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Chiera, N. M.*; Sato, Tetsuya; Eichler, R.*; Tomitsuka, Tomohiro; Asai, Masato; Adachi, Sadia*; Dressler, R.*; Hirose, Kentaro; Inoue, Hiroki*; Ito, Yuta; et al.
Angewandte Chemie; International Edition, 60(33), p.17871 - 17874, 2021/08
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:30.08(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)The formation and the chemical characterization of single atoms of dubnium (Db, element 105), in the form of its volatile oxychloride, was investigated using the on-line gas phase chromatography technique, in the temperature range 350 - 600 C. Under the exact same chemical conditions, comparative studies with the lighter homologs of group-5 in the Periodic Table clearly indicate the volatility sequence being NbOCl
TaOCl
DbOCl
. From the obtained experimental results, thermochemical data for DbOCl
were derived. The present study delivers reliable experimental information for theoretical calculations on the chemical properties of transactinides.
Sato, Tetsuya; Asai, Masato; Borschevsky, A.*; Beerwerth, R.*; Kaneya, Yusuke*; Makii, Hiroyuki; Mitsukai, Akina*; Nagame, Yuichiro; Osa, Akihiko; Toyoshima, Atsushi; et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(44), p.14609 - 14613, 2018/11
Times Cited Count:26 Percentile:74.05(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)The first ionization potential (IP) yields information on valence electronic structure of an atom. IP
values of heavy actinides beyond einsteinium (Es, Z = 99), however, have not been determined experimentally so far due to the difficulty in obtaining these elements on scales of more than one atom at a time. Recently, we successfully measured IP
of lawrencium (Lr, Z = 103) using a surface ionization method. The result suggests that Lr has a loosely-bound electron in the outermost orbital. In contrast to Lr, nobelium (No, Z = 102) is expected to have the highest IP
among the actinide elements owing to its full-filled 5f and the 7s orbitals. In the present study, we have successfully determined IP
values of No as well as fermium (Fm, Z = 100) and mendelevium (Md, Z = 101) using the surface ionization method. The obtained results indicate that the IP
value of heavy actinoids would increase monotonically with filling electrons up in the 5f orbital like heavy lanthanoids.
Asai, Masato; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Sakama, Minoru*; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Ichikawa, Takatoshi*; Ishii, Yasuo; Toyoshima, Atsushi; Ishii, Tetsuro; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Nagame, Yuichiro; et al.
Physical Review C, 87(1), p.014332_1 - 014332_6, 2013/01
Times Cited Count:6 Percentile:45.15(Physics, Nuclear)The spin-parity and neutron configuration of the ground state of No have been identified through
-decay spectroscopy. The
No is the nucleus with the largest neutron number whose spin-parities and single-particle configurations have ever been identified. The neutron 9/2
[615] configuration was assigned to the ground state of
No as well as to the 231.4 keV level in
Fm. This allowed us to establish energy spacings and order of the neutron single-particle orbitals in such heaviest nuclear region. The appearance of the 9/2
[615] ground state at
=157 implies that the order of the neutron orbitals between the
=152 and 162 deformed shell gaps should change considerably with increasing neutron number.
Toyoshima, Atsushi; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Asai, Masato; Akiyama, Kazuhiko*; Goto, Shinichi*; Ishii, Yasuo; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Sato, Tetsuya; Nagame, Yuichiro; et al.
Radiochimica Acta, 96(3), p.125 - 134, 2008/03
Times Cited Count:28 Percentile:86.01(Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear)Formation of an anionic fluoride-complex of element 104, rutherfordium (Rf) produced in the Cm(
O,5n)
Rf reaction was studied by an anion-exchange method based on an atom-at-a-time scale. It was found that the hexafluoro complex of Rf, [RfF
]
, was formed in the studied fluoride ion concentrations of 0.0005 - 0.013 M. Formation of [RfF
]
was significantly different from that of the homologues Zr and Hf, [ZrF
]
and [HfF
]
; the evaluated formation constant of [RfF
]
is at least one-order of magnitude smaller than those of [ZrF
]
and [HfF
]
.
Asai, Masato; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Sakama, Minoru*; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Nagame, Yuichiro; Goto, Shinichi*; Kojima, Yasuaki*; Oura, Yasuji*; et al.
Physical Review C, 73(6), p.067301_1 - 067301_4, 2006/06
Times Cited Count:21 Percentile:76.69(Physics, Nuclear)no abstracts in English
Asai, Masato; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Sakama, Minoru*; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Ishii, Tetsuro; Nagame, Yuichiro; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Akiyama, Kazuhiko; Osa, Akihiko; Oura, Yasuji*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 95(10), p.102502_1 - 102502_4, 2005/09
Times Cited Count:63 Percentile:87.98(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Excited states in Fm fed by the
decay of
No have been established through
-
and
-electron coincidence spectroscopy using a gas-jet transport system and an on-line isotope separator. The spin-parity of the 124.1 keV level in
Fm has been identified on the basis of the measured internal conversion coefficients. The
configuration has been assigned to the ground state of
No as well as to the 124.1 keV level. It was found that the ground state configuration of
No is different from that of lighter
isotones.
Ichikawa, Shinichi; Asai, Masato; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Nagame, Yuichiro; Shibata, Michihiro*; Sakama, Minoru*; Kojima, Yasuaki*
Physical Review C, 71(6), p.067302_1 - 067302_4, 2005/06
Times Cited Count:18 Percentile:74.69(Physics, Nuclear)The new neutron-rich raer-earth isotopes Pm,
Sm, and
Gd produced in the proton-induced fission of 238U were identified using the JAERI on-line isotope separator (JAERI-ISOL) coupled to a gas-jet transport sysetm. The half-lives of
Pm,
Sm, and
Gd were determined to be 1.5
0.2s, 2.4
0.5s, and 4.8
1.0s, respectively. The partial decay scheme of
Gd wes constructed for
-
coincidence data. The improved half-life values of 25.6
2.2s wes obtained for the previously identified isotope
Tb. The half-lives measured in the present study are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions calculated by the second generation of the gross theory with the atomic masses evaluated by the Audei and Wapstra.
Asai, Masato; Sakama, Minoru*; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Nagame, Yuichiro; Goto, Shinichi*; Kojima, Yasuaki*; Oura, Yasuji*; et al.
European Physical Journal A, 23(3), p.395 - 400, 2005/02
Times Cited Count:14 Percentile:68.47(Physics, Nuclear)The EC decay of Am has been studied through
-ray spectroscopy. Two EC-decaying states have been found in
Am with half-lives of 3.6 min and 2.9 min. In
Pu, we have found the
octupole band and two-quasiparticle states one of which is a
isomer with a 1.2
s half-life. The EC transitions from
Am to the two-quasiparticle states in
Pu show small
values of 4.8--5.3, which allowed us to assign proton-neutron configurations of
Am and the two-quasiparticle states.
Nagame, Yuichiro; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Asai, Masato; Toyoshima, Atsushi; Akiyama, Kazuhiko; Ishii, Yasuo; Sato, Tetsuya; Hirata, Masaru; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Ichikawa, Shinichi; et al.
Radiochimica Acta, 93(9-10), p.519 - 526, 2005/00
Times Cited Count:29 Percentile:87.17(Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear)no abstracts in English
Asai, Masato; Sakama, Minoru*; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Nagame, Yuichiro; Goto, Shinichi*; Kojima, Yasuaki*; Oura, Yasuji*; et al.
European Physical Journal A, 22(3), p.411 - 416, 2004/12
Times Cited Count:9 Percentile:51.82(Physics, Nuclear)EC and decays of
Am have been studied by means of
-ray spectroscopy. Excited states in
Pu have been established for the first time, and tentative spin-parity and Nilsson assignments were given to these levels. The ground state of
Am was evaluated to be the
state from the experimental results. It was found that the
state in
Np is located at
15~keV, which allowed us to determine the
value of
Am as 6569
~keV, in combination with the measured
-particle energy.
Haba, Hiromitsu*; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Asai, Masato; Toyoshima, Atsushi; Akiyama, Kazuhiko; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Hirata, Masaru; Yaita, Tsuyoshi; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Nagame, Yuichiro; et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126(16), p.5219 - 5224, 2004/04
Times Cited Count:43 Percentile:72.77(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)Fluoride complexation of element 104, rutherfordium (Rf), produced in the Cm(
O,5n)
Rf reaction has been studied by anion-exchange chromatography on an atom-at-a-time scale. The anion-exchangechromatographic behavior of Rf was investigated in 1.9-13.9 M hydrofluoric acid together with those of the group-4 elements Zr and Hf produced in the
O-induced reactions on Ge and Gd targets, respectively. It was found that the adsorption behavior of Rf on anion-exchange resin is quite different from those of Zr and Hf, suggesting the influence of relativistic effect on the fluoride complexation of Rf.
Nagame, Yuichiro; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Asai, Masato; Toyoshima, Atsushi; Goto, Shinichi*; Akiyama, Kazuhiko; Kaneko, Tetsuya; Sakama, Minoru*; Hirata, Masaru; et al.
Nuclear Physics A, 734, p.124 - 135, 2004/04
Times Cited Count:11 Percentile:57.55(Physics, Nuclear)no abstracts in English
Sakama, Minoru*; Asai, Masato; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Nagame, Yuichiro; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Goto, Shinichi*; Shibata, Michihiro*; Kawade, Kiyoshi*; et al.
Physical Review C, 69(1), p.014308_1 - 014308_11, 2004/01
Times Cited Count:21 Percentile:74.15(Physics, Nuclear)no abstracts in English
Asai, Masato; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Sakama, Minoru*; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Nagame, Yuichiro; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Akiyama, Kazuhiko; Toyoshima, Atsushi; Kaneko, Tetsuya*; et al.
European Physical Journal A, 16(1), p.17 - 19, 2003/01
Times Cited Count:8 Percentile:50.67(Physics, Nuclear)The new isotope Bk has been identified for the first time using a gas-jet coupled on-line isotope separator at the JAERI tandem accelerator facility. Characteristic X rays and three
transitions associated with the EC decay of
Bk have been observed, and the half-life was determined to be 4.6 min. The half-life value and the observed
-ray energies and intensities can be consistently explained as a consequence of the allowed EC transition of
.
Goto, Shinichi*; Kaji, D.*; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Nagame, Yuichiro; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Asai, Masato; Haba, Hiromitsu; Mitsuoka, Shinichi; Nishio, Katsuhisa; et al.
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 255(1), p.73 - 76, 2003/01
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.01(Chemistry, Analytical)no abstracts in English
Sakama, Minoru*; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Asai, Masato; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Haba, Hiromitsu; Goto, Shinichi*; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Nagame, Yuichiro; Oura, Yasuji*; Kojima, Yasuaki*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 39(Suppl.3), p.34 - 37, 2002/11
no abstracts in English
Asai, Masato; Sakama, Minoru; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Haba, Hiromitsu; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Nagame, Yuichiro; Goto, Shinichi; Kojima, Yasuaki*; Oura, Yasuji*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 39(Suppl.2), p.474 - 477, 2002/08
Neutron-deficient americium and curium isotopes with half-lives 10 min have been produced with the tandem accelerator, and their EC and weak
decays have been successfully measured through an on-line isotope separation. Decay schemes of
Am have been established, and proton-neutron configurations in the parent and daughter nuclei have been determined. Observed
transitions in
Am were found to be the favored transitions between the
Nilsson states. Information on nuclear structure, deformation, and atomic masses in this region were obtained.
Asai, Masato; Sakama, Minoru*; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Haba, Hiromitsu; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Nagame, Yuichiro; Goto, Shinichi*; Akiyama, Kazuhiko; Toyoshima, Atsushi; et al.
Journal of Nuclear and Radiochemical Sciences, 3(1), p.187 - 190, 2002/06
EC and decays of neutron-deficient americium, curium, and berkelium nuclei have been studied using the JAERI on-line isotope separator. Decay schemes of
Am have been established for the first time, and proton-neutron configurations in
Am and
Pu have been determined.
transitions observed in
Am were found to be the favored transitions between the
Nilsson states.
values of
Cm have been determined. Nuclear structure, deformation, and atomic masses for these nuclei were discussed.
Haba, Hiromitsu; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Asai, Masato; Goto, Shinichi*; Toyoshima, Atsushi; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Akiyama, Kazuhiko; Hirata, Masaru; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Nagame, Yuichiro; et al.
Journal of Nuclear and Radiochemical Sciences, 3(1), p.143 - 146, 2002/06
We have investigated the sorption behavior of element 104 rutherfordium (Rf) on an anion exchange resin from HCl and HNO solutions. In the HCl experiments, the distribution coefficients of Rf increase with an increase of HCl concentration from 7.0 M to 11.5 M, indicating that anionic species such as [Rf(OH)Cl
]
or [RfCl
]
are formed. This sorption behavior of Rf is typical of the group-4 elements Zr and Hf, and is quite different from that of the pseudo-homologue Th. It is also noted that the distribution coefficients decrease in the order Rf, Zr, Hf at 9.0 M HCl, which is consistent with the expected order of ionic radii. On the other hand, Rf appears to behave like Zr and Hf in 8 M HNO
not like Pu and Th.
Nagame, Yuichiro; Asai, Masato; Haba, Hiromitsu; Tsukada, Kazuaki; Goto, Shinichi; Sakama, Minoru; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Toyoshima, Atsushi; Akiyama, Kazuhiko; Ichikawa, Shinichi
Journal of Nuclear and Radiochemical Sciences, 3(1), p.129 - 132, 2002/06
no abstracts in English