Surface and interfacial aggregation states in thin films of a polystyrene/polyrotaxane blend

Taguchi, Miki*; Miyata, Noboru*; Miyazaki, Tsukasa*; Aoki, Hiroyuki; Ozawa, Satoru*; Hasegawa, Ryuichi*; Morimitsu, Yuma*; Kawaguchi, Daisuke*; Yamamoto, Satoru*; Tanaka, Keiji*

Polymer Journal, 57(7), p.737 - 743, 2025/07

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41428-025-01030-y

Development of gas entrainment evaluation method in the hot plenum of sodium-cooled fast reactor

Ezure, Toshiki; Matsushita, Kentaro; Sasaki, Keisuke; Tanaka, Masaaki

Dai-29-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Yokoshu (Internet), 5 Pages, 2025/06

In the design of the pool-type demonstration sodium-cooled fast reactor (demonstration reactor), the prevention of gas entrainment in the hot plenum of the reactor vessel is one of important issues to be addressed in the conceptual design of demonstration reactor. Related to this problem, the authors have been developing an evaluation approach combining the analysis method of entrained gas-transport in the primary circuit, SYRENA, and the gas entrainment evaluation method, StreamViewer, at the free surface in the hot plenum of the demonstration reactor. In this study, a development plan of StreamViewer is presented toward application to the evaluation of the demonstration reactor design. Furthermore, an overview of scaled model water experiment of the pool-type demonstration reactor to obtain the validation date for StreamViewer is also presented.

Comparison between carrier transport property and crystal quality of TlBr semiconductors

Watanabe, Kenichi*; Sugai, Yusuke*; Hasegawa, Sota*; Tanaka, Seishiro*; Hitomi, Keitaro*; Nogami, Mitsuhiro*; Shinohara, Takenao; Su, Y. H.; Parker, J. D.*; Kockelmann, W.*

Scientific Reports (Internet), 14, p.25224_1 - 25224_13, 2024/10

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76005-9

Neutron reflectivity study on the adsorption layer of polyethylene grown on Si substrate

Shimokita, Keisuke*; Yamamoto, Katsuhiro*; Miyata, Noboru*; Shibata, Motoki*; Nakanishi, Yohei*; Arakawa, Masato*; Takenaka, Mikihito*; Kida, Takumitsu*; Tokumitsu, Katsuhisa*; Tanaka, Ryo*; et al.

Langmuir, 40(30), p.15758 - 15766, 2024/07

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01584

Microbially formed Mn(IV) oxide as a novel adsorbent for removal of Radium

Tanaka, Kazuya; Yamaji, Keiko*; Masuya, Hayato*; Tomita, Jumpei; Ozawa, Mayumi*; Yamasaki, Shinya*; Tokunaga, Kohei; Fukuyama, Kenjin*; Ohara, Yoshiyuki*; Maamoun, I.*; et al.

Chemosphere, 355, p.141837_1 - 141837_11, 2024/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141837

In this study, biogenic Mn(IV) oxide was applied to remove Ra from mine water collected from a U mill tailings pond in the Ningyo-toge center. Just 7.6 mg of biogenic Mn(IV) oxide removed more than 98% of the Ra from 3 L of mine water, corresponding to a distribution coefficient of 10 mL/g for Ra at pH 7. The obtained value was convincingly high for practical application of biogenic Mn(IV) oxide in water treatment.

Observation of high-pressure polymorphs in bulk silicon formed at relativistic laser intensities

Rapp, L.*; Matsuoka, Takeshi*; Firestein, K. L.*; Sagae, Daisuke*; Habara, Hideaki*; Mukai, Keiichiro*; Tanaka, Kazuo*; Gamaly, E. G.*; Kodama, Ryosuke*; Seto, Yusuke*; et al.

Physical Review Research (Internet), 6(2), p.023101_1 - 023101_18, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.023101

It is generally known that irradiating a solid surface with a laser pulse of ultra-relativistic intensity generates a plasma on the surface, which in turn creates an ultrahigh pressure inside. In this study, the crystal structure analysis of high-pressure phases generated inside silicon single-crystals irradiated by this laser was performed using the diffraction system at the Stress and Imaging apparatus of BL22XU, which is a JAEA-BL. The results obtained confirm the existence of high-pressure phases that silicon is said to possess: body-centered, rhombohedral, hexagonal, and tetragonal phases in the interior. We can get the results that the crystal structure of silicon polymorphs of being include body-centered, rhombohedral, hexagonal-diamond, tetragonal exists. In the future, we will accumulate data and apply them to control the internal structure, strength, and functionality of materials.

Intruder configurations in Ne at the transition into the island of inversion; Detailed structure study of Ne

Wang, H.*; Yasuda, Masahiro*; Kondo, Yosuke*; Nakamura, Takashi*; Tostevin, J. A.*; Ogata, Kazuyuki*; Otsuka, Takaharu*; Poves, A.*; Shimizu, Noritaka*; Yoshida, Kazuki; et al.

Physics Letters B, 843, p.138038_1 - 138038_9, 2023/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138038

Detailed -ray spectroscopy of the exotic neon isotope Ne has been performed using the one-neutron removal reaction from Ne. Based on an analysis of parallel momentum distributions, a level scheme with spin-parity assignments has been constructed for Ne and the negative-parity states are identified for the first time. The measured partial cross sections and momentum distributions reveal a significant intruder p-wave strength providing evidence of the breakdown of the N = 20 and N = 28 shell gaps. Only a weak, possible f-wave strength was observed to bound final states. Large-scale shell-model calculations with different effective interactions do not reproduce the large p-wave and small f-wave strength observed experimentally, indicating an ongoing challenge for a complete theoretical description of the transition into the island of inversion along the Ne isotopic chain.

Development plan for coupling technology between high temperature gas-cooled reactor HTTR and hydrogen production facility, 1; Overview of the HTTR heat application test plan to establish high safety coupling technology

Nomoto, Yasunobu; Mizuta, Naoki; Morita, Keisuke; Aoki, Takeshi; Okita, Shoichiro; Ishii, Katsunori; Kurahayashi, Kaoru; Yasuda, Takanori; Tanaka, Masato; Isaka, Kazuyoshi; et al.

Proceedings of 30th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE30) (Internet), 7 Pages, 2023/05

Development plan for coupling technology between high temperature gas-cooled reactor HTTR and Hydrogen Production Facility, 2; Development plan for coupling equipment between HTTR and Hydrogen Production Facility

Mizuta, Naoki; Morita, Keisuke; Aoki, Takeshi; Okita, Shoichiro; Ishii, Katsunori; Kurahayashi, Kaoru; Yasuda, Takanori; Tanaka, Masato; Isaka, Kazuyoshi; Noguchi, Hiroki; et al.

Proceedings of 30th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE30) (Internet), 6 Pages, 2023/05

Investigation of hydrogen superoxide adsorption during ORR on Pt/C catalyst in acidic solution for PEFC by high energy resolution XAFS

Yamamoto, Naoki*; Matsumura, Daiju; Hagihara, Yuto*; Tanaka, Kei*; Hasegawa, Yuta*; Ishii, Kenji*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*

Journal of Power Sources, 557, p.232508_1 - 232508_10, 2023/02

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232508