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Xue, J.*; Huang, D.*; Hattori, Takanori; Li, L.*; Feng, Y.*; Wang, H.*; Fan, X.*; Yao, J.*; Wang, Y.*; Liu, Z.*; et al.
Applied Physics Letters, 128(20), p.201903_1 - 201903_8, 2026/05
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.00(Physics, Applied)The cycling fatigue and barocaloric response of NH
I is directly assessed under loading-unloading cycles with stress up to 100,MPa, with the adiabatic temperature change (
) decaying from 15,K to approximately 0.8,K after 100 cycles. 
X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and neutron diffraction concertedly reveal the existence of the residual high-pressure phase even after the first unloading, whose fraction is rapidly increased to 90% at the 100th cycle. A phenomenological model is developed to elucidate this fatigue behavior, and an excellent agreement with experimental data has been achieved. To relieve the intergranular stress and enhance the mobility of grains, we encapsulate the composite of NHI particles and silicone oil into a 3D-printed polymer shell. Such an architectural tailoring has markedly improved the cyclic stability of the barocaloric effect with rising to c.a. 4.6,K after 100 cycles. Our results establish a fundamental understanding of the barocaloric fatigue behavior and pave a feasible route to applicable barocaloric cooling technology.
Zhao, X.*; Zhang, Z.*; Hattori, Takanori; Wang, J.*; Li, L.*; Jia, Y.*; Li, W.*; Xue, J.*; Fan, X.*; Song, R.*; et al.
Nature Communications (Internet), 16, p.7713_1 - 7713_8, 2025/08
Times Cited Count：10 Percentile：78.37(Multidisciplinary Sciences)Caloric effects usually occur in the vicinity of solid-state phase transitions with a limited refrigeration temperature span. Here, we introduce and realize an unprecedented concept -all temperature barocaloric effect, i.e., a remarkable barocaloric effect in KPF
across an exceptionally wide temperature span, from 77.5 to 300 K and potentially down to 4 K, covering typical room temperature, liquid nitrogen, liquid hydrogen, and liquid helium refrigeration regions. The directly measured barocaloric adiabatic temperature change reaches 12 K at room temperature and 2.5 K at 77.5 K upon the release of a 250 MPa pressure. This effect is attributed to a persistent phase transition to a rhombohedral high pressure phases. We depict the thermodynamic energy landscape to account for the structural instability. This unique all-temperature barocaloric effect presents a novel approach to highly applicable solid-state refrigeration technology, transcending the conventional multi-stage scenario.
Kim, S. B.*; Zhang, Y.*; Won, S. M.*; Bandodkar, A. J.*; Sekine, Yurina; Xue, Y.*; Koo, J.*; Harshman, S. W.*; Martin, J. A.*; Park, J. M.*; et al.
Small, 14(12), p.1703334_1 - 1703334_11, 2018/03
Times Cited Count：143 Percentile：96.16(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)Sekine, Yurina; Fukazawa, Hiroshi; Songxue, C.*; Chakoumakos, B.*; Fernandez-Baca, J. A.*
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Metoki, Naoto; Yamauchi, Hiroki; Watanuki, Ryuta*; Suzuki, Kazuya*; Hagihara, Masato*; Masuda, Takatsugu*; Matsuda, Masaaki*; Songxue, C.*; Fernandez Baca, J.*
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Our neutron scattering study and using representational analysis revealed the magnetic structure in phase II of NdB with Shastry-Sutherland lattice. We found that the magnetic structure is described by the mixture of the basis vector of 
and 
representation with the magnetic moment of about 2
. We observed pseudo-quartet CEF state and the temperature dependence by means of neutron inelastic scattering below 5 meV.
Sekine, Yurina; Fukazawa, Tomoko*; Yamauchi, Hiroki; Songxue, C.*; Chakoumakos, B.*; Fernandez-Baca, J. A.*; Fukazawa, Hiroshi
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Neutron diffraction data of deuterated poly-N,N,-dimethylacrylamide (PDMAA) hydrogel were measured at temperatures of 10 - 290 K in order to investigate the structure and properties of water in the hydrogel. Diffraction peaks observed below 270 K indicate the existence of a solid ice in the hydrogel. The positions of some peaks from the ice are lower than those in ordinary hexagonal ice (Ih). The lower shifts of the peaks indicates that the lattice constants of the c-axis in the ice are about 0.3% higher than those in ice Ih, whereas those of the a-axis are almost consist. The results show that bulk of a low-density ice crystal exists in the PDMAA hydrogel. The water molecules, which have a significant interaction with the polymer chains, play an important role in the chemical and mechanical properties of the hydrogel.
-electron states in RPd
Al
(R: Pr, Nd)Metoki, Naoto; Yamauchi, Hiroki; Kitazawa, Hideaki*; Suzuki, Hiroyuki*; Hagihara, Masato*; Masuda, Takatsugu*; Matsuda, Masaaki*; Aczel, A. A.*; Songxue, C.*; Hong, T.*; et al.
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In order to elucidate the 5-electron states in the heavy electron superconductor NpPdAl, neutron scattering experiments of the rare earth based iso-structural family have been carried out. The observed crystal field excitations of PrPdAl and NdPdAl were analyzed via the crystal field Hamiltonian with tetragonal symmetry, diagonalized analytically. The experimentally obtained crystal field parameters 
were very similar in CePdAl, PrPdAl, and NdPdAl, indicating a common effective charge potential in this series. We succeeded to clarify the 5 electron states of NpPdAl and UPdAl in comparison with these results.
