Neutron reflectivity study on the nanostructure of PMMA chains near substrate interfaces based on contrast variation accompanied with small molecule sorption

Shimokita, Keisuke*; Yamamoto, Katsuhiro*; Miyata, Noboru*; Nakanishi, Yohei*; Shibata, Motoki*; Takenaka, Mikihito*; Yamada, Norifumi*; Seto, Hideki*; Aoki, Hiroyuki; Miyazaki, Tsukasa*

Soft Matter, 19(11), p.2082 - 2089, 2023/03

https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SM01482C

Water-assisted microphase separation of cationic random copolymers into sub-5 nm lamellar materials and thin films

Imai, Sahori*; Arakawa, Masato*; Nakanishi, Yohei*; Takenaka, Mikihito*; Aoki, Hiroyuki; Ouchi, Makoto*; Terashima, Takaya*

Macromolecules, 55(20), p.9113 - 9125, 2022/10

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01287

Neutron reflectometry tomography for imaging and depth structure analysis of thin films with in-plane inhomogeneity

Aoki, Hiroyuki; Ogawa, Hiroki*; Takenaka, Mikihito*

Langmuir, 37(1), p.196 - 203, 2021/01

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02744

Surface modification effects on hydrogen absorption property of a hydrogen storage alloy by short pulse laser irradiation

Abe, Hiroshi; Shimomura, Takuya; Tokuhira, Shinnosuke*; Shimada, Yukihiro*; Takenaka, Yusuke*; Furuyama, Yuta*; Nishimura, Akihiko; Uchida, Hirohisa*; Daido, Hiroyuki; Oshima, Takeshi

Proceedings of 7th International Congress on Laser Advanced Materials Processing (LAMP 2015) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2015/08

A short pulse laser (the nanosecond and femtosecond) was applied to hydrogen absorbing alloys surface layer, and a surface modification experiment was put into effective to aim at improvement of hydrogen adsorption functionally. It was investigated about correlation between an initial hydrogen absorption reaction rate of hydrogen alloys and a laser irradiation in this research. The laser irradiation condition was done with pulse width 100 fsec and energy 0.2 - 3.4 mJ/pulse. It blazed down on hydrogen absorbing alloys (LaNiAl) and changed local order in the surface. As a result, the initial hydrogen absorption reaction rate was 1.5 - 3.0 times as fast as a irradiated sample, and the result and laser irradiated sample found out that a hydrogen absorption function improves. A laser irradiation can conclude to be effective in surface modification of the hydrogen storage materials.

Demonstration of heat resistant Bragg grating by femtosecond laser processing for vibration monitoring

Nishimura, Akihiko; Takenaka, Yusuke*; Furuyama, Takehiro*; Shimomura, Takuya; Terada, Takaya; Daido, Hiroyuki

Proceedings of 1st Smart Laser Processing Conference 2014 (SLPC 2014), 4 Pages, 2014/04

Heat resistant FBG sensors were developed by femtosecond laser processing. In order to apply them to piping system of nuclear power plants, vibration test under high temperature was demonstrated. The FBG sensor had the heatproof performance at 600C. A frequency stabilized sensing system using a tunable laser was tested for structural health monitoring in daily operation of nuclear power plants. The FBG sensor was installed on the surface of a steel blade for vibration induced strain measurements. Welding, brazing, soldering and noble metal powder adhesive were discussed for molding the FBG sensors.

Development of soft X-ray multilayer laminar-type plane gratings and varied-line-spacing spherical grating for flat-field spectrograph in the 1-8 keV region

Koike, Masato; Ishino, Masahiko; Imazono, Takashi; Sano, Kazuo*; Sasai, Hiroyuki*; Hatayama, Masatoshi*; Takenaka, Hisataka*; Heimann, P. A.*; Gullikson, E. M.*

Spectrochimica Acta, Part B, 64(8), p.756 - 760, 2009/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2009.05.013

W/C and Co/SiO multilayer laminar-type holographic plane gratings (groove density 1/1200 lines /mm) in the 1-8 keV region are developed. For the Co/SiO grating the diffraction efficiencies of 0.41 and 0.47 at 4 and 6 keV, respectively, and for the W/C grating 0.38 at 8 keV are observed. Taking advantage of the outstanding high diffraction efficiencies into practical soft X-ray spectrographs a Mo/SiO multilayer varied-line-spacing (VLS) laminar-type spherical grating (1/2400 lines /mm) is also developed for use with a flat field spectrograph in the region of 1.7 keV. For the Mo/SiO multilayer grating the diffraction efficiencies of 0.05-0.20 at 0.9-1.8 keV are observed. The FWHM's of the measured line profiles of Hf-M (1644.6 eV), Si-K (1740.0 eV),and W-M (1775.4 eV) are 13.7 eV, 8.0 eV, and 8.7 eV, respectively. It shows the validity of multilayer lamina-type gratings in the region.

Fabrication and evaluation of a multilayer laminar-type holographic grating and its application to a high efficiency grazing incidence monochromator for the 1-8 keV region

Koike, Masato; Ishino, Masahiko; Heimann, P. A.*; Imazono, Takashi; Takenaka, Hisataka*; Hatayama, Masatoshi*; Sasai, Hiroyuki*; Gullikson, E. M.*; Sano, Kazuo*

AIP Conference Proceedings 879, p.647 - 650, 2007/01

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2436144

no abstracts in English

R&D of a MW-class solid-target for spallation neutron source

Kawai, Masayoshi*; Furusaka, Michihiro*; Kikuchi, Kenji; Kurishita, Hiroaki*; Watanabe, Ryuzo*; Li, J.*; Sugimoto, Katsuhisa*; Yamamura, Tsutomu*; Hiraoka, Yutaka*; Abe, Katsunori*; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 318, p.35 - 55, 2003/05

R&D works for MW class solid target composed of tungsten to produce pulsed intense neutron source has been made in order to construct a future scattering facility. Three methods were investigated to prevent corrosion of tungsten from water; those are hipping, brazing and electric coating in molten salt bath. Hipping condition was optimized to be 1500 degree C in the previous work: here small punch test shows highest load for crack initiation of hipped materials at the boundary of W/Ta. The basic techniques for the other two methods were developed. Erosion test showed that uncovered W is susceptible of flowing water velocity. At high velocity w is easy to be eroded. For solid target design slab type and rod type targets were studied. As long as the optimized neutron performance is concerned, 1MW solid target is better than mercury target.

New evaluation beamline for soft X-ray optical elements

Koike, Masato; Sano, Kazuo*; Yoda, Osamu; Harada, Yoshihisa*; Ishino, Masahiko; Moriya, Naoji*; Sasai, Hiroyuki*; Takenaka, Hisataka*; Gullikson, E. M.*; Mrowka, S.*; et al.

Review of Scientific Instruments, 73(3), p.1541 - 1544, 2002/03

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1445489

no abstracts in English

W/C multilayered laminar-type holographic grating and its application to a high efficiency grazing incidence monochromator for the 1-8 keV region

Koike, Masato; Ishino, Masahiko; Sano, Kazuo*; Takenaka, Hisataka*; Hatayama, Masatoshi*; Heimann, P. A.*; Gullikson, E. M.*; Sasai, Hiroyuki*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English