Unique band structure of pressure induced semiconducting state in SmS characterized by S-nuclear magnetic resonance measurements

Yoshida, Shogo*; Haga, Yoshinori; Fujii, Takuto*; Nakai, Yusuke*; Mito, Takeshi*; 8 of others*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 93(1), p.013702_1 - 013702_5, 2024/01

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.93.013702

Elucidation of solid particle interfacial phenomena in liquid sodium; Magnetic interactions on liquid metal and solid atoms at the solid interface

Tei, C.; Otaka, Masahiko; Kuwahara, Daisuke*

Chemical Physics Letters, 829, p.140755_1 - 140755_6, 2023/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2023.140755

We were able to detect the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal of a liquid sodium clinging to the interface of solid metal particles for the first time. In this study, we confirmed the difference in the relaxation times due to the difference in the interactions between liquid sodium and metal particles suspended in the liquid sodium. It was found that the surface of the micro titanium particles and liquid metallic sodium interact physically, not chemically.

Superconducting order parameter in UTe determined by knight shift measurement

Fujibayashi, Hiroki*; Nakamine, Genki*; Kinjo, Katsuki*; Kitagawa, Shunsaku*; Ishida, Kenji*; Tokunaga, Yo; Sakai, Hironori; Kambe, Shinsaku; Nakamura, Ai*; Shimizu, Yusei*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 91(4), p.043705_1 - 043705_4, 2022/03

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.91.043705

This study investigates the spin susceptibility in U-based superconductor UTe in the superconducting (SC) state by using Knight shift measurements for a magnetic field along the axis, which is the magnetic easy axis of UTe. Although a tiny anomaly ascribed to the SC diamagnetic effect was observed just below the SC transition temperature , the -axis Knight shift in the SC state shows no significant decrease, following the extrapolation from the normal-state temperature dependence. This indicates that the spin susceptibility is nearly unchanged below . Considering the previous Knight shift results for and , the dominant SC state is determined to be in the spin-triplet pairing, which is consistent with the spin anisotropy in the normal state. The present result shows that UTe is a spin-triplet superconductor with spin degrees of freedom.

NMR study of C-A-S-H structures

Walker, C.*

NIMS Bisai Kozo Kaiseki Purattofuomu Riyo Hokokusho (Internet), 2 Pages, 2021/09

High content fly ash silica fume cement (HFSC) has been considering a candidate low alkali cements for the geological disposal of radioactive waste in Japan. JAEA has been currently performing many experiments and modeling studies relevant to validation for the long-term stability of the C-A-S-H gel which is a dominant component of the HFSC. For developing the C-A-S-H model of hydration and degradation, it is necessary to determine the composition of C-A-S-H gel and accompanied minerals when it reacts with water. In the present subject, the synthesized sample of C-A-S-H gels were analyzed by using the NMR spectra of Al and Si to determine the coordination of these element in the C-A-S-H gel.

Nonmagnetic-magnetic transition and magnetically ordered structure in SmS

Yoshida, Shogo*; Koyama, Takehide*; Yamada, Haruhiko*; Nakai, Yusuke*; Ueda, Koichi*; Mito, Takeshi*; Kitagawa, Kentaro*; Haga, Yoshinori

Physical Review B, 103(15), p.155153_1 - 155153_5, 2021/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.155153

Pore distribution of compacted Ca-montmorillonite using NMR relaxometry and cryoporometry; Comparison with Na-montmorillonite

Okubo, Takahiro*; Yamazaki, Akio*; Fukatsu, Yuta; Tachi, Yukio

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 313, p.110841_1 - 110841_11, 2021/01

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110841

Pore distributions in water-saturated Ca-montmorillonite were investigated using H NMR measurements under various dry densities (0.8 - 1.6 g/cm) and porewater salinity conditions (deionized water, 0.1 and 1 M CaCl), at the temperature range of 233 - 303 K. The volume fractions of the interlayer pore including two and three hydrated layers and the non-interlayer pore in compacted Ca-montmorillonite were quantified by NMR relaxometry including and distribution analysis, and were compared with NMR cryoporometry and X-ray diffractometry. These analysis provided consistent pictures on the pore distributions in compacted Ca-montmorillonite, in contrast to Na-montmorillonite. The main factor affecting the pore distribution in compacted Ca- and Na-montmorillonite is the density, whereas the effect of porewater salinity is relatively smaller. The effect of interlayer cations is also relatively smaller at higher density, although the differences in the pore structures are significant at low density.

Orbitally defined field-induced electronic state in a Kondo lattice

Lessux, G. G.*; Sakai, Hironori; Hattori, Taisuke*; Tokunaga, Yo; Kambe, Shinsaku; Kuhns, P. L.*; Reyes, A. P.*; Thompson, J. D.*; Pagliuso, P. G.*; Urbano, R. R.*

Physical Review B, 101(16), p.165111_1 - 165111_6, 2020/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.165111

CeRhIn is a Kondo-lattice prototype in which a magnetic field 31T induces an abrupt Fermi-surface (FS) reconstruction and pronounced in-plane electrical transport anisotropy all within its antiferromagnetic state. Here we report low-temperature nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements revealing a pronounced decrease in the In formal Knight shift, without changes in crystal or magnetic structures, of CeRhIn at fields () spanning . We discuss the emergent state above in terms of a change in Ce's 4 orbitals that arises from field-induced evolution of crystal-electric field (CEF) energy levels. This change in orbital character enhances hybridization between the 4 and the conduction electrons that leads ultimately to an itinerant quantum-critical point at 50T.

NMR studies on antiferromagnetic fluctuation in UPt

Aoyama, Taisuke*; Kotegawa, Hisashi*; To, Hideki*; Kimura, Noriaki*; Haga, Yoshinori; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Onuki, Yoshichika*

Physica B; Condensed Matter, 570, p.349 - 351, 2019/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2018.02.031

Pu nuclear magnetic resonance in the candidate topological insulator PuB

Dioguardi, A. P.*; Yasuoka, Hiroshi*; Thomas, S. M.*; Sakai, Hironori; Cary, S. K.*; Kozimor, S. A.*; Albrecht-Schmitt, T. E.*; Choi, H. C.*; Zhu, J.-X.*; Thompson, J. D.*; et al.

Physical Review B, 99(3), p.035104_1 - 035104_6, 2019/01

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.035104

We present a detailed nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study of Pu in bulk and powdered single-crystal plutonium tetraboride (PuB), which has recently been investigated as a potential correlated topological insulator. The Pu NMR spectra are consistent with axial symmetry of the shift tensor showing for the first time that Pu NMR can be observed in an anisotropic environment and up to room temperature. The temperature dependence of the Pu shift, combined with a relatively long spin-lattice relaxation time (), indicate that PuB adopts a nonmagnetic state with gaplike behavior consistent with our density functional theory calculations. The temperature dependencies of the NMR Knight shift and imply bulk gaplike behavior confirming that PuB is a good candidate topological insulator.

Pore distribution of water-saturated compacted clay using NMR relaxometry and freezing temperature depression; Effects of density and salt concentration

Okubo, Takahiro*; Ibaraki, Moe*; Tachi, Yukio; Iwadate, Yasuhiko*

Applied Clay Science, 123, p.148 - 155, 2016/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2016.01.014

The pore distribution of water-saturated compacted clay (Na-montmorillonite at 0.8 and 1.4 g/cm saturated by three salt concentrations) was evaluated using H NMR relaxometry and freezing point depression. The populations of interlayer water with four hydrated state and non-interlayer water were calculated from the assumed thresholds. The sample with lower density exhibits higher population of non-interlayer water up to 55%. Low-temperature H NMR experiments in view of freezing point depression indicated that mesopore water in approximately 4 nm space observed in the calorimetric study was considered as non-interlayer water and the threshold temperature. The result showed that population of non-interlayer water by expected from freezing point depression agreed with H NMR relaxometry within 10%. Correlation experiments between longitudinal () and transverse relation times () at -10C suggested that high-mobility bulk-like water molecules existed at a clay density of 1.4 g/cm.