; Liu, P.-F.*; Sui, J.*; et al.
Applied Physics Reviews (Internet), 11(1), p.011406_1 - 011406_8, 2024/03
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.01(Physics, Applied)The desire for intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity (
) in thermoelectrics motivates numerous efforts on understanding the microscopic mechanisms of heat transport in solids. Here, based on theoretical calculations, we demonstrate that -MgAgSb hosts low-energy localized phonon bands and avoided crossing of the rattler modes, which coincides with the inelastic neutron scattering result. Using the two-channel lattice dynamical approach, we find, besides the conventional contribution (
70% at 300 K) from particlelike phonons propagating, the coherence contribution dominated by the wavelike tunneling of phonons accounts for 30% of total at 300 K. By considering dual contributions, our calculated room-temperature of 0.64 Wm
K well agrees with the experimental value of 0.63 WmK. More importantly, our computations give a nonstandard 
dependence, perfectly explaining the abnormal temperature-trend of 
in experiment for -MgAgSb. By molecular dynamics simulation, we reveal that the structure simultaneously has soft crystalline sublattices with the metavalent bonding and fluctuating liquid-like sublattices with thermally induced large amplitude vibrations. These diverse forms of chemical bonding arouse mixed part-crystal part-liquid state, scatter strongly heat-carrying phonons, and finally produce extremely low . The fundamental research from this study will accelerate the design of ultralow- materials for energy-conversion applications.
篠原 佑也*; 岩下 拓哉*; 中西 真大*; Osti, N. C.*; 古府 麻衣子; 楡井 真実; Dmowski, W.*; 江上 毅*
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 128(6), p.1544 - 1549, 2024/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.01(Chemistry, Physical)Improving the proton transport in polymer electrolytes impacts the performance of next-generation solid-state batteries. However, little is known about proton conductivity in nonaqueous systems due to the lack of an appropriate level of fundamental understanding. Here, we studied the proton transport in small molecules with dynamic hydrogen bonding, 1,2,3-triazole, as a model system of proton hopping in a nonaqueous environment using incoherent quasi-elastic neutron scattering. By using the jump-diffusion model, we identified the elementary jump-diffusion motion of protons at a much shorter length scale than those by nuclear magnetic resonance and impedance spectroscopy for the estimated long-range diffusion. In addition, a spatially restricted diffusive motion was observed, indicating that proton motion in 1,2,3-triazole is complex with various local correlated dynamics. These correlated dynamics will be important in elucidating the nature of the proton dynamics in nonaqueous systems.
古府 麻衣子; 河村 聖子; 村井 直樹; 石井 梨恵子*; 平井 大悟郎*; 有馬 寛*; 舟越 賢一*
Physical Review Research (Internet), 6(1), p.013006_1 - 013006_9, 2024/01
We revisited spin dynamics in archetypical classical spin glass systems, such as Cu
Mn
(
, 0.034, and 0.067) dilute alloys and iron aluminosilicate glass using a modern neutron scattering spectrometer with high neutron flux. The former is crystalline, and the latter is amorphous, where their spin glass state is well separated from magnetically ordered phases. Bose-scaled localized magnetic excitations were observed in both compounds below the spin-freezing temperature (
). The spectrum exhibits a maximum at low energy and a broad tail on the high-energy side. The excitation energy tends to be higher for the material with a higher . Above the , the spectrum considerably changes with temperature, thereby indicating the emergence of the magnetic relaxation process. The magnetic excitation in the spin glass state has much in common with the boson peak in structural glasses. We consider that the Bose-scaled broad excitation peak is an elementary excitation inherent in disordered systems.
SnSe
Ren, Q.*; Gupta, M. K.*; Jin, M.*; Ding, J.*; Wu, J.*; Chen, Z.*; Lin, S.*; Fabelo, O.*; Rodriguez-Velamazan, J. A.*; 古府 麻衣子; et al.
Nature Materials, 22, p.999 - 1006, 2023/05
被引用回数：21 パーセンタイル：99.22(Chemistry, Physical)Ultralow thermal conductivity and fast ionic diffusion endow superionic materials with excellent performance both as thermoelectric converters and as solid-state electrolytes. Yet the correlation and interdependence between these two features remain unclear owing to a limited understanding of their complex atomic dynamics. Here we investigate ionic diffusion and lattice dynamics in argyrodite AgSnSe using synchrotron X-ray and neutron scattering techniques along with machine-learned molecular dynamics. We identify a critical interplay of the vibrational dynamics of mobile Ag and a host framework that controls the overdamping of low-energy Ag-dominated phonons into a quasi-elastic response, enabling superionicity. Concomitantly, the persistence of long-wavelength transverse acoustic phonons across the superionic transition challenges a proposed 'liquid-like thermal conduction' picture. Rather, a striking thermal broadening of low-energy phonons, starting even below 50 K, reveals extreme phonon anharmonicity and weak bonding as underlying features of the potential energy surface responsible for the ultralow thermal conductivity (
0.5 WmK) and fast diffusion. Our results provide fundamental insights into the complex atomic dynamics in superionic materials for energy conversion and storage.
dynamics in the H conductors LaH
O玉造 博夢; 福井 慧賀*; 飯村 壮史*; 本田 孝志*; 多田 朋史*; 村上 洋一*; 山浦 淳一*; 倉本 義夫*; 佐賀山 基*; 山田 武*; et al.
Physical Review B, 107(18), p.184114_1 - 184114_8, 2023/05
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Using an incoherent quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) technique, we investigate H dynamics in a series of oxyhydrides LaHO that exhibit characteristic high H conductivity. In the end member LaH
(
= 0), two kinds of H dynamics are identified: the jump diffusion and the localized motion. The jump length in the jump diffusion mode increases with increasing 
. The localized motion is identified as a jump between the two inequivalent sites. These dynamics are corroborated by our molecular dynamical simulations. Our QENS data suggest that similar H dynamics occurs also in oxyhydrides LaHO ( 
0), whose H concentration dependence is consistent with the previous measurement of ionic conductivity. We also discuss the possibility that LaHO is an example of H ion conductors governed by the concerted migration mechanism. The identified H dynamics is a key to understanding the anomalous hydrogen concentration dependence of the diffusion coefficient in lanthanum hydrides, which has been a longstanding mystery in this compound.
point group symmetry (M(II) = Zn(II) and Mg(II))増田 優花*; 阪田 潮実*; 萱原 早織*; 入江 夏生*; 古府 麻衣子; 河野 洋平*; 榊原 俊郎*; 堀井 洋司*; 梶原 孝志*
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(6), p.3295 - 3306, 2023/02
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：52.07(Chemistry, Physical)Trinuclear M(II)-Gd(III)-M(II) complexes 1 (M = Zn), 2 (M = Mg), and the magnetically dilute sample 1' were synthesized and the slow magnetization relaxation originating from Gd(III) ions was investigated in detail. These complexes are crystallographically isostructural and belong to point group symmetry, with M-Gd-M arrayed on the crystallographic 3-fold axis. From the angular-resolved magnetization of a single crystal of 1, an easy-axis-type magnetic anisotropy of Gd(III) with an anisotropy parameter D of -0.21(3) K were revealed. All the complexes underwent slow relaxation under the application of an external magnetic field. The temperature dependence of the relaxation rate 
differed considerably between 1' and 1, 2. The discrepancy can be attributed to the presence of competing multiple relaxation processes, such as direct and Raman processes, and at dilution, the direct process becomes faster, leading to its predominance in 1'. For 1 and 2, the larger power number (~1.5) was attributed to the significantly greater contribution from the Raman process, which may be originated from intramolecular atomic vibrations.
Wu, P.*; 村井 直樹; Li, T.*; 梶本 亮一; 中村 充孝; 古府 麻衣子; 中島 健次; Xia, K.*; Peng, K.*; Zhang, Y.*; et al.
New Journal of Physics (Internet), 25(1), p.013032_1 - 013032_11, 2023/01
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0(Physics, Multidisciplinary)The understanding of the lattice dynamics is essential for engineering the thermal transport properties in quantum materials. Based on the canonical point of view, acoustic phonons are believed to be the principal thermal carriers in heat flow. Here, in this work, optical phonons are elucidated to play a pivotal role in determining the lattice thermal conductivity in thermoelectric material SnS by using the state-of-the-art inelastic neutron scattering technique combined with first-principles calculations. Additionally, in contrast to acoustic phonons, optical phonons are observed to exhibit pronounced softening and broadening with temperature. Our observations not only shed light on the significance of the optical phonons in thermal transport but also provide a vital clue to suppress the propagation of optical phonons to optimize the thermoelectric performance of SnS.
BaCo(PO
)Sheng, J.*; Wang, L.*; Candini, A.*; Jiang, W.*; Huang, L.*; Xi, B.*; Zhao, J.*; Ge, H.*; Zhao, N.*; Fu, Y.*; et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(51), p.e2211193119_1 - e2211193119_9, 2022/12
被引用回数：3 パーセンタイル：28(Multidisciplinary Sciences)Although considerable progress has been made in the theoretical understanding of the low-dimensional frustrated quantum magnets, experimental realizations of a well-established scaling analysis are still scarce. This is particularly true for the two-dimensional antiferromagnetic triangular lattices. Owing to the small exchange strength, the newly discovered compound NaBaCo(PO) provides a rare opportunity for clarifying the quantum criticality in an ideal triangular lattice with quantum spin S=1/2. In addition to the establishment of the complete phase diagrams, the spin Hamiltonian with a negligible interplane interaction has been determined through the spin wave dispersion in the polarized state, which is consistent with the observation of a two-dimensional quantum critical point with the Bose-Einstein condensation of diluted free bosons.
O
左右田 稔*; 古府 麻衣子; 河村 聖子; 浅井 晋一郎*; 益田 隆嗣*; 吉沢 英樹*; 古川 はづき*
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 91(9), p.094707_1 - 094707_5, 2022/09
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0(Physics, Multidisciplinary)The magnetic diffuse and the quasi-elastic scatterings of YBaCoO on alternating kagome and triangular lattices have been studied through neutron scattering measurement. In the wide temperature region, the quasi-elastic scattering is observed, and forms the hexagon shape by connecting the magnetic superlattice points. The quasi-elastic scattering has the strongest intensity and the sharp profile around the magnetic transition temperature. From the temperature dependence of the quasi-elastic scattering, the existence of the Z vortex transition is expected in YBaCoO.
巽 一厳; 稲村 泰弘; 古府 麻衣子; 鬼柳 亮嗣; 島崎 秀昭*
Journal of Applied Crystallography, 55(3), p.533 - 543, 2022/06
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.01(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)神経物理学研究において不均一ポアソン過程に基づく観測データのヒストグラムのビン幅最適化が開発され[Shimazaki & Shinomoto (2007). Neural Comput. 19, 1503-1527]、後継研究[Muto et al. (2019). J. Phys. Soc. Jpn, 88, 044002]はその非弾性中性子散乱データへの応用が提唱された。本研究では、銅の単結晶を用いて異なる条件の飛行時間型計測で得られた非弾性中性子散乱の実験データにこの方法を適用し、その結果の正当性を検証した。与えられたデータにおける統計情報を異なる総カウント数のデータに外挿した結果は、それらの実際のデータでの最適なビン幅を精度よく予測した。最適化したビン幅でのヒストグラムはエネルギーおよび運動量の断面において次の二つの微細スペクトル構造の存在の有無を検視した。(1)フォノンバンドギャップの存在、(2)互いに隣接する複数のフォノンブランチの数。磁気励起の新奇な形態や講師熱伝導度に相関するフォノン状態等、物理や材料科学において重要なスペクトル構造を効果的かつ厳正に観測するのを今回適用した方法は助けることをこれは意味する。
-dependent collective relaxation dynamics of glass-forming liquid Ca
K
(NO)
investigated by wide-angle neutron spin-echoLuo, P.*; Zhai, Y.*; Falus, P.*; Garc
a Sakai, V.*; Hartl, M.*; 古府 麻衣子; 中島 健次; Faraone, A.*; Z, Y.*
Nature Communications (Internet), 13, p.2092_1 - 2092_9, 2022/04
被引用回数：3 パーセンタイル：58.88(Multidisciplinary Sciences)The relaxation behavior of glass formers exhibits spatial heterogeneity and dramatically changes upon cooling towards the glass transition. However, the underlying mechanisms of the dynamics at different microscopic length scales are not fully understood. We measured the -dependent coherent intermediate scattering function of a prototypical ionic glass former CaK(NO), in the highly viscous liquid state. In contrast to the structure modulated dynamics for 2.4 
, i.e., at and below the structure factor main peak, for 
2.4 , beyond the first minimum above the structure factor main peak, the stretching exponent exhibits no temperature dependence and concomitantly the relaxation time shows smaller deviations from Arrhenius behavior. This finding indicates a change in the dominant relaxation mechanisms around a characteristic length of 2.6 AA, below which the relaxation process exhibits a temperature independent distribution and more Arrhenius-like behavior.
-type PbSRathore, E.*; Juneja, R.*; Sarkar, D.*; Roychowdhury, S.*; 古府 麻衣子; 中島 健次; Singh, A. K.*; Biswas, K.*
Materials Today Energy (Internet), 24, p.100953_1 - 100953_9, 2022/03
被引用回数：14 パーセンタイル：85.62(Chemistry, Physical)We demonstrate a high thermoelectric figure of merit (zT) of 1.45 at 900 K for Ge doped (4-10 mol%) -type PbS, which is the one of the highest values among all -type PbS-based thermoelectric materials. This high performance is achieved by simultaneous (a) enhancement of covalency in chemical bonding which increases the electrical conductivity, and (b) reduction of lattice thermal conductivity to an ultra-low value of 0.56 W mK at 900 K by the introduction of nanometer-sized (5-10 nm) precipitates of PbGeS in PbS matrix which strongly scatter the heat-carrying phonons. The presence of low-lying transverse acoustic (TA) and longitudinal acoustic (LA) phonon modes at 48.24 cm and 91.83 cm, respectively are experimentally revealed from inelastic neutron scattering (INS) experiments. The softening of low-frequency modes at a higher temperature and ultra-short phonon lifetime (1-4.5 ps) further explain the ultra-low thermal conductivity.
大熊 隆太郎*; 古府 麻衣子; 浅井 晋一郎*; Avdeev, M.*; 幸田 章宏*; 岡部 博孝*; 平石 雅俊*; 竹下 聡史*; 小嶋 健児*; 門野 良典*; et al.
Nature Communications (Internet), 12, p.4382_1 - 4382_7, 2021/07
被引用回数：6 パーセンタイル：61.42(Multidisciplinary Sciences)Dimensionality is a critical factor in determining the properties of solids and is an apparent built- in character of the crystal structure. However, it can be an emergent and tunable property in geometrically frustrated spin systems. Here, we study the spin dynamics of the tetrahedral cluster antiferromagnet, pharmacosiderite, via muon spin resonance and neutron scattering. We find that the spin correlation exhibits a two-dimensional characteristic despite the isotropic connectivity of tetrahedral clusters made of spin 5/2 Fe
ions in the three-dimensional cubic crystal, which we ascribe to two-dimensionalisation by geometrical frustration based on spin wave calculations. Moreover, we suggest that even one-dimensionalisation occurs in the decoupled layers, generating low-energy and one-dimensional excitation modes, causing large spin fluctuation in the classical spin system.
古府 麻衣子; 綿貫 竜太*; 榊原 俊郎*; 河村 聖子; 中島 健次; 松浦 直人*; 上木 岳士*; 阿久津 和宏*; 山室 修*
Scientific Reports (Internet), 11(1), p.12098_1 - 12098_8, 2021/06
被引用回数：5 パーセンタイル：56.02(Multidisciplinary Sciences)Glassy magnetic behavior has been observed in a wide range of crystalline magnetic materials called spin glass. Here, we report spin glass behavior in a structural glass of a magnetic ionic liquid, C4mimFeCl. Magnetization measurements demonstrate that an antiferromagnetic ordering occurs at 
= 2.3 K in the crystalline state, while a spin glass transition occurs at 
= 0.4 K in the structural glass state. In addition, localized magnetic excitations were found in the spin glass state by inelastic neutron scattering, in contrast to spin-wave excitations in the ordered phase of the crystalline sample. The localized excitation was scaled by the Bose population factor below and gradually disappeared above . This feature is highly reminiscent of boson peaks commonly observed in structural glasses. We suggest the "magnetic" boson peak to be one of the inherent dynamics of a spin glass state.
中島 健次; 河村 聖子; 古府 麻衣子; 村井 直樹; 稲村 泰弘; 菊地 龍弥*; 若井 大介*
JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 33, p.011089_1 - 011089_7, 2021/03
J-PARCに設置されている冷中性子ディスクチョッパー型分光器AMATERASの近況について報告する。最後に報告を行った2017年以降、新たな検出器の増設、散乱真空槽の真空系の更新作業(継続中)等を行っている。また、分解能について再調査を実施した。この他、2018年、2019年のJ-PARCの1MW試験時に試験測定も行った。今後の高度化計画についても触れる。
山本 直樹*; 古府 麻衣子; 中島 健次; 中川 洋; 柴山 修哉*
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (Internet), 12(8), p.2172 - 2176, 2021/03
被引用回数：9 パーセンタイル：68.98(Chemistry, Physical)水和水は、機能発現に必要な蛋白質のダイナミクスを活性化するために重要な役割を果たしている。しかし、水和水がどのようにして蛋白質のダイナミクスと結びついているのか、その詳細は不明である。水和水の氷形成の温度ヒステリシスは、凍結不可能な水和水と凍結可能な水和水のどちらのタイプの水和水が蛋白質ダイナミクスの活性化に重要な役割を果たしているのかを理解するための鍵となる現象である。中性子散乱を用いて、凍結可能な水和水の氷の回折ピークに温度ヒステリシス現象が観測されたのに対し、蛋白質ダイナミクスでは温度ヒステリシスは観測されなかった。これらの結果から、蛋白質のダイナミクスは凍結可能な水和水のダイナミクスとは連動しておらず、蛋白質のダイナミクスの活性化には凍結不可能な水和水が不可欠であることが明らかになった。
at the structure factor primary peak and prepeakLuo, P.*; Zhai, Y.*; Leao, J. B.*; 古府 麻衣子; 中島 健次; Faraone, A.*; Zhang, Y.*
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (Internet), 12(1), p.392 - 398, 2021/01
被引用回数：4 パーセンタイル：27(Chemistry, Physical)典型的なネットワークイオン性液体ZnClの第1およびプレ回折ピークでの微視的な構造緩和を中性子スピンエコー分光により調べた。第1構造ピークの緩和はプレピークのものより速く、活性化エネルギーは約33%高い。融点より十分高温においても、伸長指数関数で記述される緩和が観測された。驚くべきことに、とくに第1ピークにおいて、非指数関数性パラメータは冷却とともに急激に増加し、
に向かって緩和は伸長指数型から指数型へと変わる。これらの結果は、過冷却状態の典型的なガラス的ダイナミクスが平衡液体で現れること、2つの異なる空間スケールの運動の活性化エネルギーが冷却に伴うネットワーク構造の形成と関連していることを示唆する。
Zhang, D.*; Hu, X.*; Chen, T.*; Abernathy, D. L.*; 梶本 亮一; 中村 充孝; 古府 麻衣子; Foley, B. J.*; Yoon, M.*; Choi, J. J.*; et al.
Physical Review B, 102(22), p.224310_1 - 224310_10, 2020/12
被引用回数：4 パーセンタイル：26.53(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)The long carrier lifetime and defect tolerance in metal halide perovskites (MHPs) are major contributors to the superb performance of MHP optoelectronic devices. Large polarons were reported to be responsible for the long carrier lifetime. Yet microscopic mechanisms of the large polaron formation, including the so-called phonon melting, are still under debate. Here, time-of-flight inelastic neutron scattering experiments and first-principles density-functional theory calculations were employed to investigate the lattice vibrations (or phonon dynamics) in methylammonium lead iodide, a prototypical example of MHPs. Our findings are that optical phonons lose temporal coherence gradually with increasing temperature which vanishes at the orthorhombic-to-tetragonal structural phase transition. Surprisingly, however, we found that the spatial coherence is still retained throughout the decoherence process. We argue that the temporally decoherent and spatially coherent vibrations contribute to the formation of large polarons in this metal halide perovskite.
anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet CaReO
Cl那波 和宏*; 平井 大悟郎*; 古府 麻衣子; 中島 健次; 村崎 遼*; 小金 聖史*; 木俣 基*; 野尻 浩之*; 廣井 善二*; 佐藤 卓*
Physical Review Research (Internet), 2(4), p.043121_1 - 043121_11, 2020/12
=異方的三角格子反強磁性体CaReOClにおいてスピノンに類した磁気励起が存在するかを確かめるべく、中性子非弾性散乱実験を行った。得られた磁気励起は、スピノン束縛対の形成によって解釈できるものであった。また、CsCuClよりもRPA近似による解釈が良く合い、より朝永-ラッティンジャー液体に近い系であると考えられる。
小島 誠治*; Novikov, V. N.*; 古府 麻衣子; 山室 修*
Physica Status Solidi (B), 257(11), p.200073_1 - 200073_6, 2020/11
被引用回数：3 パーセンタイル：19.68(Physics, Condensed Matter)The network structure of borate glass is remarkably modified by the addition of alkali metals. The alkali metal dependences of the first sharp diffraction peak (FSDP) and the boson peak (BP) are investigated in alkali borate glasses by elastic and inelastic neutron scattering experiments. With an increase in ionic radius of alkali ions, both the width 
of FSDP and the BP energy decrease. The comparison of the characteristic length of medium-range order (MRO) predicted by the FSDP and the position of the BP allows us to find the mean-square fluctuations of the transverse sound velocity within series of alkali borate glasses. It is shown that the fragility of the respective alkali borate melts inversely correlates with the mean-square fluctuations of the transverse sound velocity in glassy state.
