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Massey, D.*; Williams, C. D.*; Mu, J.*; Masters, A. J.*; 元川 竜平; 青柳 登; 上田 祐生; Antonio, M. R.*
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 127(9), p.2052 - 2065, 2023/03
There is an ever-increasing body of evidence that metallic complexes, involving amphiphilic ligands, do not form normal solutions in organic solvents. Instead, they form complex fluids with intricate structures. For example, the metallic complexes may aggregate into clusters and these clusters themselves may aggregate into super-clusters. In order to gain a deeper insight into the mechanisms at play, we have used an improved force field to conduct extensive molecular dynamics simulations of a system composed of zirconium nitrate, water, nitric acid, tri-
-butyl phosphate and -octane. The important new finding is that a dynamic equilibrium between the cis and trans isomers of the metal complex is likely to play a key role in the aggregation behavior. The isolated cis and trans isomers have similar energies but simulation indicates that the clusters consist predominantly of cis isomers. With increasing metal concentration, we hypothesize that more clustering occurs and the chemical equilibrium shifts towards the cis isomer. It is possible that such isomeric effects play a role in the liquid-liquid extraction of other species and the inclusion of such effects in flowsheet modelling may lead to a better description of the process.
Micheau, C.; 上田 祐生; 阿久津 和宏*; Bourgeois, D.*; 元川 竜平
Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 20 Pages, 2023/00
被引用回数：0Malonamide derivatives, which are among the most extensively investigated extractants in solvent extraction of lanthanoids, actinides, and platinum group metal ions, were deuterated by using Pd/C and Rh/C catalysts with a D
O/2-propanol mixture. This method enables to replace the hydrogen atoms by deuterium atoms in the malonamide chemical structure with a controllable deuteration rate. The maximum rate reaches 75 percent approximately, determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. In addition, it has been demonstrated that extraction behavior of the malonamide molecules remains unchanged after the deuteration procedure. Deuterated malonamides should be a powerful tool for fundamental researches on solvent extraction systems, in particular, for structural analysis of the organic phases. The large difference in the neutron scattering cross-section between hydrogen and deuterium leads to a large difference in neutron scattering length density of the malonamide derivatives before and after the deuteration reaction. Therefore, using deuterated malonamides in small-angle neutron scattering and neutron reflectivity studies could give access to the nanoscopic structure of the specific solute species in the bulk organic phase and at the liquid-liquid interface, respectively. This deuteration method could become a general one and be extended to a wide variety of extractant molecules. In this way this work contributes to the development of the fundamental researches in solvent extraction systems.
小林 大志*; 伏見 朋和*; 水越 寛文*; 元川 竜平; 佐々木 隆之*
Langmuir, 38(48), p.14656 - 14665, 2022/12
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)This study investigates the colloidal behavior of M(IV)(OH)
based on its zeta potential and hierarchical structure. The zeta potentials of ZrO and ThO in NaCl, NaNO
, and CaCl solutions under various pH and ionic strength conditions were measured and elucidated by a surface ionization and complexation model combined with an electric double layer. Based on the assumed similarity of the surface reactions, the model was applied to interpret the zeta potentials of Zr(OH) and Th(OH) in NaCl, NaNO, and CaCl solutions. The differences in the model parameters were deduced from the different origins of M(IV)(OH) formed by hydrolysis reactions. The size distributions of the selected Zr(OH) suspensions measured by dynamic light scattering techniques suggest that the classical Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory governs the colloidal behavior of large aggregates. Additionally, the small angle X-ray scattering measurements elucidated the structure of Zr(OH) in the nanometer scale. The primary and secondary particle sizes were found to be more dependent on the ionic strength of the electrolyte solutions than on the zeta potentials. The direct interaction of counter ions may affect the formation of primary and secondary particles with comparable size ranges.
microphase separation磯崎 祐嘉*; 東原口 誠也*; 金子 直矢*; 山崎 駿*; 谷口 竜王*; 唐津 孝*; 上田 祐生; 元川 竜平
Chemistry Letters, 51(6), p.625 - 628, 2022/06
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)Polymer photonic crystals (PPCs) that selectively reflect visible light were prepared by triblock polymerization-induced microphase separation via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. The addition of homopolymer to the polymerization system swelled a specific phase of the microdomains, enabling the preparation of PPCs with long-wavelength structural colors. Small-angle neutron scattering confirmed the increase in the domain spacing of the lamellar microdomains with the addition of homopolymer, while maintaining their morphology.
阿久津 和宏*; 山田 悟史*; 上田 祐生; 元川 竜平; 成田 弘一*
Applied Sciences (Internet), 12(3), p.1215_1 - 1215_10, 2022/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)液-液系の界面構造を知ることは、二相系の生物・化学反応の理解には必須である。本研究では、界面の層構造を観察できる中性子反射率(NR)測定用の新しいサンプルセルを開発し、典型的な界面活性剤であるドデシル硫酸ナトリウム(SDS)の重トルエン-重水界面への吸着挙動を調べた。開発したセルは、滑らかな界面を作るためにPTFEフレームを底部に配置し、従来のセルに比べて小型化したことが特徴である。得られたNRプロファイルは容易に解析可能であり、重トルエン-重水系と空気-重水系では界面のSDS吸着層構造にわずかな違いがあることがわかった。これは、界面の条件によってSDS分子の吸着挙動が異なることに起因すると考えられる。
元川 竜平; 金子 耕士; 大場 洋次郎; 永井 崇之; 岡本 芳浩; 小林 大志*; 熊田 高之; Heller, W. T.*
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 578, p.121352_1 - 121352_7, 2022/02
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：15.99(Materials Science, Ceramics)We investigated the nanoscopic structure of borosilicate glasses as a host for high-level radioactive liquid waste (HLLW) in the presence of the additives NaO and CaO/ZnO with and without LiO. These additives have been practically used to lower the glass melting point, suppress the macroscopic phase separation, and increase the chemical durability of glasses. Small-angle neutron scattering was used to elucidate the effect of the additives on the nanoscopic structure along with macro- and atomic-scale observations obtained using neutron imaging and X-ray diffraction, respectively. The borosilicate glass formed a microphase-separated structure of SiO- and BO-rich domains approximately 100 nm in size in the absence of NaO, even in a structure homogeneous on a millimeter scale, and the domain spacing decreased with increasing NaO content rate. The CaO/ZnO additives induced inhomogeneities, such as void structures several nanometers in size, although the inhomogeneity was suppressed by the coaddition of LiO. These results provide insights into the performance of host glasses for HLLW vitrification; incorporating HLLW into glasses is likely to cause changes in the nanoscopic structure of host glasses similar to those revealed here.
He spin filter at a pulsed neutron source奥平 琢也; 上田 祐生; 廣井 孝介; 元川 竜平; 稲村 泰弘; 高田 慎一; 奥 隆之; 鈴木 淳市*; 高橋 慎吾*; 遠藤 仁*; et al.
Journal of Applied Crystallography, 54(2), p.548 - 556, 2021/04
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.01(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)Heスピンフィルタを中性子スピン解析子として使用することにより、パルス中性子源での中性子小角散乱実験において、偏極解析を行うことに成功した。本実験に使用したHeスピンフィルタは中性子小角散乱実験を行うために十分な立体角をカバーすることができ、He偏極緩和時間も数日と長く、これは実験を完遂するために十分な性能である。水素原子による非干渉性散乱は非常に大きく、試料の組成から計算によって非干渉性散乱量を見積もる試みが行われていたが、正確に非干渉性散乱量を決定することは難しかった。しかし本研究では試料内での中性子の多重散乱を考慮した偏極解析実験を行うことで、干渉性散乱と非干渉性散乱を正確に分離することが可能となった。現在までパルス中性子源での中性子小角散乱では、偏極解析の手法が確立されていなかったが、本成果によって、様々な種類の試料に対して干渉性散乱と非干渉性散乱を正確に分離することができるようになると予想される。
三浦 大輔*; 熊田 高之; 関根 由莉奈; 元川 竜平; 中川 洋; 大場 洋次郎; 大原 高志; 高田 慎一; 廣井 孝介; 森川 利明*; et al.
Journal of Applied Crystallography, 54(2), p.454 - 460, 2021/04
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：29.8(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)山形大学が原子核物理実験用に開発した結晶試料の核スピン偏極技術を、スピンコントラスト偏極中性子回折測定法に展開し、水素核偏極化されたグルタミン酸を用いて粉末結晶試料中の水素の配向および凝集・分散などの構造情報を抽出できることを実証した。
熊田 高之; 元川 竜平; 中川 洋; 大場 洋次郎; 関根 由莉奈
波紋, 31(1), p.5 - 6, 2021/02
SANS-Jはナノからサブマイクロメートルの幅広い空間スケールの階層構造を決定することができる。その特徴の一点目は、速度選別機で切り出された高強度の中性子(10
neutrons/s/cm
)を用いることができる。二点目は、試料と透過した全ての中性子は色収差の影響を受けることなくレンズを用いて検出器上に集光することができる。そのため、散乱角0.01
に相当する波数Q=3
10
nm
までの散乱中性子を透過中性子と識別して検出し、実空間スケールでサブマイクロメートルの構造を決定することができる。三点目は、偏極中性子および偏極解析が使えることである。偏極中性子はマグネットと組み合わせて磁性体の磁気構造解析に利用できるほか、ソフトマテリアルにおいても偏極解析や後述するスピンコントラスト変調実験に利用することができる。PNOは、単色化結晶とアナライザー結晶の間に試料を挟んだBonse-Hart型熱中性子小角散乱装置である。その最大の特徴は、SANS-Jより一桁小さい最小波数310
nmまでの超小角散乱を測定し、実空間スケールで10um近くまでの構造を決定することができることである。
成田 弘一*; 粕谷 亮*; 鈴木 智也*; 元川 竜平; 田中 幹也*
Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry (Internet), 28 Pages, 2020/12
The increasing use of precious metals (PMs) in industrial products such as electronics and catalysts has been increasingly important in PM separations. Most of PM separation and purification processes are performed using acidic chloride solutions; therefore, understanding of chemical properties and separation mechanisms of PM chloridometalates in solution is of key importance for improving the processes. This article focuses on solvent extraction of PMs from acidic chloride solutions as the main technology for the mutual separation of PMs and extensively covers the classical and modern methods. In addition, leaching methods, dominant species in acidic chloride solutions, and non-solvent extraction separation methods are also described.
-olefin using small-angle X-ray scattering大場 洋次郎; 元川 竜平; 日野 正裕*; 足立 望*; 戸高 義一*; 井上 倫太郎*; 杉山 正明*
Chemistry Letters, 49(7), p.823 - 825, 2020/07
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)Nanostructures in lubricants play a key role in lubrication properties. In this study, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) was applied to characterize the nanostructures of oleyl acid phosphate (OLAP) in base oil. The results show that OLAP forms reverse-micellar-like aggregates. This information from SAXS will drive further development of lubricants.
熊田 高之; 大場 洋次郎; 元川 竜平; 諸岡 聡; 冨永 亜希; 谷田 肇; 菖蒲 敬久; 金野 杏彩; 大和田 謙二*; 大野 直子*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 528, p.151890_1 - 151890_7, 2020/01
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：17.77(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)ステンレス鋼の放射線照射によるナノ構造変化観測用異常分散X線小角散乱(ASAXS)装置を開発した。イオンビーム照射前後のMA956試料の散乱パターンを比較したところ、Cr析出物の形状は全く変化していないことが判明した。
成田 弘一*; Nicolson, R. M.*; 元川 竜平; 伊藤 文之*; 森作 員子*; 後藤 みどり*; 田中 幹也*; Heller, W. T.*; 塩飽 秀啓; 矢板 毅; et al.
Inorganic Chemistry, 58(13), p.8720 - 8734, 2019/07
被引用回数：9 パーセンタイル：56.35(Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear)Current industrial practices to extract rhodium from virgin ores carry a heavy environmental burden. Improving the efficiency of the hydrometallurgical processes to separate and recover rhodium from other precious metals provides an opportunity to improve the materials and energy balances, but the presence of mixed chloride-rhodium species following leaching by acid chloride media complicates the recovery process. In this work we have applied a broad range of analytical techniques (FT-IR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, EXAFS, water-transfer analysis, small-angle neutron scattering, NMR spectroscopy, and electrospray mass spectrometry), which together show that the amino-amide reagent preferentially transports chlorido-rhodium species as a 1:2 neutral assembly from aqueous 2.0 M HCl phase into an organic phase. The extractants then ligate in the outer coordination shell of the chloride-rhodium anion, making this an efficient separation process. In this study, we found that protonation to the extractants induced to form a proton chelate ring, which pre-organises the ligand to present an array of charge diffuse C-H bonds. This templated arrangement of positive dipoles favors complexation to the charge diffuse chloride-rhodium anion over the more charge-dense chloride anion.
solution; Comparison with tri--butyl phosphate上田 祐生; 菊池 圭; 杉田 剛; 元川 竜平
Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 37(5), p.347 - 359, 2019/07
被引用回数：6 パーセンタイル：33.85(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)リン酸トリブチル(TBP)を用いた従来のPUREXプロセスにおいて多量のZr(IV)が含まれる場合、抽出錯体,遊離の抽出剤,酸、および水の凝集を起源として生成する不溶性の第三相や沈殿による目的物の抽出阻害が問題であった。本研究では水にほとんど溶解しないフルオラス化合物に着目し、TBPと同一のリン酸エステル構造を有するフルオラスリン酸エステル抽出剤を合成し、本抽出剤のZr(IV)抽出特性,抽出機構、および第三相生成の抑制効果をTBPと比較検証した。開発した新規抽出剤は、TBPと比較し第三相の生成を著しく抑制するとともに、幅広い硝酸濃度領域においてTBPよりも高いZr(IV)抽出能力を示すことが明らかとなった。
小林 大志*; 中嶋 翔梧*; 元川 竜平; 松村 大樹; 斉藤 拓巳*; 佐々木 隆之*
Langmuir, 35(24), p.7995 - 8006, 2019/06
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：11.25(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)We report the hierarchical structure of zirconium hydroxide after aging at different temperatures to elucidate the factors governing zirconium solubility in aqueous solutions. Zirconium hydroxide solid phases after aging at 25, 40, 60, and 90C under acidic to alkaline conditions were investigated using extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and wide- and small-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS and SAXS) techniques to reveal the bulk and surface structures of the solid phases from the nanoscale to submicroscale. After aging at 25 C, the fundamental building unit of the solid phase was a zirconium hydroxide tetramer. The tetramers formed primary particles approximately 3 nm in size, which in turn formed aggregates hundreds of nanometers in size. This hierarchical structure was found to be stable up to 60 C under acidic and neutral conditions and up to 40 C under alkaline conditions. After aging at 90 C under acidic conditions and at 60 and 90 C under alkaline conditions, the WAXS and EXAFS measurements suggested the crystallization of the solid phase. The transformation of the solid-phase structure by temperature was discussed in relation to the solubility product to understand the solubility-limiting solid phase. The solubility of zirconium hydroxide after aging at different temperatures was governed not only by the size of the primary particles, but also by their surface configuration.
元川 竜平; 小林 徹; 遠藤 仁; Mu, J.*; Williams, C. D.*; Masters, A. J.*; Antonio, M. R.*; Heller, W. T.*; 長尾 道弘*
ACS Central Science, 5(1), p.85 - 96, 2019/01
被引用回数：38 パーセンタイル：87.43(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)We present a hierarchical aggregate model of an organic phase containing a coordination species that acts as a fundamental building unit of higher-order structures formed in the organic phase. We aimed to elucidate the fundamental aspects of the microscopic structure and phase separation occurring in ionic separation and recovery systems during solvent extraction. The coordination species aggregate through a hydrogen-bonding network formed by interaction between the hydrophilic part of the coordination species with extracted water and acid molecules. This reduces the hydrophilic surface area, resulting in subsequent formation of small primal clusters of 2 to 3 nm in diameter. The primal clusters further aggregate due to van der Waals interaction to form large aggregates of 
10 nm in diameter. The size of the primal cluster does not depend on the concentration of the coordination species, whereas the size of the large aggregate increases as the aggregation number of the primal clusters increases. We conclude that hybrid interaction is a key driving force in the formation and growth of the hierarchical aggregate and the induction of phase separation of the organic phase.
Mu, J.*; 元川 竜平; 阿久津 和宏*; 西辻 祥太郎*; Masters, A. J.*
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122(4), p.1439 - 1452, 2018/02
被引用回数：30 パーセンタイル：73.62(Chemistry, Physical)We present evidence that the transition between organic and third phases, which is an unusual transition between two isotropic, bi-continuous micro-emulsion phases. This system contains quaternary; water, n-dodecane, nitric acid, tributyl phosphate (TBP). This quaternary system has been shown to exhibit, under appropriate conditions, three coexisting phases: a light organic phase, an aqueous phase, and the so-called third phase. In this work, we focused on the coexistence of the light organic phase with the third phase using methods of molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Snapshots from the MD simulations as well as a cluster analysis of the organic and third phases revealed structures akin to bi-continuous micro-emulsion phases, with the polar species residing within a mesh, and with the surface of the mesh formed by amphiphilic TBP molecules. The non-polar n-dodecane molecules were observed in these snapshots to be outside this mesh. The only large-scale structural differences observed between the two phases were the dimensions of the mesh. Evidence for the correctness of these structures was provided by the results of SAXS studies, where the profiles obtained for both the organic and third phases agreed well with those calculated from simulation.
成田 弘一*; 前田 泰生*; 所 千晴*; 鈴木 智也*; 田中 幹也*; 元川 竜平; 塩飽 秀啓; 矢板 毅
Analytical Sciences, 33(11), p.1305 - 1309, 2017/11
被引用回数：9 パーセンタイル：38.88(Chemistry, Analytical)Using 
-tetra-2-ethylhexyl-thiodiglycolamide (TEHTDGA) in -dodecane as the extractant, we compared the percentages of Pd(II) extracted from HCl and HBr solutions, and analyzed the structures of the Pd(II)-extractant complexes. TEHTDGA rapidly extracted Pd(II) from both HCl and HBr solutions, predominantly by formation of a 1:2 Pd(II)/TEHTDGA complex. The extractability of Pd(II) from HBr solution was inferior to that from HCl solution. FT-IR spectroscopy and EXAFS measurements indicated that two of the halide ions in the tetrachloro- or tetrabromopalladate(II) ions were replaced by the sulfur atoms of two TEHTDGA molecules. In the [PdBr(TEHTDGA)] complex, the Pd-S bond was shorter than the Pd-Br bond. We suggest that this bond length difference resulted in greater steric hindrance during coordination of TEHTDGA to the Pd(II) atom in the HBr system than in the HCl system, leading to the lower extractability in the HBr system.
久松 秀悟; 鈴木 伸一; 幸本 重男*; 岸川 圭希*; 山本 雄介*; 元川 竜平; 矢板 毅
Tetrahedron, 73(27-28), p.3993 - 3998, 2017/07
被引用回数：15 パーセンタイル：62.44(Chemistry, Organic)A sensory system incorporated with an amplification function was developed for detection of trace-level fluoride ions. This sensory system comprises two steps, namely, amplification, and chemiluminescence. These steps were linked with chemical reactions and were induced continuously. The process from amplification to chemiluminescence was accomplished in the system by using fluoride ions. The amplification was based on a self-immolative system, which permitted the detection of emissions even at low fluoride ion concentration for system in which chemiluminescence cannot be induced in the absence of fluoride ions. An optical ratio of the chemiluminescent compound and the amplifier was calculated for achieving efficient amplification.
関根 由莉奈; 元川 竜平; 香西 直文; 大貫 敏彦; 松村 大樹; 辻 卓也; 河崎 陸*; 秋吉 一成*
Scientific Reports (Internet), 7(1), p.2064_1 - 2064_8, 2017/05
被引用回数：32 パーセンタイル：77.65(Multidisciplinary Sciences)Ca欠損アパタイト材料を用いた汚染水からのSr
の有用性について調べた。最初に、同じ2価イオンであるMg及びCa存在下でのSr (0.05mmol/L)の吸着率を調べた。Ca欠損アパタイトは他のイオン存在下においても高いSr吸着性を維持した。例えば、0.1から1.0mmol/LのMg及びCa存在下において80%以上の吸着率を示した。一方、通常のアパタイトでは少量のMg及びCaが存在する条件でSrに対する吸着性は著しく低下した。0.01から10mmol/LのSrを含む水溶液を用いた吸着評価においても、Ca欠損アパタイトは通常のアパタイトよりも高い吸着性を示した。EXAFSを用いてCa欠損アパタイトにおけるSrの吸着挙動について評価したところ、通常のアパタイトと比べてSrが選択的に吸着するサイトが存在することが示唆された。
