Evaluation of the remaining spent extraction solvent in vermiculite after leaching tests via PIXE analysis

荒井 陽一; 渡部 創; 長谷川 健太; 岡村 信生; 渡部 雅之; 武田 啓佑*; 福元 博基*; 吾郷 友宏*; 羽倉 尚人*; 塚原 剛彦*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 542, p.206 - 213, 2023/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2023.07.003

Spent PUREX solvent, which mainly consists of tributyl phosphate (TBP) and normal dodecane, is generated by solvent extraction of Plutonium and Uranium in the spent nuclear fuel reprocessing. One of the treatment options for storage of the spent solvent is adsorption of the liquid into vermiculite. The organic liquid is considered to be trapped between layers of the vermiculite. Our previous experiments on the adsorption of spent solvent into the vermiculite have shown that some parts of loaded solvent gradually leaked out from the vermiculite. In order to investigate the adsorption mechanism and capacity, elution behavior of the loaded solvent into organic diluents were evaluated. A part of the loaded solvent was easily leaked into the diluent, while some solvent remained inside the particle even after the leaching test. In this study, the adsorption capacity of the vermiculite was evaluated through amount of remaining solvent after washing with diluents. The amount of the remaining solvent was analyzed by Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) on P contained in TBP. Peak intensity of P-K line depended on the washing condition, and the behavior of the amount of change in adsorbed P atom qualitatively agreed with the results of the leaching test.

Intrinsic 2D ferromagnetism in VSe epitaxial thin films

中野 匡規*; Wang, Y.*; 吉田 訓*; 松岡 秀樹*; 真島 裕貴*; 池田 啓祐*; 平田 靖透*; 竹田 幸治; 和達 大樹*; 小濱 芳允*; et al.

Nano Letters, 19(12), p.8806 - 8810, 2019/12

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03614

The discoveries of intrinsic ferromagnetism in atomically thin van der Waals crystals have opened a new research field enabling fundamental studies on magnetism at two-dimensional (2D) limit as well as development of magnetic van der Waals heterostructures. Here we demonstrate that VSe epitaxial thin films grown by molecular-beam epitaxy exhibit emergent 2D ferromagnetism with intrinsic spin polarization of the V 3d electrons although the bulk counterpart is originally antiferromagnetic. Moreover, thickness-dependence measurements reveal that this newly developed 2D ferromagnet could be classified as an itinerant 2D Heisenberg ferromagnet with weak magnetic anisotropy.

Electronic structure of the high- ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Fe)Sb; X-ray magnetic circular dichroism and resonance photoemission spectroscopy studies

坂本 祥哉*; Tu, N. T.*; 竹田 幸治; 藤森 伸一; Hai, P. N.*; Anh, L. D.*; 若林 勇希*; 芝田 悟朗*; 堀尾 眞史*; 池田 啓祐*; et al.

Physical Review B, 100(3), p.035204_1 - 035204_8, 2019/07

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.035204

The electronic structure and the magnetism of the ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Fe)Sb, whose Curie temperature can exceed room temperature, were investigated by means of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD), and resonance photoemission spectroscopy (RPES). The line-shape analyses of the XAS and XMCD spectra suggest that the ferromagnetism is of intrinsic origin. The orbital magnetic moments deduced using XMCD sum rules were found to be large, indicating that there is a considerable 3 contribution to the ground state of Fe. From RPES, we observed a strong dispersive Auger peak and nondispersive resonantly enhanced peaks in the valence-band spectra. The latter is a fingerprint of the correlated nature of Fe 3 electrons, whereas the former indicates their itinerant nature. It was also found that the Fe 3 states have a finite contribution to the density of states at the Fermi energy. These states would be responsible for the ferromagnetic order in this material.

Local magnetic states of the weakly ferromagnetic iron-based superconductor SrVFeAsO studied by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism

堀尾 眞史*; 竹田 幸治; 並木 宏允*; 片桐 隆雄*; 若林 勇希*; 坂本 祥哉*; 野中 洋亮*; 芝田 悟朗*; 池田 啓祐*; 斎藤 祐児; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 87(10), p.105001_1 - 105001_2, 2018/10

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.87.105001

We have performed X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) measurements on the iron-based superconductor SrVFeAsO to study the origin of weak ferromagnetism (WFM) reported for this compound. While Fe 3d electrons show a magnetic response similar to the other iron pnictides, signals from V 3d electrons remain finite at zero magnetic field and may be responsible for the WFM.

Electronic structure of EuAl studied by photoelectron spectroscopy

小畠 雅明; 藤森 伸一; 竹田 幸治; 岡根 哲夫; 斎藤 祐児; 小林 啓介*; 山上 浩志; 仲村 愛*; 辺土 正人*; 仲間 隆男*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 85(9), p.094703_1 - 094703_6, 2016/09

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.85.094703

The electronic structure of a divalent compound EuAl, which shows the charge density wave transition at , was studied by the hard X-ray angle-integrated photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) and the soft X-ray angle resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES). The valence band and core-level spectra obtained by the HAXPES are consistent with the divalent nature of Eu atoms in EuAl. Furthermore, the Fermi surface as well as the band structure in the vicinity of the Fermi Energy () of EuAl are very similar to those of its isostructural divalent compound SrAl, which does not have electrons. These suggest that Eu atoms are divalent in EuAl, and electrons are completely localized with electronic configuration in the ground state. The ARPES spectra measured along the --Z high-symmetry line did not show significant temperature dependences above and below within the energy resolution of . Moreover, the Fermi surface mapping along the direction showed that both of EuAl and SrAl have highly three-dimensional electronic structures, suggesting that the nesting of Fermi surface is not straightforward. The Fermi surface and band structure of SrAl were well explained by the band-structure calculation based on the local density approximation.

Thickness-dependent magnetic properties and strain-induced orbital magnetic moment in SrRuO thin films

石上 啓介*; 吉松 公平*; 豊田 大介*; 滝沢 優*; 吉田 鉄平*; 芝田 悟朗*; 原野 貴幸*; 高橋 文雄*; 門野 利治*; Verma, V. K.*; et al.

Physical Review B, 92(6), p.064402_1 - 064402_5, 2015/08

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.064402

Thin films of the ferromagnetic metal SrRuO (SRO) show a varying easy magnetization axis depending on the epitaxial strain, and undergo a metal-to-insulator transition with decreasing film thickness. We have investigated the magnetic properties of SRO thin films with varying thicknesses fabricated on SrTiO(001) substrates by soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism at the Ru M2,3 edge. Results have shown that, with decreasing film thickness, the film changes from ferromagnetic to nonmagnetic at around 3 monolayer thickness, consistent with previous magnetization and magneto-optical Kerr effect measurements. The orbital magnetic moment perpendicular to the film was found to be 0.1B/Ru, and remained nearly unchanged with decreasing film thickness while the spin magnetic moment decreases. A mechanism for the formation of the orbital magnetic moment is discussed based on the electronic structure of the compressively strained SRO film.

Thickness-dependent ferromagnetic metal to paramagnetic insulator transition in LaSrMnO thin films studied by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism

芝田 悟朗*; 吉松 公平*; 坂井 延寿*; Singh, V. R.*; Verma, V.*; 石上 啓介*; 原野 貴幸*; 門野 利治*; 竹田 幸治; 岡根 哲夫; et al.

Physical Review B, 89(23), p.235123_1 - 235123_5, 2014/06

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.235123

Metallic transition-metal oxides undergo a metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) as the film thickness decreases across a critical thickness of several monolayers (MLs), but its driving mechanism remains controversial. We have studied the thickness-dependent MIT of the ferromagnetic metal LaSrMnO by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism. The results suggest that the ferromagnetic phase gradually and most likely inhomogeneously turns into the paramagnetic phase and both phases abruptly become insulating at the critical thickness.

Uniaxial-pressure control of magnetic phase transitions in a frustrated magnet CuFeGaO ( = 0, 0.018)

中島 多朗*; 満田 節生*; 高橋 慶一郎*; 吉冨 啓祐*; 増田 一也*; 金子 周史*; 本間 勇紀*; 小林 悟*; 北澤 英明*; 小坂 昌史*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 81(9), p.094710_1 - 094710_8, 2012/09

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.81.094710

We have investigated effects of applied uniaxial pressure () on magnetic phase transitions in a triangular lattice antiferromagnet CuFeO (CFO) and a slightly Ga-substituted compound CuFeGaO (CFGO) with = 0.018 by spherical neutron polarimetry. In both of CFO and CFGO ( = 0.018), the application of significantly increases the transition temperature from the paramagnetic phase to a collinear incommensurate antiferromagnetic phase. This suggests that the application of breaks equilateral symmetry of the triangular lattice and partially relieves geometrical spin frustration, which generally suppresses long-range magnetic orderings. Thus we demonstrated that uniaxial pressure can be an effective tool to control magnetic phase transitions in frustrated magnets.

Conduction-band electronic states of YbInCu studied by photoemission and soft X-ray absorption spectroscopies

内海 有希*; 佐藤 仁*; 栗原 秀直*; 間曽 寛之*; 平岡 耕一*; 小島 健一*; 飛松 浩明*; 大河内 拓雄*; 藤森 伸一; 竹田 幸治; et al.

Physical Review B, 84(11), p.115143_1 - 115143_7, 2011/09

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.115143

典型的な価数揺動系であるYbInCuの価電子状態を、硬X線内殻光電子分光,軟X線吸収実験、及び軟X線光電子分光の温度依存性の実験から研究した。YbInCuの価数転移について、価電子帯からYb 4状態への電荷移動で記述した。

Spin chirality and electric polarization in multiferroic compounds RMnO ( = Ho, Er)

脇本 秀一; 木村 宏之*; 福永 守*; 西畑 敬介*; 武田 全康; 加倉井 和久; 野田 幸男*; 十倉 好紀*

Physica B; Condensed Matter, 404(17), p.2513 - 2516, 2009/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2009.06.012

Polarized neutron scattering experiments under electric field in the commensurate phase of HoMnO and ErMnO have been performed to study the direct relation between the electric polarization and the magnetic chirality . It is found that, after cooling in electric fields down to temperatures where the system has both commensurate magnetic order and ferroelectricity, the magnetic chirality is proportional to the polarization.