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Kaneta, Yui; Kobayashi, Toru; Tsuji, Takuya; Honda, Mitsunori; Yokoyama, Keiichi; Mampuku, Yuzo*; Yaita, Tsuyoshi*
Clays and Clay Minerals, 73, p.e26_1 - e26_8, 2025/04
The desorption behavior of stable Cs adsorbed onto weathered biotite (WB), a clay mineral abundant in Fukushima soils, was investigated using a mechanochemical (MC) method that combines physical grinding by ball impact with a wet process promoting chemical reactions. The results, oxalic acid desorbed Cs to some extent without significantly affecting the layered structure of the clay minerals; ammonium chloride, showed an exfoliation of the layer structure, resulting in a stable desorption of Cs independent of samples. Regarding the real soil samples collected in Fukushima, the MC method using ammonium chloride solution desorbed 80% of 
Cs. In contrast, oxalic acid did not always result in radioactive Cs made sufficiently desorbed for all the samples. Based on these findings, the MC method with ammonium chloride effectively promotes radioactive Cs desorption from interlayers due to synergistic effects from the layered structure's exfoliation and chemical interaction.
Yamaguchi, Akiko; Kurihara, Yuichi*; Nagata, Kojiro*; Tanaka, Kazuya; Higaki, Shogo*; Kobayashi, Toru; Tanida, Hajime; Ohara, Yoshiyuki*; Yokoyama, Keiichi; Yaita, Tsuyoshi; et al.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 661, p.317 - 332, 2024/05
Times Cited Count：9 Percentile：80.33(Chemistry, Physical)no abstracts in English
investigated using synchrotron X-ray photoelectron spectroscopySekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Yokoyama, Keiichi; Yaita, Tsuyoshi
Photon Factory Activity Report 2023 (Internet), 5 Pages, 2024/00
For nuclear transmutation of cesium-135 (
Cs), which is long-lived fission product, we are developing selective absorbent which takes only Cs atom in, but does not CsI. In this study, absorbing property of Cs atom or CsI into fullerene (C) solid has been investigated using synchrotron-based angle-dependent X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ARXPS). It was found that Cs penetrates into C deep bulk. In contrast, CsI does not diffuse into bulk, although CsI over-layer was formed on the shallow surface. Furthermore, XPS spectra were measured as a function of Ar
-sputtering time in order to know Cs concentration profiles in further deep region. Results showed that Cs penetrates into deep region of several hundreds 
.
OKondo, Yosuke*; Achouri, N. L.*; Al Falou, H.*; Atar, L.*; Aumann, T.*; Baba, Hidetada*; Boretzky, K.*; Caesar, C.*; Calvet, D.*; Chae, H.*; et al.
Nature, 620(7976), p.965 - 970, 2023/08
Times Cited Count：32 Percentile：95.15(Multidisciplinary Sciences)no abstracts in English
Ne at the transition into the island of inversion; Detailed structure study of NeWang, H.*; Yasuda, Masahiro*; Kondo, Yosuke*; Nakamura, Takashi*; Tostevin, J. A.*; Ogata, Kazuyuki*; Otsuka, Takaharu*; Poves, A.*; Shimizu, Noritaka*; Yoshida, Kazuki; et al.
Physics Letters B, 843, p.138038_1 - 138038_9, 2023/08
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：71.35(Astronomy & Astrophysics)Detailed 
-ray spectroscopy of the exotic neon isotope Ne has been performed using the one-neutron removal reaction from Ne. Based on an analysis of parallel momentum distributions, a level scheme with spin-parity assignments has been constructed for Ne and the negative-parity states are identified for the first time. The measured partial cross sections and momentum distributions reveal a significant intruder p-wave strength providing evidence of the breakdown of the N = 20 and N = 28 shell gaps. Only a weak, possible f-wave strength was observed to bound final states. Large-scale shell-model calculations with different effective interactions do not reproduce the large p-wave and small f-wave strength observed experimentally, indicating an ongoing challenge for a complete theoretical description of the transition into the island of inversion along the Ne isotopic chain.
Matsuda, Shohei; Yokoyama, Keiichi
Isotope News, (786), p.6 - 9, 2023/04
no abstracts in English
Matsuda, Shohei; Nakashima, Nobuaki*; Yokoyama, Keiichi; Taniguchi, Seiji*; Chosrowjan, H.*; Somekawa, Toshihiro*; Yatsuhashi, Tomoyuki*
Chemical Physics Letters, 802, p.139759_1 - 139759_6, 2022/09
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：5.78(Chemistry, Physical)no abstracts in English
molecular dynamics simulations reveal the hydration structure of the radium(II) ionYamaguchi, Akiko; Nagata, Kojiro*; Kobayashi, Keita; Tanaka, Kazuya; Kobayashi, Toru; Tanida, Hajime; Shimojo, Kojiro; Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Kaneta, Yui; Matsuda, Shohei; et al.
iScience (Internet), 25(8), p.104763_1 - 104763_12, 2022/08
Times Cited Count：19 Percentile：68.79(Multidisciplinary Sciences)no abstracts in English
Shimojo, Kojiro; Fujiwara, Iori*; Oshima, Tatsuya*; Yokoyama, Keiichi; Yaita, Tsuyoshi
Analytical Sciences, 38(7), p.1003 - 1006, 2022/07
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：12.27(Chemistry, Analytical)Liquid-liquid extraction of lanthanide (Ln) ions was investigated using 
-dioctylthiodiglycolamic acid (DOTDGAA), which is a sulfur donor ligand with an amide group and a carboxyl group connected by a thioether chain. The extraction performance and selectivity of DOTDGAA for Ln ions were compared with those of -dioctyldiglycolamic acid (DODGAA), which is also an oxygen donor ligand with a similar chemical structure, to assess the effect of the soft/hard donor atom on Ln separation. DOTDGAA quantitatively extracted all Ln ions while being selective toward light and middle Ln ions, in contrast to the selectivity of DODGAA for heavier Ln ions. Slope analysis demonstrated that the Ln
transfer using DOTDGAA proceeded through a proton-exchange reaction, forming a 1:3 complex, Ln(DOTDGAA)
. The back-extraction of Ln ions from the extracting phase was successfully achieved under acidic conditions.
Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Yokoyama, Keiichi; Yaita, Tsuyoshi
e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology (Internet), 20(3), p.186 - 195, 2022/07
Cesium-135 having long life, 2.3 million y, that is contained in nuclear wastes may cause long-term pollution. Technology of isotopic separation of such long lived nuclide is indispensable not only for its volume reduction but also annihilation by nuclear transmutation. The recovery of atomic Cs from molecular CsI is mandatory. We have investigated fullerene C as a potential absorber for Cs. Angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, AR-XPS has been used to analyze the depth concentration distribution of Cs. Experiments were performed at soft X-ray beamline BL27A at KEK PF facility. We report on the annealing effect after deposition of Cs and the effect of heating substrate during deposition. For Cs/C sample, the intensity ratio of Cs-3d/C-1s increased in double at the high temperature. This suggests that Cs atoms remain in the material at high temperatures. On the other hand, for CsI/C, the intensity ratio does not change much by elevating temperatures.
Matsuda, Shohei; Yokoyama, Keiichi; Yaita, Tsuyoshi; Kobayashi, Toru; Kaneta, Yui; Simonnet, M.; Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Honda, Mitsunori; Shimojo, Kojiro; Doi, Reisuke; et al.
Science Advances (Internet), 8(20), p.eabn1991_1 - eabn1991_11, 2022/05
Times Cited Count：11 Percentile：39.19(Multidisciplinary Sciences)no abstracts in English
Yamaguchi, Akiko; Nagata, Kojiro*; Tanaka, Kazuya; Kobayashi, Keita; Kobayashi, Toru; Shimojo, Kojiro; Tanida, Hajime; Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Kaneta, Yui; Matsuda, Shohei; et al.
Hosha Kagaku, (45), p.28 - 30, 2022/03
no abstracts in English
Simonnet, M.; Kobayashi, Toru; Shimojo, Kojiro; Yokoyama, Keiichi; Yaita, Tsuyoshi
Inorganic Chemistry, 60(17), p.13409 - 13418, 2021/09
Times Cited Count：26 Percentile：90.49(Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear)
SGo, Shintaro*; Ideguchi, Eiji*; Yokoyama, Rin*; Aoi, Nori*; Azaiez, F.*; Furutaka, Kazuyoshi; Hatsukawa, Yuichi; Kimura, Atsushi; Kisamori, Keiichi*; Kobayashi, Motoki*; et al.
Physical Review C, 103(3), p.034327_1 - 034327_8, 2021/03
Times Cited Count：4 Percentile：42.40(Physics, Nuclear)Shimojo, Kojiro; Suzuki, Hideya; Yokoyama, Keiichi; Yaita, Tsuyoshi; Ikeda, Atsushi
Analytical Sciences, 36(12), p.1435 - 1437, 2020/12
Times Cited Count：22 Percentile：70.26(Chemistry, Analytical)Liquid-liquid extraction for the removal of pertechnetate (
TcO
) and perrhenate (ReO) is reported using tripodal extractant 
-hexa-
-octylnitrilotriacetamide (HONTA) composed of three amide groups and a tertiary amine. The extraction behavior was compared with those using alkyldiamideamines (ADAAM(Oct) and ADAAM(EH)), and the commercial amine-type extractant, trioctylamine (TOA). HONTA quantitatively extracted TcO and ReO in the pH range from 1.0 to 2.5 by co-extraction of protons. Extraction performance of extractants was improved in the order of HONTA 
ADAAM(Oct) ADAAM(EH) TOA. TcO and ReO in the extracting phase were successfully stripped using neutral aqueous solutions as the receiving phase, and the extraction ability of HONTA was maintained after five repeated uses.
Nakashima, Nobuaki*; Yatsuhashi, Tomoyuki*; Sakota, Kenji*; Iwakura, Izumi*; Hashimoto, Sena*; Yokoyama, Keiichi; Matsuda, Shohei
Chemical Physics Letters, 752, p.137570_1 - 137570_5, 2020/08
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：7.75(Chemistry, Physical)Photo-redox reactions between Eu and Eu
ions are induced by laser irradiation in alcoholic solution. Efficiency, wavelength dependence, and laser-power dependence are investigated with three different lasers. Nano second laser pulses at a wavelength of 308 nm is found to cause one-photon redox reactions with a quantum yield around 0.5. Nano second laser pulses at a wavelength of 394 nm induces two-photon reduction of Eu to form Eu. When the pulse energy is 5 mJ, the quantum yield is measured to be 0.015. Although the quantum yield is one order of magnitude lower than that of the one photon reduction, reduction phenomena can be easily observed under the moderate laser field strength. Because of the two-photon nature, there should be a room to improve the efficiency by increasing the laser field strength.
F from 
O
?Tang, T. L.*; Uesaka, Tomohiro*; Kawase, Shoichiro; Beaumel, D.*; Dozono, Masanori*; Fujii, Toshihiko*; Fukuda, Naoki*; Fukunaga, Taku*; Galindo-Uribarri, A.*; Hwang, S. H.*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 124(21), p.212502_1 - 212502_6, 2020/05
Times Cited Count：19 Percentile：73.62(Physics, Multidisciplinary)The structure of a neutron-rich F nucleus is investigated by a quasifree (
) knockout reaction. The sum of spectroscopic factors of 
orbital is found to be 1.0 
0.3. The result shows that the O core of F nucleus significantly differs from a free O nucleus, and the core consists of 
35% O
, and 65% excited O. The result shows that the O core of F nucleus significantly differs from a free O nucleus. The result may infer that the addition of the 
proton considerably changes the neutron structure in F from that in O, which could be a possible mechanism responsible for the oxygen dripline anomaly.
Simonnet, M.; Suzuki, Shinichi; Miyazaki, Yuji*; Kobayashi, Toru; Yokoyama, Keiichi; Yaita, Tsuyoshi
Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 38(4), p.430 - 440, 2020/00
Times Cited Count：23 Percentile：67.14(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)Yokoyama, Keiichi; Matsuoka, Leo*
Ryoshi Uoku No Shin Tenkai; Suri Kozo No Shinka To Oyo, p.228 - 242, 2019/08
Quantum walk is the quantum mechanical counter part of the classical random walk, which is known as mathematical model of diffusion process. By applying this new concept to light-matter interaction, a new isotope separation scheme is shown to be emerged. In addition, its advancements and forthcoming challenges are introduced.
