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Sr analysisHorita, Takuma; Asai, Shiho*; Konda, Miki; Matsueda, Makoto; Hanzawa, Yukiko; Kitatsuji, Yoshihiro
Bunseki Kagaku, 69(10/11), p.619 - 626, 2020/10
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0(Chemistry, Analytical)We have developed a Sr adsorption fiber for rapid analysis of Sr. The prepared Sr adsorption fiber has a Sr-extraction layer that densely retains a Sr-selective extractant, an 18-crown-6 ether derivative, on the fiber surface. Hydrophobic group-containing polymer chains embedded onto the surface of the fiber allow to form a hydrophobic phase, incorporating Sr-selective extractants. This unique surface structure provides high adsorption capacity, leading to rapid and highly efficient adsorption of Sr
. The adsorption capacity of the Sr adsorption fiber was 3 times higher than commercially available 18-crown-6 ether derivative-impregnated resin (Sr Resin). The equilibrium adsorption capacity of the Sr adsorption fiber was comparable to the Sr Resin. The retained Sr was finally determined by a GM counter. The total analysis time including the Sr adsorption and measurement was about 1 hour.
Seko, Noriaki*; Hoshina, Hiroyuki*; Kasai, Noboru*; Shibata, Takuya; Saiki, Seiichi*; Ueki, Yuji*
Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 143, p.33 - 37, 2018/02
Times Cited Count：16 Percentile：84.77(Chemistry, Physical)Zhao, Y.; Yoshimura, Kimio; Shishitani, Hideyuki*; Yamaguchi, Susumu*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Koizumi, Satoshi*; Szekely, N.*; Radulescu, A.*; Richter, D.*; Maekawa, Yasunari
Soft Matter, 12(5), p.1567 - 1578, 2016/02
Times Cited Count：27 Percentile：80.24(Chemistry, Physical)Hamada, Takashi; Hasegawa, Shin; Fukasawa, Hideyuki*; Sawada, Shinichi; Koshikawa, Hiroshi; Miyashita, Atsumi; Maekawa, Yasunari
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(42), p.20983 - 20991, 2015/11
Times Cited Count：35 Percentile：70.48(Chemistry, Physical)no abstracts in English
Ueki, Yuji; Saiki, Seiichi; Seko, Noriaki
Nihon Ion Kokan Gakkai-Shi, 25(4), p.99 - 104, 2014/11
Chen, J.; Asano, Masaharu; Yamaki, Tetsuya; Yoshida, Masaru
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 100(6), p.4565 - 4574, 2006/06
Times Cited Count：44 Percentile：75.66(Polymer Science)This study concerns a comparative study of three crosslinkers, divinylbenzene (DVB), 1,2-bis(p,p-vinylphenyl)ethane (BVPE) and triallyl cyanurate (TAC) crosslinked poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) (ETFE)-based radiation-grafted membranes, which were prepared by radiation grafting of p-methylstyrene (MeSt) onto ETFE films and subsequent sulfonation. The effect of the different types and contents of the crosslinkers on the grafting and sulfonation, and the properties such as water uptake, proton conductivity and thermal/chemical stability of the resulting polymer electrolyte membranes was investigated in detail. Introducing crosslink structure into the radiation-grafted membranes leads to a decrease in proton conductivity due to the decrease in water uptake. The thermal stability of the crosslinked radiation-grafted membranes is also somewhat lower than that of the noncrosslinked one. However, the crosslinked radiation-grafted membranes show significantly higher chemical stability characterized in the 3% H
O at 50
C. Among the three crosslinkers, the DVB shows a most pronounced efficiency on the crosslinking of the radiation-grafted membranes, while the TAC has no significant influence; the BVPE is a mild and effective crosslinker, showing the moderate influence between the DVB and TAC crosslinkers.
Chen, J.; Asano, Masaharu; Yamaki, Tetsuya; Yoshida, Masaru
Journal of Materials Science, 41(4), p.1289 - 1292, 2006/02
Times Cited Count：22 Percentile：58.32(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)The MeSt/tBuSt/DVB-grafted polymer electrolyte membrane showed a high performance for the fuel cell applications. The tBuSt contributed the high chemical stability while the MeSt contributed the high conductivity to the resulted membrane. The DVB crosslinker in the membrane further improved the chemical stability. The new polymer electrolyte membrane with a degree of grafting of 36% showed proton conductivity as high as the Gore-Select membrane, and the durability time was about 3 times longer than that of the traditional styrene/DVB-grafted one. Therefore, the MeSt/tBuSt/DVB-grafted polymer electrolyte membrane was more possible to be used for the fuel cells.
Chen, J.; Asano, Masaharu; Yamaki, Tetsuya; Yoshida, Masaru
Journal of Membrane Science, 269(1-2), p.194 - 204, 2006/02
Times Cited Count：140 Percentile：96.02(Engineering, Chemical)To develop a highly chemically stable polymer electrolyte membrane for application in a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), four styrene derivative monomers, m,p-methylstyrene (MeSt), p-tert-butylstyrene (tBuSt), divinylbenzene (DVB) and bis(p,p-vinyl phenyl) ethane (BVPE) were graft copolymerized into poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) (ETFE) films followed by sulfonation and hydrolysis. The latter two monomers were used as crosslinkers. The graft copolymerization was carried out by the 
-ray preirradiation method. The influence of the preirradiation dose and the grafting kinetics were investigated in detail. Sulfonation of the grafted ETFE films was performed in a chlorosulfonic acid solution, by which the sulfonation ratio reached about 90%. The newly obtained membrane possesses significantly higher chemical stability than the traditional styrene/DVB-grafted membrane and six times lower methanol permeability compared to the Nafion 112 membrane. Therefore, this study reveals the possibility of the developed inexpensive four monomers-grafted membranes, which could provide an attractive alternative as a substitute for the expensive Nafion membranes for DMFC applications.
Sawada, Shinichi; Yamaki, Tetsuya; Asano, Masaharu; Terai, Takayuki*; Yoshida, Masaru
Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, 30(4), p.943 - 946, 2005/12
We synthesized crosslinked-polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) electrolyte membranes by a radiation grafting technique under different conditions, and then investigated their proton conduction properties at controlled temperatures and relative humidities (R.H.) by an AC impedance method. The density and length of graft chains were controlled by varying the pre-irradiation dose and grafting time, respectively. When the pre-irradiation dose was fixed at 15 kGy to make the graft chains an uniform density, the elongation of the graft chain increased the ion exchange capacity (IEC), there by enhancing their proton conductivity. The membrane with an IEC of 2.8 meq/g possessed the maximum conductivity reaching 0.20 S/cm at 80 C and R.H. 95%. At almost the same IEC, membranes with more and shorter graft chains showed higher conductivity than those with less and longer chains. This result was probably related to the different structures of hydrophilic domains as proton-conducting pathways.
Asai, Shiho; Watanabe, Kazuo; Sugo, Takanobu*; Saito, Kyoichi*
Journal of Chromatography A, 1094(1-2), p.158 - 164, 2005/11
Times Cited Count：23 Percentile：55.38(Biochemical Research Methods)The analysis of radioactive species in radioactive wastes is essential to the safe and economical disposal of such wastes. Among radioactive species, alpha- and beta-emitting nuclides should be purified prior to various radiometric determinations. To overcome the disadvantages of the conventional separation techniques, we have proposed functional porous hollow-fiber membranes that achieve a high speed operation assisted by convective flow. Stable immobilization in aqueous media is ensured by the hydrophobic interaction between the hydrophobic moiety of the extractant and octadecyl part of octadecylamino group. In this study, HDEHP, which shows the selectivity for rare earth elements, such as yttrium, was immobilized onto the porous membrane. The amount of immobilized HDEHP increased with increasing molar conversion. This can be explained by the fact that an increase in the C
NH group allows the polymer brush to extend itself due to electrostatic repulsion originating from the amino part of the CNH group.
-poly(alkyl vinyl ether) membranes for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells by radiation processingChen, J.; Asano, Masaharu; Yamaki, Tetsuya; Yoshida, Masaru
Journal of Membrane Science, 256(1-2), p.38 - 45, 2005/06
New polymer electrolyte membranes having sulfonic acid groups for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell applications were prepared by simultaneous radiation-induced grafting method. The poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) films, crosslinked by electron-beam radiation at molten temperature, were used as substrates for grafting of two alkyl vinyl ether monomers, propyl vinyl ether (nPVE) and isopropyl vinyl ether (iPVE), under controlled grafting conditions followed by sulfonation reactions. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), water contact angle and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) were used to characterize the crosslinked PTFE (cPTFE) and grafted cPTFE films. The degree of grafting was found to be dependent on the grafting parameters such as irradiation temperature and Lewis acid catalyst, in which in the presence of Lewis acid catalyst or at a temperature close to the boiling point of each monomer, the grafting reaction significantly accelerated even when the relatively low dose was irradiated. Finally, the grafted cPTFE films were sulfonated in a chlorosulfonic acid solution. In spite of the lower ion-exchange capacity (0.75 mmol/g), the membrane synthesized in this study showed a proton conductivity as high as the Nafion 112.
-proline methyl ester)-
-poly(acrylic acid) for selective permeation of metal ionsHasegawa, Shin; Ohashi, Hitoshi; Maekawa, Yasunari; Katakai, Ryoichi*; Yoshida, Masaru
Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 72(5), p.595 - 600, 2005/04
Times Cited Count：16 Percentile：71.76(Chemistry, Physical)Thermo- and pH-responsive gel membranes were synthesized by -ray grafting of pH-responsive poly (acrylic acid) (AAc) onto thermo-responsive polymer gel of acryloyl--proline methyl ester (A-ProOMe). The gel membranes of poly (A-ProOMe) with 15 mol% graft chains of AAc exhibited both thermo- and pH-responses. Under the condition (pH 6.0, 30C) in which the thermo-sensitive unit shrinks and the pH-sensitive unit swells, the selective permeation of Li ion over Co and Ni ions can be achieved.
Kavakli, P. A.*; Seko, Noriaki; Tamada, Masao; G
ven, O.*
Separation Science and Technology, 39(7), p.1631 - 1643, 2005/00
Times Cited Count：58 Percentile：84.33(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)A new type of fibrous adsorbent with excess amidoxime groups was synthesized by radiation-induced graft polymerization. Glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) was first radiation-grafted on polyethylene-coated polypropylene nonwoven fabrics and chemically modified with 3,30-iminodipropionitrile [NH (-CH-CH-CN)] (IDPN), which was further reacted with hydroxylamine to obtain graft chains containing two amidoxime groups per graft repeating units. The adsorption properties of this new adsorbent for uranium (U), vanadium (V), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), and cobalt (Co) ions at low concentrations (3.3-1000 ppb).
Yamaki, Tetsuya; Kobayashi, Kazuhiro; Asano, Masaharu; Kubota, Hitoshi*; Yoshida, Masaru
Polymer, 45(19), p.6569 - 6573, 2004/09
Times Cited Count：56 Percentile：82.72(Polymer Science)We prepared proton exchange membranes by the -ray-induced post grafting of styrene into crosslinked polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) films and subsequent sulfonation. The degree of grafting was controlled in the range of 7-75% by the crosslinking density of the PTFE matrix as well as the grafting conditions. Under our preparation conditions, the films at the grafting yield of 
30% were found to produce ion exchange membranes with a homogeneous distribution of sulfonic acid groups. The resulting membranes showed a large ion exchange capacity up to 2.9 meq g
, which exceeded the performance of commercially-available perfluorosulfonic acid films such as Nafion; nevertheless, they appeared to be dimensionally stable in water. These should undoubtedly result from the use of the crosslinked PTFE films as graft substrates and make our ion exchange membranes promising for applications to polymer electrolyte fuel cells.
Seko, Noriaki; Basuki, F.*; Tamada, Masao; Yoshii, Fumio
Reactive and Functional Polymers, 59(3), p.235 - 241, 2004/07
Times Cited Count：52 Percentile：82.06(Chemistry, Applied)Fibrous arsenic(As) adsorbent was synthesized by loading zirconium(Zr) on fibrous phosphoric adsorbent which was directly synthesized by radiation-induced grafting of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate phosphoric acid on polyethylene-coated polypropylene nonwoven fabric. Zirconium reacted with phosphoric acid grafted in the polyethylene layer. Zirconium density of the resulting adsorbent was 4.1 mmol/g. The breakthrough curve of As(V) adsorption was independent of the flow rate up to 1300 h in space velocity. The total capacity of As(V) was 2.0 mmol/ g-adsorbent at pH of 2. The adsorbed Zr(IV) could be evaluated by 0.4 M sodium hydroxide solution because no Zr(IV) could be found in the eluted solution. Anions of chloride and nitrate interfered the breakthrough capacity.
Uotani, Masaki*; Shimizu, Takao*; Tamada, Masao
Proceedings of 2003 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '03) (DVD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2003/00
The present paper describes the current technology of uranium recovery from seawater by using radiation-induced graft-adsorbent and the utilization scenario of collected uranium from the viewpoint of long-term perspective of nuclear energy demand in Japan. The several thousand tons of uranium will be required in the latter half of 21st century in Japan, even if the plutonium is practically used in fast breeder reactors (FBRs). This demand of uranium can be supplied by the uranium recovered from seawater if the recovery cost is reasonable. In conclusion, the utilization of uranium from seawater will be able to play an essential role of providing enough time to develop safe and economical FBRs.
Takeda, Hayato*; Onuma, Kenji*; Tamada, Masao; Kasai, Noboru; Katakai, Akio; Hasegawa, Shin; Seko, Noriaki; Kawabata, Yukiya*; Sugo, Takanobu
JAERI-Tech 2001-062, 66 Pages, 2001/10
Real sea experiment for the recovery of significant metals such as uranium and vanadium has been carried out at the offing of Mutsu establishment to evaluate the adsorption performance of adsorbent synthesized by radiation-induced graft-polymerization. After elution of uranium and vanadium from the adsorbent, their metals were adsorbed onto the conventional chelate resin. This chelate resin in a plastic column was further put in a cylindrical stainless transport container. The container was transported to the facility for separation and purification by a truck for the exclusive loading. The maximum concentration is 60 Bq/g when the uranium is adsorbed on the chelate resin. Transportation of recovered metals can be treated as general substance since these amount and concentration are out of legal control. However, the recovered metals were transported in conformity to L type transportation as a voluntary regulation. The strength analysis of the container was equal to the safety level of IP-2 type which is higher transportation grade than L type .
*; *; ; Hatada, Motoyoshi
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 55, p.1643 - 1649, 1995/00
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.01(Polymer Science)no abstracts in English
; *; *; *; Hatada, Motoyoshi
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 51, p.841 - 853, 1994/00
Times Cited Count：11 Percentile：48.16(Polymer Science)no abstracts in English
JAERI-M 92-129, 40 Pages, 1992/09
no abstracts in English
