Incoherent neutron scattering and Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy on protein and hydration water

Nakagawa, Hiroshi; Yamamoto, Naoki*

Life (Internet), 13(2), p.318_1 - 318_15, 2023/02

https://doi.org/10.3390/life13020318

Incoherent neutron scattering and terahertz spectroscopy have approximately the same energy range of measurement. Since both techniques are used to study the dynamics of proteins and hydrated water, it is important to review the advantages and disadvantages of both techniques and the relevant literature. To the best of our knowledge, there is no review of both methods, and we believe that this review is of high value.

Protein hydration and its freezing phenomena; Toward the application for cell freezing and frozen food storage

Yamamoto, Naoki*; Nakanishi, Masahiro*; Rajan, R.*; Nakagawa, Hiroshi

Biophysics and Physicobiology (Internet), 18, p.284 - 288, 2021/12

https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.034

Water is an indispensable solvent for living things. 60% of our body is composed of water, the lack of which causes lots of fatal problems. It has also been known that protein function is performed only when it accompanies water molecules around the surface, i.e. hydration water molecules. Therefore, it is essential to understand how water and biological component interact with each other in the view point of structure and dynamics. Freezing is a fundamental and simple phenomenon of water, and thus can be used as a probe for the purpose. Furthermore, preservation of cells and proteins under low temperature is crucial for numerous applications, which in turn triggers a myriad of undesirable consequences because of the freezing.

Report of summer holiday practical training 2019; Feasibility study on nuclear battery using HTTR core; Feasibility study for nuclear design, 2

Ishitsuka, Etsuo; Nakashima, Koki*; Nakagawa, Naoki*; Ho, H. Q.; Ishii, Toshiaki; Hamamoto, Shimpei; Takamatsu, Kuniyoshi; Kenzhina, I.*; Chikhray, Y.*; Matsuura, Hideaki*; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2020-008, 16 Pages, 2020/08

JAEA-Technology-2020-008.pdf:2.98MB

As a summer holiday practical training 2019, the feasibility study for nuclear design of a nuclear battery using HTTR core was carried out, and the U enrichment and burnable poison of the fuel, which enables continuous operation for 30 years with thermal power of 5 MW, were studied by the MVP-BURN. As a result, it is clear that a fuel with U enrichment of 12%, radius of burnable poison and natural boron concentration of 1.5 cm and 2wt% are required. As a next step, the downsizing of core will be studied.

Research activities of Japan Nuclear Data Committee in fiscal years of 2003 and 2004

Igashira, Masayuki*; Watanabe, Yukinobu*; Fukahori, Tokio; Okumura, Keisuke; Katakura, Junichi; Chiba, Satoshi; Shibata, Keiichi; Yamano, Naoki*; Nakagawa, Tsuneo; Odano, Naoteru*; et al.

Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai Wabun Rombunshi, 6(1), p.85 - 96, 2007/03

https://doi.org/10.3327/taesj.J06.006

This technical note summarizes research activities on nuclear data carried out by Japanese Nuclear Data Committee (JNDC) during the fiscal years of 2003 and 2004. During this period, the nuclear data files for special purposes (JENDL-HE-2004 and JENDL-PD-2004) were released. Other activities are described: analysis of post nuclear fuel irradiation experiments, nuclear chart and nuclear data evaluation for astrophysics.

Temperature dependence of magnetic moment orientation in CoZ-type hexaferrite estimated by high-temperature neutron diffraction

Takada, Yukio*; Nakagawa, Takashi*; Fukuta, Yasunari*; Tokunaga, Masatoshi*; Yamamoto, Takao*; Tachibana, Takeshi*; Kawano, Shinji*; Igawa, Naoki; Ishii, Yoshinobu

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 44(5A), p.3151 - 3156, 2005/05

https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.44.3151

We investigated the correlation between the thremomagnetic curve of CoZ-Type hexagonal barium ferrite, BaCoFeO and its magnetic moment direction. The thermomagnetic curve shows two significant magnetization slumps at 540K and 680K. High-temperature neutron diffraction experiment and Rietveld analyses indicate that temperature rise from 523 to 573K makes the magnetic moments turn to the c-axis from a direction parallel to the c-plane most significantly.The change in average orientation of the magnetic moments must be induced by the disappearence of the contribution of cobalt to magnetism in this temperature.

Japanese evaluated nuclear data library version 3 revision-3; JENDL-3.3

Shibata, Keiichi; Kawano, Toshihiko*; Nakagawa, Tsuneo; Iwamoto, Osamu; Katakura, Junichi; Fukahori, Tokio; Chiba, Satoshi; Hasegawa, Akira; Murata, Toru*; Matsunobu, Hiroyuki*; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 39(11), p.1125 - 1136, 2002/11

https://doi.org/10.3327/jnst.39.1125

Evaluation for JENDL-3.3 has been performed by considering the accumulated feedback information and various benchmark tests of the previous library JENDL-3.2. The major problems of the JENDL-3.2 data were solved by the new library: overestimation of criticality values for thermal fission reactors was improved by the modifications of fission cross sections and fission neutron spectra for U; incorrect energy distributions of secondary neutrons from important heavy nuclides were replaced with statistical model calculations; the inconsistency between elemental and isotopic evaluations was removed for medium-heavy nuclides. Moreover, covariance data were provided for 20 nuclides. The reliability of JENDL-3.3 was investigated by the benchmark analyses on reactor and shielding performances. The results of the analyses indicate that JENDL-3.3 predicts various reactor and shielding characteristics better than JENDL-3.2.

Magnetic structure and permeability of CoZ-type ferrite

Nakagawa, Takashi*; Tada, Masaru*; Abe, Masanori*; Takada, Yukio*; Tokunaga, Masatoshi*; Yamamoto, Takao*; Ishii, Yoshinobu*; Igawa, Naoki; Tachibana, Takeshi*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Evaluation of analysis accuracy in graphite-moderated critical assembly by Monte-Carlo code

Nakagawa, Naoki*; Fujimoto, Nozomu*; Ho, H. Q.; Hamamoto, Shimpei; Nagasumi, Satoru; Ishitsuka, Etsuo

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Evaluation of detailed neutron flux distribution in graphite moderated reactor by Monte Carlo code

Nakagawa, Naoki*; Fujimoto, Nozomu*; Ho, H. Q.; Hamamoto, Shimpei; Nagasumi, Satoru; Ishitsuka, Etsuo

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Advancement of detailed core bowing analysis code for fast reactor, 5; Thermal bowing experiment using a single simulated subassembly

Nakagawa, Naoki*; Kawabata, Ryo*; Gima, Hiromichi*; Matsubara, Shinichiro*; Ota, Hirokazu*; Ogata, Takanari*; Kusumi, Koji*; Ohgama, Kazuya; Yamano, Hidemasa; Futagami, Satoshi

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English