Development of spin-contrast-variation neutron powder diffractometry for extracting the structure factor of hydrogen atoms

Miura, Daisuke*; Kumada, Takayuki; Sekine, Yurina; Motokawa, Ryuhei; Nakagawa, Hiroshi; Oba, Yojiro; Ohara, Takashi; Takata, Shinichi; Hiroi, Kosuke; Morikawa, Toshiaki*; et al.

Journal of Applied Crystallography, 54(2), p.454 - 460, 2021/04

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https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576721000303

We developed a spin-contrast-variation neutron powder diffractometry technique that extracts the structure factor of hydrogen atoms, namely, the contribution of hydrogen atoms to a crystal structure factor. Crystals of L-glutamic acid were dispersed in a dpolystyrene matrix containing 4-methacryloyloxy-2,2,6,6,-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy (TEMPO methacrylate) to polarize their proton spins dynamically. The intensities of the diffraction peaks of the sample changed according to the proton polarization, and the structure factor of the hydrogen atoms was extracted from the proton-polarization dependent intensities. This technique is expected to enable analyses of the structures of hydrogen-containing materials that are difficult to determine with conventional powder diffractometry.

Periodic safety review of the experimental fast reactor JOYO; Review of the activity for safety

Maeda, Yukimoto; Kashimura, Yoichi; Suzuki, Toshiaki; Isozaki, Kazunori; Hoshiba, Hideaki; Kitamura, Ryoichi; Nakano, Tomoyuki; Takamatsu, Misao; Sekine, Takashi

JNC TN9440 2005-001, 540 Pages, 2005/02

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Periodic safety review (Review of the activity for safety) which consisted of "Comprehensive evaluation of operation experience" and "Incorporation of the latest technical knowledge" was carried out up to January 2005.

A Laser ion source with a thin ohmic-heating ionizer for the TIARA-ISOL

Koizumi, Mitsuo; Osa, Akihiko; Oshima, Masumi; Sekine, Toshiaki; Wakui, Takashi*; Jin, W.*; Katsuragawa, H.*; Miyatake, Hiroari*; Ishida, Yoshihisa*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 204(1-4), p.359 - 362, 2003/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(02)01962-6

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Production of endohedral Xe-fullerene by ion implantation

Watanabe, Satoshi; Ishioka, Noriko; Sekine, Toshiaki; Osa, Akihiko; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Shimomura, Haruhiko*; Yoshikawa, K.*; Muramatsu, Hisakazu*

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 255(3), p.495 - 498, 2003/03

https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022524214082

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Transfer function analysis of positron-emitting tracer imaging system (PETIS) data

Keutgen, N.; Matsuhashi, Shimpei; Mizuniwa, Chizuko; Ito, Takehito*; Fujimura, Takashi; Ishioka, Noriko; Watanabe, Satoshi; Sekine, Toshiaki; Uchida, Hiroshi*; Hashimoto, Shoji

Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 57(2), p.225 - 233, 2002/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0969-8043(02)00077-5

no abstracts in English

Production of positron emitters of metallic elements to study plant uptake and distribution

Watanabe, Satoshi; Ishioka, Noriko; Osa, Akihiko; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Sekine, Toshiaki; Kiyomiya, Shoichiro*; Nakanishi, Hiromi*; Mori, Satoshi*

Radiochimica Acta, 89(11-12), p.853 - 858, 2002/02

https://doi.org/10.1524/ract.2001.89.11-12.853

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Real-time [C]methionine translocation in barley in relation to mugineic acid phytosiderophore biosynthesis

Bughio, N.*; Nakanishi, Hiromi*; Kiyomiya, Shoichiro*; Matsuhashi, Shimpei; Ishioka, Noriko; Watanabe, Satoshi; Uchida, Hiroshi*; Tsuji, Atsunori*; Osa, Akihiko; Kume, Tamikazu; et al.

Planta, 213(5), p.708 - 715, 2001/09

https://doi.org/10.1007/s004250100552

[C]Methionine ([C]Met) was supplied through barley roots and the C signal was follwoed using a real-time imaging system (PETIS), with subsequent development of autoradiographic images of the whole plant. In all cases, [C]Met was first translocated to the discrimination center, and this part was strongly labeled. Met absorbed by roots of the plants was subsequently translocated to other parts of the plant. In Fe-deficient (-Fe) barley plants, a drastic reduction in [C]Met translocation from the roots to the shoot was observed, while a greater amount of C was found in the leaves of Fe-sufficient or Met-pretreated -Fe plants. Treatment of -Fe plants with amiooxyacetic acid increased the translocation of [C]Met to the shoot. The retention of exogenously supplied [C]Met in the roots of -Fe barley indicates that the Met is used in the biosynthesis of mugineic acid (MA) in barley roots. This and the absence of Met movement from shoots to the roots suggest that the MA phytosiderophores precursor Met originates in the roots of plants.

Vanadium uptake and an effect of vanadium treatment on F-labeled water movement in a cowpea plant by positron emitting tracer imaging system (PETIS)

Furukawa, Jun*; Yokota, Harumi*; Tanoi, Keitaro*; Ueoka, Shiori*; Matsuhashi, Shimpei; Ishioka, Noriko; Watanabe, Satoshi; Uchida, Hiroshi*; Tsuji, Atsunori*; Ito, Takehito*; et al.

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 249(2), p.495 - 498, 2001/08

https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013276224300

We present real time Vanadate (V) uptake imaging in a cowpea plant by Positron Emitting Tracer Imaging System (PETIS). Vanadium-48 was produced by bombarding a Sc foil target with 50 MeV -particles at Takasaki Ion accelerators for Advanced Radiation Application (TIARA) AVF cyclotron. Then V was added to the culture solution to investigate the V distribution in a cowpea plant. The real time uptake of the V was monitored by PETIS. We measured the distribution of V in a whole plant after 3, 6 and 20 hours of V treatment by Bio-imaging Analyzer System (BAS). After the 20 hour treatment, vanadate was detected at the up-ground part of the plant. To know the effect of V uptake on plant activity, F-labeled water uptake was analyzed by PETIS. When a cowpea plant was treated with V for 20 hours before F-labeled water uptake experiment, the total amount of F-labeled water absorption was drastically desreased. Results suggest the inhibition of water uptake was mainly caused by the vanadate already moved to the up-ground part of the plant.

Comparison of O-labeled and F-labeled water uptake in a soybean plant by PETIS (Positron Emitting Tracer Imaging System)

Nakanishi, Tomoko*; Yokota, Harumi*; Tanoi, Keitaro*; Ikeue, Natsuko*; Okuni, Yoko*; Furukawa, Jun*; Ishioka, Noriko; Watanabe, Satoshi; Osa, Akihiko; Sekine, Toshiaki; et al.

Radioisotopes, 50(6), p.265 - 269, 2001/06

https://doi.org/10.3769/radioisotopes.50.265

O-Labeled and F-Labeled water uptake manner in a soybean plant was compared by PETIS (Positron Emitting Tracer Imaging System). O-Labeled water (half-life: 2 min) and F-Labeled water (half-life: 110 min) were produced by a cyclotron by N(d,n)O and O(,pn)F reactions, respectively. A root of a soybean plant was cut off and each labeled water was supplied from the basal part of the plant. The gamma-rays emitted from the sample was measured by a BGO counter with a detection area of 5 cm15 cm. The radioactivity from each stem was accumlated every 15 s till 20 min. It was found that F-labeled water was taken up much faster than O-labeled water, suggesting that in F-labeled water, fluorine was moved in the form of F-ion. When BAS image of O-labeled water in a plant after 5 min and 10 min of water supply was taken, it was found that the labeled water was observed only in the lowest internode, between a root and the first leaves.

Visualization of O-water flow in tomato and rice in the light and dark using a positron-emitting tracer imaging system (PETIS)

Mori, Satoshi*; Kiyomiya, Shoichiro*; Nakanishi, Hiromi*; Ishioka, Noriko; Watanabe, Satoshi; Osa, Akihiko; Matsuhashi, Shimpei; Hashimoto, Shoji; Sekine, Toshiaki; Uchida, Hiroshi*; et al.

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 46(4), p.975 - 979, 2000/12

https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2000.10409163

no abstracts in English