耐放射線プロセッサを用いた組み込みシステムの開発(委託研究); 令和4年度英知を結集した原子力科学技術・人材育成推進事業

廃炉環境国際共同研究センター; 岡山大学*

JAEA-Review 2023-038, 48 Pages, 2024/03

JAEA-Review-2023-038.pdf:2.58MB

日本原子力研究開発機構(JAEA)廃炉環境国際共同研究センター(CLADS)では、令和4年度英知を結集した原子力科学技術・人材育成推進事業(以下、「本事業」という)を実施している。本事業は、東京電力ホールディングス株式会社福島第一原子力発電所の廃炉等をはじめとした原子力分野の課題解決に貢献するため、国内外の英知を結集し、様々な分野の知見や経験を、従前の機関や分野の壁を越えて緊密に融合・連携させた基礎的・基盤的研究及び人材育成を推進することを目的としている。平成30年度の新規採択課題から実施主体を文部科学省からJAEAに移行することで、JAEAとアカデミアとの連携を強化し、廃炉に資する中長期的な研究開発・人材育成をより安定的かつ継続的に実施する体制を構築した。本研究は、令和4年度に採択された研究課題のうち、「耐放射線プロセッサを用いた組み込みシステムの開発」の令和4年度分の研究成果について取りまとめたものである。本研究は、集積回路に光技術を導入し、10MGyのトータルドーズ耐性を持つ耐放射線光電子プロセッサ、既存の集積回路のみで4MGyのトータルドーズ耐性を持つ耐放射線プロセッサ、同4MGyのトータルドーズ耐性の耐放射線メモリ、そして、それらに必要となる1MGyのトータルドーズ耐性を持つ耐放射線電源ユニットの4つを開発する。マンチェスター大学とはロボットやLiDARに対する耐放射線プロセッサ、耐放射線FPGA、耐放射線メモリ、耐放射線電源ユニットの面で連携し、これまでに無い高いトータルドーズ耐性を持つ耐放射線ロボットを実現していく。また、ランカスター大学とは耐放射線FPGA、耐放射線電源ユニットの面で連携し、放射線の種類、強度を正確に特定できるセンサー類を開発していく。

Atomic position and the chemical state of an active Sn dopant for Sn-doped -GaO(001)

Tsai, Y. H.*; 小畠 雅明; 福田 竜生; 谷田 肇; 小林 徹; 山下 良之*

Applied Physics Letters, 124(11), p.112105_1 - 112105_5, 2024/03

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0198160

Recently, gallium oxide (GaO) has attracted much attention as an ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor with a bandgap of about 5 eV. In order to control device properties, it is important to clarify the chemical state of dopants and doping sites. X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) and hard X-ray photoemission spectroscopy were used to investigate the dopant sites and chemical states of Sn in Sn-doped -GaO(001) samples. The results show that the chemical state of the Sn dopant is the Sn oxidation state and that the bond lengths around the Sn dopant atoms are longer due to the relaxation effect after Sn dopant insertion. Comparison of experimental and simulated XANES spectra indicates that the octahedral Ga substitution site in -GaO(001) is the active site of the Sn dopant.

Impact of the Ce states in the electronic structure of the intermediate-valence superconductor CeIr

藤森 伸一; 川崎 郁斗; 竹田 幸治; 山上 浩志; 雀部 矩正*; 佐藤 芳樹*; 清水 悠晴*; 仲村 愛*; Maruya, A.*; 本間 佳哉*; et al.

Electronic Structure (Internet), 5(4), p.045009_1 - 045009_7, 2023/11

https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1075/ad0a3d

The electronic structure of the -based superconductor was studied by photoelectron spectroscopy. The energy distribution of the state was revealed by the resonant photoelectron spectroscopy. The state was mostly distributed in the vicinity of the Fermi energy, suggesting the itinerant character of the state. The contribution of the state to the density of states (DOS) at the Fermi energy was estimated to be nearly half of that of the states, implying that the state has aconsiderable contribution to the DOS at the Fermi energy. The core-level and X-ray absorption spectra were analyzed based on a single-impurity Anderson model. The number of the state in the ground state was estimated to be 0.8-0.9, which is much larger than the values obtained in the previous studies (i.e., 0-0.4).

In situ transmission electron microscopy observation of melted germanium encapsulated in multilayer graphene

鈴木 誠也; 根本 善弘*; 椎木 菜摘*; 中山 佳子*; 竹口 雅樹*

Annalen der Physik, 535(9), p.2300122_1 - 2300122_12, 2023/09

https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.202300122

Germanene is a two-dimensional (2D) germanium (Ge) analogous of graphene, and its unique topological properties are expected to be a material for next-generation electronics. However, no germanene electronic devices have yet been reported. One of the reasons for this is that germanene is easily oxidized in air due to its lack of chemical stability. Therefore, growing germanene at solid interfaces where it is not oxidized is one of the key ideas for realizing electronic devices based on germanene. In this study, the behavior of Ge at the solid interface at high temperatures was observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). To achieve such in situ heating TEM observation, we fabricated a graphene/Ge/graphene encapsulated structure. In situ heating TEM experiments revealed that Ge like droplets moved and coalesced with other Ge droplets, indicating that Ge remained as a liquid phase between graphene layers at temperatures higher than the Ge melting point.

Anisotropic enhancement of lower critical field in ultraclean crystals of spin-triplet superconductor candidate UTe

石原 滉大*; 小林 雅之*; 今村 薫平*; Konczykowski, M.*; 酒井 宏典; Opletal, P.; 常盤 欣文; 芳賀 芳範; 橋本 顕一郎*; 芝内 孝禎*

Physical Review Research (Internet), 5(2), p.L022002_1 - L022002_6, 2023/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L022002

重い電子系超伝導UTeの下部臨界磁場を決定した。直方晶UTeは軸が磁化容易軸であるがそれと垂直方向の磁場中ではが増強されかつ低温で上昇するという特徴を持つことを明らかにした。上部臨界磁場の異方性と比較することにより磁気揺らぎが超伝導に影響を与えていることが示唆された。

健全性崩壊をもたらす微生物による視認不可腐食の分子生物・電気化学的診断及び抑制技術の開発(委託研究); 令和3年度英知を結集した原子力科学技術・人材育成推進事業

廃炉環境国際共同研究センター; 物質・材料研究機構*

JAEA-Review 2022-045, 82 Pages, 2023/01

JAEA-Review-2022-045.pdf:4.6MB

日本原子力研究開発機構(JAEA)廃炉環境国際共同研究センター(CLADS)では、令和3年度英知を結集した原子力科学技術・人材育成推進事業(以下、「本事業」という)を実施している。本事業は、東京電力ホールディングス株式会社福島第一原子力発電所(1F)の廃炉等を始めとした原子力分野の課題解決に貢献するため、国内外の英知を結集し、様々な分野の知見や経験を、従前の機関や分野の壁を越えて緊密に融合・連携させた基礎的・基盤的研究及び人材育成を推進することを目的としている。平成30年度の新規採択課題から実施主体を文部科学省からJAEAに移行することで、JAEAとアカデミアとの連携を強化し、廃炉に資する中長期的な研究開発・人材育成をより安定的かつ継続的に実施する体制を構築した。本研究は、研究課題のうち、令和2年度に採択された「健全性崩壊をもたらす微生物による視認不可腐食の分子生物・電気化学的診断及び抑制技術の開発」の令和3年度の研究成果について取りまとめたものである。本研究は、微生物が関与して誘起・加速する金属材料の腐食(微生物鉄腐食)に関して、加速検査試験片、オンサイト遺伝子検査などの革新的な診断技術を開発、1Fで想定される微生物腐食の発生・進行条件の洗い出しを行い、水質や環境コントロールによって微生物腐食を防ぐ方法を提案することを目的とした。さらに、材料・微生物・電気化学を基盤とした研究拠点を発展的に形成し、現場技術者が使用可能な技術の開発、さらには高い学際性を持つリーダー人材の育成を目指す。本年度の実験から特に1Fと関連する環境サンプルから淡水では初となる電気微生物鉄腐食を行うメタン生成細菌が単離され、高い鉄腐食能が確認された。その他にも、局所的に激しい腐食を行う細菌の単離や、腐食細菌を集積する材料・技術開発が進んだ。

Accumulation mechanisms of radiocaesium within lichen thallus tissues determined by means of microscale localisation observation

土肥 輝美; 飯島 和毅; 町田 昌彦; 数納 広哉*; 大村 嘉人*; 藤原 健壮; 木村 茂*; 菅野 太志*

PLOS ONE (Internet), 17(7), p.e0271035_1 - e0271035_21, 2022/07

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271035

Many lichens are well known to accumulate radiocaesium and, thus acting as biomonitors of contamination levels. Here, we use autoradiography and demonstrate for the first time microscale localisation of radiocaesium within thallus tissues to investigate the radiocaesium forms and their accumulation mechanism. The radiocaesium was localised in the brown pigmented parts i.e., melanin-like substances, in the lower cortex of lichen thallus. Quantum chemical calculations showed that functional group of melanin-like substances can chelate Cs ion, which indicates that the Cs ions form complexes with the substances. Based on these findings, we suggest that radiocaesium ions may be retained stably in melanin-like substances for long periods (two to six years) due to steric factors, such as those seen in porphyrin-like structures and multimer formation in the lower cortex.

Hydrogen-Ti complex as a possible origin of localized electron behavior in hydrogen-irradiated SrTiO

伊藤 孝

e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology (Internet), 20(3), p.128 - 134, 2022/05

https://doi.org/10.1380/ejssnt.2022-021

A recent muon spin rotation (SR) study on a paramagnetic defect complex formed upon implantation of pseudo-proton into SrTiO is reviewed with a specific focus on the relation with experimental signatures of coexisting delocalized and localized electrons in hydrogen-irradiated metallic SrTiO films. The paramagnetic defect complex, composed of interstitial and Ti small polaron, is characterized by a small dissociation energy of about 30 meV. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations in the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) + scheme for a corresponding hydrogen defect complex reveal that a thermodynamic donor level associated with electron transfer from an H-Ti complex to the conduction band can form just below the conduction band minimum for realistic values. These findings suggest that the coexistence of delocalized and localized electrons can be realized in hydrogen-irradiated SrTiO in electron-rich conditions.

Electronic structure of ThPdAl; Impact of the U states on the electronic structure of UPdAl

藤森 伸一; 竹田 幸治; 山上 浩志; Pospil, J.*; 山本 悦嗣; 芳賀 芳範

Physical Review B, 105(11), p.115128_1 - 115128_6, 2022/03

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.115128

The electronic structure of , which is isostructural to the heavy fermion superconductor , was investigated by photoelectron spectroscopy. The band structure and Fermi surfaces of were obtained by angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES), and the results were well-explained by the band-structure calculation based on the local density approximation. The comparison between the ARPES spectra and the band-structure calculation suggests that the Fermi surface of mainly consists of the and states with a minor contribution from the states. The comparison of the band structures between and argues that the states form Fermi surfaces in through hybridization with the state in the layer, suggesting that the Fermi surface of has a strong three-dimensional nature.

Dynamic accommodation of internal stress and selection of crystallographic orientation relationship in pearlite

雨宮 雄太郎*; 中田 伸生*; 諸岡 聡; 小坂 誠*; 加藤 雅治*

ISIJ International, 62(2), p.282 - 290, 2022/02

https://doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.ISIJINT-2021-164

To gain a deeper understanding of the dynamic accommodation mechanism of the internal stress in pearlite originating from the lattice misfit between ferrite and cementite phases, the lattice parameter ratios of cementite, b/a and c/a, were locally analyzed in detail using the electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique. The EBSD analysis revealed that the lattice parameter ratios of the cementite lamellae clearly differed from those of the spheroidized cementite particles, indicating that pearlite has a certain amount of internal stress as long as it maintains a lamellar structure. The internal stress in pearlite gradually decreased during the isothermal holding at 923 K after the pearlitic transformation due to the interfacial atomic diffusion of Fe atoms. However, a comparison with the theoretical values obtained from the Pitsch-Petch orientation relationship revealed that a large amount of internal stress had been already accommodated during the pearlitic transformation by the introduction of misfit dislocations and structural ledges on ferrite/cementite lamellar interfaces, i.e., the internal stress of pearlite is dynamically reduced by two different processes; built-in accommodation upon pearlitic transformation and additional time-dependent relaxation after pearlitic transformation. On the other hand, the analysis of the EBSD and neutron diffraction results yielded intriguingly different lattice parameters of cementite, indicating that various crystallographic orientation relationships between ferrite and cementite coexist in pearlite. Furthermore, the elastic strain energy analysis suggests that the invariant-line criterion on the ferrite/cementite interface plays an important role for the selection of orientation relationships in pearlite.