Electronic approach to understand the wettability of surface treated titanium with liquid sodium

浪江 将成; 斉藤 淳一; 岡 涼太郎*; Kim, J.-H.*

Vacuum, 234, p.114038_1 - 114038_9, 2025/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2025.114038

Wettability of titanium (Ti) and surface-modified (Oxidized or Fluorinated) Ti with liquid sodium (Na) were investigated via experiments and theoretical calculations. From the experimental results, a sliding angle of Na droplet on oxidized Ti was smaller than that on untreated Ti, indicating the worsening of wettability by oxidation. In contrast, the sliding angle of Na droplet on fluoridated Ti was larger than that on untreated Ti, indicating an improvement in wettability by fluorination. Additionally, the cluster models for the interface between Na droplets and treated or untreated Ti were constructed for theoretical calculations of electronic states at the interface, covalent and ionic bonds at the interface were evaluated from the calculation results. The sliding angles obtained in the wettability tests and the strength of covalent bonding at the interface showed no correlation, but good correlation was observed between the sliding angles and ionic bonding at the interface. Thus, the wettability of surface-modified Ti with liquid Na can be theoretically understood based on the atomic interactions at the interface.

Spontaneous topological Hall effect induced by non-coplanar antiferromagnetic order in intercalated van der Waals materials

高木 寛貴*; 高木 里奈*; 見波 将*; 野本 拓也*; 大石 一城*; 鈴木 通人*; 柳 有起*; 平山 元昭*; Khanh, N.*; 軽部 皓介*; et al.

Nature Physics, 19(7), p.961 - 968, 2023/07

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02017-3

In ferromagnets, electric current generally induces a transverse Hall voltage in proportion to the internal magnetization. This effect is frequently used for electrical readout of the spin up and down states. While these properties are usually not expected in antiferromagnets, recent theoretical studies predicted that non-coplanar antiferromagnetic order with finite scalar spin chirality - meaning a solid angle spanned by neighboring spins - can induce a large spontaneous Hall effect even without net magnetization or external magnetic field. This phenomenon, the spontaneous topological Hall effect, can potentially be used for the efficient electrical readout of the antiferromagnetic states, but it has not been experimentally verified due to a lack of appropriate materials hosting such magnetism. Here, we report the discovery of all-in-all-out type non-coplanar antiferromagnetic order in triangular lattice compounds CoTaS and CoNbS. These compounds are reported to host unconventionally large spontaneous Hall effect despite their vanishingly small net magnetization, and our analysis reveals that it can be explained in terms of the topological Hall effect that originates from the fictitious magnetic field associated with scalar spin chirality. These results indicate that the scalar spin chirality mechanism offers a promising route to the realisation of giant spontaneous Hall response even in compensated antiferromagnets, and highlight intercalated van der Waals magnets as a promising quasi-two-dimensional material platform to enable various nontrivial ways of electrical reading and possible writing of non-coplanar antiferromagnetic domains.

プルトニウムの体外排出に向けたキレート剤による除染に関する基礎検討; X線吸収分光法によるプルトニウム模擬元素とキレート剤との結合性評価

上原 章寛*; Shuhui, X.*; 佐藤 遼太朗*; 松村 大樹; 辻 卓也; 薬丸 晴子*; 城 鮎美*; 齋藤 寛之*; 田中 泉*; 石原 弘*; et al.

X線分析の進歩,53, p.223 - 229, 2022/03

体内にアクチニドなどの放射性物質が取り込まれると、生体内配位子がアクチニドと化合物を生成し、体内滞留の原因となりうる。本研究では、アクチニドを体外に排出させるためのキレート剤の結合性評価を行うため、キレート剤と結合した元素の局所構造をX線吸収分光法によって解析し結合力を評価した。プルトニウム模擬元素としてジルコニウム(Zr),キレート剤として、EHBP(1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonate)およびDTPA (diethylenetriaminepentaacetate)を用いた。ZrはEHBPと八面体構造の錯体を形成するとともに、Zr-EHBP錯体はZr-DTPA錯体より強い結合を有することが分かった。これらの知見は、放射性元素による内部被ばく線量評価や、放射性元素を体外に取り除くための適切な除染方法の提案につながる。

Manipulation of saturation magnetization and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in epitaxial CoMnN films with ferrimagnetic compensation

伊藤 啓太*; 安富 陽子*; Zhu, S.*; Nurmamat, M.*; 田原 昌樹*; 都甲 薫*; 秋山 了太*; 竹田 幸治; 斎藤 祐児; 小口 多美夫*; et al.

Physical Review B, 101(10), p.104401_1 - 104401_8, 2020/03

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.104401

Spintronics devices utilizing a magnetic domain wall motion have attracted increasing attention, and ferrimagentic materials with almost compensated magnetic moments are highly required to realize the fast magnetic domain wall motion. Here, we report a key function for this purpose in anti-perovskite CoMnN films. Perpendicular magnetization emerges for , and the saturation magnetization reaches a minimum value at .

MnVAl Heusler alloy thin films; Appearance of antiferromagnetism and exchange bias in a layered structure with Fe

土屋 朋生*; 小林 亮太*; 窪田 崇秀*; 斉藤 耕太郎*; 小野 寛太*; 大原 高志; 中尾 朗子*; 高梨 弘毅*

Journal of Physics D; Applied Physics, 51(6), p.065001_1 - 065001_7, 2018/02

https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aaa41a

MnVAl Heusler alloy films were epitaxially grown on MgO(100) single-crystal substrates by ultra-high-vacuum magnetron sputtering. A2- and L21-type MnVAl order was controlled by the deposition temperature. A2-type MnVAl films showed no spontaneous magnetization, while L21-type MnVAl films showed ferrimagnetic behaviour with a maximum saturation magnetization of 220 emu/cm at room temperature (RT). An antiferromagnetic reflection was observed with neutron diffraction at RT for an A2-type MnVAl film deposited at 400C. A bilayer sample of the antiferromagnetic A2-type MnVAl and Fe showed an exchange bias of 120 Oe at 10 K.

人形峠鉱山夜次鉱さいたい積場上流側「廃砂たい積場」の跡措置

齊藤 宏; 佐藤 泰*; 坂本 篤*; 鳥飼 一吉; 福嶋 繁; 坂尾 亮太; 瀧 富弘

JAEA-Technology 2015-063, 119 Pages, 2016/03

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人形峠環境技術センターでは、ウラン鉱山の探鉱・採鉱・製錬試験を終了し、鉱山施設は現在、鉱山保安法に基づき人に対する危害及び鉱害の防止の観点から保安巡視等を行い施設の維持管理を行うとともに、安全確保を前提とした跡措置を進めている。鉱山跡措置においては環境への影響が他施設と比較し大きい「鉱さいたい積場」を最優先施設として位置付け、その上流側に位置する「廃砂たい積場」の跡措置工事を平成23年から2年間にわたって実施し、平成24年度に終了した。廃砂たい積場跡措置工事は、跡措置後の長期的な安定性、放射線防護、現在の鉱さいたい積場の役割や合理性等の観点から進め方や仕様を検討したのち、天然材料を用いた多重構造を有する覆土を施工した。廃砂たい積場跡措置後は、跡措置工事に期待された効果を確認することを目的として圧密沈下量の測定、覆土層内の温度測定、放射線量及びラドン散逸量のモニタリングを行うとともに、維持管理を行っている。今後は雨水浸透量抑制に係るモニタリングを行う予定である。これらのモニタリングにより跡措置工事の効果の有無及びその程度を確認したのち、結果を反映し下流側の「廃泥たい積場」の跡措置を行う。

Simple method for high-density impregnation of Aliquat 336 onto porous sheet and binding performance of resulting sheet for palladium ions

田中 亮太*; 石原 量*; 三好 和義*; 梅野 太輔*; 斎藤 恭一*; 浅井 志保; 山田 伸介*; 廣田 英幸*

Separation Science and Technology, 49(1), p.154 - 159, 2014/01

https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2013.829101

Extractants impregnated onto porous materials exhibit high performance in adsorption kinetics of metal ions because metal ions are transported by the permeative flow of a metal solution through pores. A simple scheme for the stable impregnation of extractants is necessary to extend the application of extractants. Aliquat 336 was impregnated onto a porous sheet on the basis of the hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions between the octyl group of Aliquat 336 and the undecanoicacid-group-containing polymer chain grafted onto the porous sheet. Palladium chloride solution was fed to the bed charged with the Aliquat 336-impregnated porous sheet, driven by a pressure difference. The dynamic binding capacity of the Aliquat 336-impregnated porous sheet was 0.60 mmol/g, which was one or two orders of magnitude higher than the space velocities of conventional Aliquat 336-impregnated beads.

Oxygen-induced reduction of the graphitization temperature of SiC surface

今泉 京*; 半田 浩之*; 高橋 良太*; 齋藤 英司*; 吹留 博一*; 遠田 義晴*; 寺岡 有殿; 吉越 章隆; 末光 眞希*

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 50(7), p.070105_1 - 070105_6, 2011/07

https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.50.070105

In the solid-vapor phase equilibria between SiC and O system, there exists a region where the reaction of O with SiC takes place. By tuning the temperature and the oxygen pressure used in the graphitization annealing, we have succeeded in the growth of epitaxial graphene on SiC crystals at 1273 K, which is lower by 250C or more than the conventional epitaxial graphene method. The method is especially useful to form an epitaxial graphene on a silicon substrate (GOS), which requires a lower graphitization temperature because of necessity of compatibility with conventional Si technologies.

Modification of a hydrophobic-ligand-containing porous sheet using tri--octylphosphine oxide, and its adsorption/elution of bismuth ions

田中 亮太*; 石原 量*; 三好 和義*; 梅野 太輔*; 斎藤 恭一*; 浅井 志保; 山田 伸介*; 廣田 英幸*

Reactive and Functional Polymers, 70(12), p.986 - 990, 2010/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2010.10.008

Extractants developed for liquid-liquid extraction are useful for the recovery of rare-earth ions. However, the use of such extractants is disadvantageous from environmental and economical viewpoints. In this study, neutral extractant, tri--octylphosphine oxide (TOPO), was combined with a hydrophobic ligand-containing porous polymer sheet. In first, glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) was graft-polymerized onto the porous polyethylene sheet. Second, an octadecane thiol group was introduced into the poly-GMA graft chain. Third, TOPO was deposited on the graft chain via a hydrophobic interaction. Bismuth chloride solution was forced through the pores of the TOPO-modified porous sheet. The equilibrium binding capacity for bismuth was 0.19 mmol/g. Bismuth ions bound to TOPO were quantitatively eluted with 11 M HNO. As TOPO exhibits an affinity interaction with rare-metal ions such as Pd, Pt, and Ru, the TOPO-modified porous sheet prepared in this study will have extensive applications.

超低圧酸素雰囲気下でのSi基板上低温グラフェン形成過程のリアルタイム放射光光電子分光

今泉 京*; 高橋 良太*; 半田 浩之*; 齋藤 英司*; 吹留 博一*; 末光 眞希*; 寺岡 有殿; 吉越 章隆

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われわれはSiC表面と酸素分子の温度・圧力反応図に注目し、酸素ガス雰囲気で1273Kという低温でSiC表面のグラフェン化が可能であることを見いだしている。今回われわれは超低圧酸素雰囲気下でのグラフェン形成過程を、放射光光電子分光法を用いたリアルタイム測定により評価した。Si(111)基板上にモノメチルシランを原料ガスに用いて成膜した3C-SiC(111)薄膜を用い、SPring-8 BL23SUにてリアルタイム放射光光電子分光測定を行った。反応時間の経過とともにsp2炭素に起因するC1sピーク成分が増大し、SiC薄膜表面のグラフェン化が進行していることが明らかになった。