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Sekikawa, Takuya; Takada, Kazuki*; Kai, Takeshi; Ono, Yoshiaki*
Journal of Applied Physics, 137(20), p.203901_1 - 203901_10, 2025/05
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Ogawa, Tatsuhiko; Hirata, Yuho; Matsuya, Yusuke; Kai, Takeshi; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Hashimoto, Shintaro; Furuta, Takuya; Abe, Shinichiro; Matsuda, Norihiro; et al.
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies (Internet), 10, p.13_1 - 13_8, 2024/11
The latest updates on PHITS, a versatile radiation transport code, focusing specifically on track-structure models are presented. Track structure calculations are methods used to simulate the movement of charged particles while explicitly considering each atomic reaction. Initially developed for radiation biology, these calculation methods aimed to analyze the radiation-induced damage to DNA and chromosomes. Several track-structure calculation models, including PHITS-ETS, PHITS-ETS for Si, PHITS-KURBUC, ETSART, and ITSART, have been developed and implemented to PHITS. These models allow users to study the behavior of various particles at the nano-scale across a wide range of materials. Furthermore, potential applications of track-structure calculations have also been proposed so far. This collection of track-structure calculation models, which encompasses diverse conditions, opens up new avenues for research in the field of radiation effects.
C ions based on first-principles calculationsSekikawa, Takuya; Matsuya, Yusuke; Hwang, B.*; Ishizaka, Masato*; Kawai, Hiroyuki*; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Kai, Takeshi
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 548, p.165231_1 - 165231_6, 2024/03
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：52.60(Instruments & Instrumentation)One of the main causes of radiation effects on the human body is thought to be damage to DNA, which carries genetic information. However, it is not fully understood what kind of molecular structural changes DNA undergoes upon radiation damage. Since it has been reported that various types of DNA damage are formed when DNA is irradiated, our group has investigated the relationship between DNA damage and various patterns of radiation-induced ionization induced by radiation. Although we have so far analyzed DNA damage in a simple system using a rigid body model of DNA, more detailed calculations are required to analyze the molecular structural changes in DNA, which are considered to be important in considering the effects on the human body. In this study, we attempted to clarify the molecular conformational changes of DNA using OpenMX, a first-principles calculation software that can discuss electronic states based on molecular structures. Specifically, we calculated the most stable structure, band dispersion, and wave function of DNA under the assumption that one and two electrons are ionized by various radiation. In the presentation, we will discuss the relationship between the energy dependence of each incident radiation type and the molecular conformational change of DNA. In addition, the radiation-induced changes in the basic physical properties of DNA (corresponding to the initial stage of DNA damage) will be discussed from the viewpoints of both radiation physics and solid state physics.
Sato, Tatsuhiko; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Hashimoto, Shintaro; Ogawa, Tatsuhiko; Furuta, Takuya; Abe, Shinichiro; Kai, Takeshi; Matsuya, Yusuke; Matsuda, Norihiro; Hirata, Yuho; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(1), p.127 - 135, 2024/01
Times Cited Count：144 Percentile：99.97(Nuclear Science & Technology)The Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS) is a general-purpose Monte Carlo radiation transport code that can simulate the behavior of most particle species with energies up to 1 TeV (per nucleon for ions). Its new version, PHITS3.31, was recently developed and released to the public. In the new version, the compatibility with high-energy nuclear data libraries and the algorithm of the track-structure modes have been improved. In this paper, we summarize the upgraded features of PHITS3.31 with respect to the physics models, utility functions, and application software introduced since the release of PHITS3.02 in 2017.
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Tsuchida, Shun*; Hirose, Yusuke*; Sekikawa, Takuya; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Settai, Rikio*
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Exciton insulators have the property that the entire crystal becomes an insulator due to the collective behavior of electrons and holes bound together in the crystal, and have begun to attract attention as a new physical property. In this study, we focused on TaNiSe, which is one of the excitonic insulator candidates, but its synthesis itself is difficult and its physical properties have not yet been clarified. The (TaTi)NiSe sample with x=0.03 exhibits semiconducting behavior at normal pressure, but the temperature Tc, which changes from semiconductor to insulator, decreases monotonically with increasing pressure. On the other hand, the x=0.08 sample exhibits metallic behavior at room temperature, and Tc becomes almost constant at pressures above 0.7 GPa. The x=0.03 sample's Tc behavior is similar to that of the V substitution in the previous study, and the x=0.08 sample is similar to that of the Co substitution in the previous study. The phase transition shown in this study may provide new insight into the realization of excitonic insulators.
Kawai, Hiroyuki*; An, S.*; Ozaki, Taisuke*; Sekikawa, Takuya; Ono, Yoshiaki*
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X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) is one of the most widely used techniques to study the chemical composition and electronic structure of materials near the surface. The physical quantity measured by XPS is essentially the energy value of the core electrons. On the other hand, theoretical calculations of the core-electron energy require the pseudopotential, which is the interaction energy between the excited core electrons and the surrounding nuclei and other electrons (core-excitation pseudopotential). In this study, we optimized many parameters necessary to obtain the core-excitation pseudopotential for Se using a Monte Carlo method, and produced a high-precision core-excitation pseudopotential for Se. Using this core-excitation pseudopotential, we calculated core-electron energy values for four Se compounds and found that they reproduced XPS measurements with high accuracy. The results of this study are expected to become a standard for theoretical calculations of XPS measurements in the future.
Wang, Y.*; Sekikawa, Takuya; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Kai, Takeshi
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecule that plays an essential role in the storage and transmission of genetic information, and its structure and electronic state are deeply involved in its biological functions. The effects of radiation-induced DNA damage and hole generation on the electronic structure of nucleotide molecules have been the focus of much attention in recent years. In this study, the electronic states of nucleotide molecules in water and in the vacuum environment were analyzed in detail using the first-principles calculation software OpenMX. In particular, the electronic state changes in the neutral, one-electron-lost, and two-electron-lost states of the molecule were calculated, indicating that the shape of the chemical reaction region of the nucleotide molecule changes in the aqueous solution environment and when the molecule includes hole, resulting in a significant change in the physical properties of the molecule. The results of this study will contribute to the elucidation of the initial process of radiation biological effects.
Sekikawa, Takuya; Hwang, B.*; Ishizaka, Masato*; Matsuya, Yusuke; Kawai, Hiroyuki*; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Kai, Takeshi
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) carries the genetic information of living organisms through various combinations of guanine, cytosine, adenine, and thymine, and radiation biological effects are mainly caused by damage to this DNA. In this study, we theoretically investigated the transient molecular conformational changes that occur before DNA damage takes hold, using the heavy particle and ion transport code PHITS and the first-principles calculation software OpenMX. As a result, it was clarified that the chemical reaction site of DNA shifts from guanine and cytosine, which carry genetic information, to the sugar chain, which supports the entire DNA, and that the new DNA sugar chain shows intense molecular fluctuations. The results of this study will contribute to the elucidation of the initial process of radiation biological effects.
Sekikawa, Takuya; Kai, Takeshi; Onuma, Sota*; Haga, Yoshinori; Yokoya, Akinari*
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Uracil is a base of ribonucleic acid (RNA), which is responsible for copying genetic information from deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and transporting it to ribosomes, where protein synthesis takes place. The radiation sensitizing effect of uracil bromide, in which bromine is substituted for a part of uracil, has been expected to be effective. In this study, we used the first-principles calculation software OpenMX to investigate the effect of partial substitution of halogen for uracil. The results of calculations targeting molecules with uracil partially substituted with fluorine and bromine showed that the electrons in uracil halide are easily ionized in the order of fluorine and bromine. The results of this study are expected to contribute to the development of radiosensitizers for radiotherapy.
Sekikawa, Takuya; Hwang, B.*; Ishizaka, Masato*; Matsuya, Yusuke*; Kawai, Hiroyuki*; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Kai, Takeshi
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) carries the genetic information of living organisms through various combinations of guanine, cytosine, adenine, and thymine, and radiation biological effects are mainly caused by damage to this DNA. In this study, in order to theoretically investigate the transient molecular conformational changes until DNA damage is established, we used the first-principles calculation software OpenMX to perform calculations targeting DNA that produces 1
20 holes, where the holes are trapped in the guanine bases of the DNA when there are few holes and the DNA with many holes In the case of DNA, it was found that the main strand mainly contributes to the chemical reaction. The results of this study will contribute to the elucidation of the first-phase processes of radiation biological effects.
Sekikawa, Takuya; Matsuya, Yusuke; Kawai, Hiroyuki*; Hwang, B.*; Ishizaka, Masato*; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Kai, Takeshi
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) carries the genetic information of living organisms through various combinations of guanine, cytosine, adenine, and thymine, and radiation biological effects are mainly caused by damage to DNA. In this study, we simulated ionization distributions induced within a DNA by carbon ion beam, and evaluated the molecular conformational changes in the DNA. We first calculated the numbers of ionizations in the DNA induced by carbon ion using Particle and Heavy-Ion Transport code System (PHITS). Second, the stable structure and wave function of the DNA under the condition that one and two electrons are ionized by radiation were calculated using a first-principles calculation software OpenMX. As a result, we found that a small number of holes can reproduce the experimental results in which the holes spread to the base molecules (that carry genetic information in DNA), while a large number of holes can be trapped in the hybrid orbit of the sugar chain molecules (that support the overall structure of DNA) and base molecules. Our results are expected to contribute to the deeper understanding of the ionized DNA molecules.
Sekikawa, Takuya; Inokuma, Yusuke*; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Tokunaga, Yo; Kai, Takeshi
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which carries the genetic information of living organisms through the diverse arrangement of guanine-cytosine and adenine-thymine base pairs, has been discussed as a stage of solid state physics as well as various possibilities including magnetism and superconductivity. In this study, we calculated the structural changes and band dispersion of DNA hole-doped by irradiation and other processes using the first-principles calculation software OpenMX. As a result, it was found that the relatively large molecular orbitals of base pairs, which carry genetic information, and the very narrow molecular orbitals of the sugar chain, which support the structure of DNA, hybridize, especially in the region where many electrons are lost above 10 valence, and an electronic state similar to the heavy electron system observed in rare earth compounds is developed. The discussion will also incorporate strong correlation effects such as the effective mass of electrons traveling DNA. The results of this research will contribute to the elucidation of the electronic structure of DNA and the heavy fermion state.
Tsuchida, Shun*; Hirose, Yusuke*; Sekikawa, Takuya; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Settai, Rikio*
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The excitonic insulators have the property that the entire crystal becomes an insulator due to the collective behavior of electrons and holes bound together in the crystal, and they have begun to attract attention as a new physical property. In this study, we focused on TaNiSe, which is one of the excitonic insulator candidates, but its synthesis itself is difficult and its physical properties have not yet been clarified. As a result, superconductivity was observed in (Ta
M
)NiSe at x = 0.08 in the high pressure region. The superconducting transition temperature was found to increase with increasing pressure. The phase transition shown in this study may provide new insight into the relationship between exciton insulators and superconductivity.
Ikaida, Riku*; Sekikawa, Takuya; Toigawa, Tomohiro; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Kai, Takeshi
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The organic molecule called Tetra-Octyl-DiGlycol-Amide (TODGA) is used to extract minor actinides (MA) and rare earth elements (RE) from high-level radioactive liquid waste. In the actual extraction process, MAs and REs bound to TODGA are extracted from the organic layer by stirring an oily organic solvent in which TODGA is dissolved and a high-level liquid waste. However, it has been reported that the extraction performance of TODGA decreases after prolonged use due to 
-radiolysis. In addition, the physical and physicochemical processes related to radiolysis of TODGA have not been fully elucidated. In this study, we used the first-principles calculation software OpenMX to calculate the molecular structural changes in the physical and physicochemical processes of TODGA induced by ionization. As a result, we found molecular conformational changes and intramolecular proton transfer corresponding to the degradation products obtained experimentally. The elucidation of this process will lead to the clarification of the degradation behavior of TODGA and the mechanism of -ray induced hydrogen evolution.
based on the first-principles calculations; Analysis using Tetrahedron Method IIIkaida, Riku*; Sekikawa, Takuya; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Sano, Kazuhiro*; Masuda, Yoshimi*
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The SrTiO, a dilute mixture of Nb and other elements, has been studied as one of the most dilute free electron superconductors. At the same time, SrTiO has a huge dielectric constant at low temperatures, and ferroelectric transition occurs due to the substitution of O18 for O16 and Ca for Sr. Furthermore, an increase in the superconducting transition temperature Tc has been observed at substitution concentrations near where the ferroelectric transition occurs. However, the relationship between ferroelectricity and superconductivity is not clarified. In this study, we calculated the physical quantities related to ferroelectricity and superconductivity in the free electron density region near the highest superconducting transition temperature using the first-principles calculation software Quantum ESPRESSO. In the result, we found that the frequency of crystal oscillation decreases with decreasing free electron density, which is an indication of the ferroelectric transition. Furthermore, we found that Tc increases with decreasing free electron density. These results lead to a theoretical clarification of the relationship between ferroelectricity and superconductivity in SrTiO.
Sato, Tatsuhiko; Matsuya, Yusuke; Kai, Takeshi; Ogawa, Tatsuhiko; Hirata, Yuho; Sekikawa, Takuya
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DNA damage calculation using the track-structure mode of PHITS will be discussed at the meeting.
Sekikawa, Takuya; Hwang, B.*; Ishizaka, Masato*; Matsuya, Yusuke*; Kawai, Hiroyuki*; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Kai, Takeshi
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) carries the genetic information of living organisms through various combinations of guanine, cytosine, adenine, and thymine, and radiation biological effects are mainly caused by damage to DNA. In this study, in order to theoretically investigate the transient molecular conformational changes that occur before DNA damage takes hold, we analyzed the behavior of the sites responsible for the conformational changes and chemical reactions by targeting the DNA that produced the holes using the first-principles calculation software OpenMX. As a result, it was confirmed that the holes reproduce the event of trapping in the guanine molecule of DNA, which reproduces the experimental results, and it was also newly found that the DNA sugar chain shows intense molecular fluctuation. The results of this study are expected to contribute to the elucidation of the first-phase process of radiation biological effects.
NiSe, 4Tsuchida, Shun*; Hirose, Yusuke*; Sekikawa, Takuya; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Settai, Rikio*
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Exciton insulators have the property that the entire crystal becomes an insulator due to the collective behavior of electrons and holes bound together in the crystal, and they are beginning to attract attention as a new physical property. In this study, we focused on TaNiSe, which is one of the excitonic insulator candidates, but its synthesis itself is difficult and its physical properties have not yet been clarified. Furthermore, when titanium is substituted for tantalum (M = Ti), the electrical resistivity of the sample with composition ratio x less than 0.06 is semiconducting, while the electrical resistivity of the high-temperature phase behaves metallic when x = 0.06 or higher. The phase transition shown in this study may be a new insight into the realization of excitonic insulators.
NiSe
Tsuchida, Shun*; Hirose, Yusuke*; Sekikawa, Takuya; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Settai, Rikio*
no journal, ,
Excitonic insulators have the property that the entire crystal becomes an insulator due to the collective behavior of electrons and holes bound together in the crystal, and they have begun to attract attention as a new physical property. In this study, we focused on TaNiSe, which is one of the excitonic insulator candidates, but its synthesis itself is difficult and its physical properties have not yet been clarified. The electrical resistivity of M=Ti, Zr, and Hf at low temperatures is 5 to 6 orders of magnitude lower than that of the parent material. Furthermore, when titanium is substituted for tantalum (M=Ti), the electrical resistivity of samples with composition ratio x less than 0.06 is semiconducting, while the electrical resistivity of the high temperature phase behaves metallic when x = 0.06 or higher. The phase transition shown in this study may be a new insight into the realization of excitonic insulators.
NiSe, 5Tsuchida, Shun*; Hirose, Yusuke*; Sekikawa, Takuya; Ono, Yoshiaki*; Settai, Rikio*
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Exciton insulators have the property that the entire crystal becomes an insulator due to the collective behavior of electrons and holes bound together in the crystal, and are attracting attention as a novel physical property. In this study, we succeeded in growing an element-substituted sample (Ta1-xMx)NiSe (M=Ti, Zr, Hf) and found that the electrical resistivity of the high-temperature phase of the sample with a Ti content of 0.06 or more exhibits a metallic behavior. The electrical resistivity of the high-temperature phase behaves metallurgically for samples with a titanium (Ti) content of 0.06 or more. This is in contrast to the pressure effect, which changes from an insulator to a metallic phase discontinuously. Therefore, we also report the results of the electrical resistivity measurement under pressure of (Ta1-xTix)NiSe, in which the element substitution effect and the pressure effect exist simultaneously. The phase transition shown in this study is a new insight into the realization of excitonic insulators.
