Origin of magnetovolume effect in a cobaltite

Miao, P.*; Tan, Z.*; Lee, S. H.*; Ishikawa, Yoshihisa*; Torii, Shuki*; Yonemura, Masao*; Koda, Akihiro*; Komatsu, Kazuki*; Machida, Shinichi*; Sano, Asami; et al.

Physical Review B, 103(9), p.094302_1 - 094302_18, 2021/03

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.094302

The layered perovskite PrBaCoO demonstrates a strong negative thermal expansion (NTE) which holds potential for being fabricated into composites with zero thermal expansion. The NTE was found to be intimately associated with the spontaneous magnetic ordering, known as magneto-volume effect (MVE). Here we report with compelling evidences that the continuous-like MVE in PrBaCoO is intrinsically of discontinuous character, originating from an magnetoelectric transition from an antiferromagnetic insulating large-volume (AFILV) phase to a ferromagnetic less-insulating small-volume (FLISV) phase. Furthermore, the magnetoelectric effect (ME) shows high sensitivity to multiple external stimuli such as temperature, carrier doping, hydrostatic pressure, magnetic field etc. In contrast to the well-known ME such as colossal magnetoresistance and multi-ferroic effect which involve symmetry breaking of crystal structure, the ME in the cobaltite is purely isostructural. Our discovery provides a new path way to realizing the ME as well as the NTE, which may find applications in new techniques.

Vortex rectenna powered by environmental fluctuations

Lustikova, J.*; Shiomi, Yuki*; Yokoi, Naoto*; Kabeya, Noriyuki*; Kimura, Noriaki*; Ienaga, Koichiro*; Kaneko, Shinichi*; Okuma, Satoshi*; Takahashi, Saburo*; Saito, Eiji

Nature Communications (Internet), 9, p.4922_1 - 4922_6, 2018/11

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07352-1

Void denuded zone formation for Fe-15Cr-15Ni steel and PNC316 stainless steel under neutron and electron irradiations

Sekio, Yoshihiro; Yamashita, Shinichiro; Sakaguchi, Norihito*; Takahashi, Heishichiro*

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 458, p.355 - 360, 2015/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.12.054

Irradiation-induced void denuded zone (VDZ) formation near grain boundaries was studied to clarify the effects of minor alloying elements on vacancy diffusivity during irradiation in PNC316 steel. The test materials were Fe-15Cr-15Ni steel without additives and PNC316 stainless steel, which contains minor alloying elements. These steels were neutron-irradiated in the experimental fast reactor JOYO and electron-irradiation was also carried out using 1 MeV high voltage electron microscopy. VDZ formation was analyzed from the TEM microstructural observations after irradiation. VDZs were formed near random grain boundaries in both Fe-15Cr-15Ni and PNC316 steels. The VDZ widths in the PNC316 steel were narrower than those for the Fe-15Cr-15Ni steel for all neutron and electron irradiations. The VDZ width analysis implied that the vacancy diffusivity was reduced in PNC316 steel as a result of interaction of vacancies with minor alloying elements.

Effect of additional minor elements on accumulation behavior of point defects under electron irradiation in austenitic stainless steels

Sekio, Yoshihiro; Yamashita, Shinichiro; Sakaguchi, Norihito*; Takahashi, Heishichiro

Materials Transactions, 55(3), p.438 - 442, 2014/03

https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.MD201309

In order to perform the comparative evaluations for vacancy diffusivity and flux between a base alloy and modified alloys, the void denuded zones (VDZ) widths were measured from the TEM in-situ observation during electron irradiation in the SUS316L, SUS316L-V and SUS316L-Zr steels. As a result, VDZs with given widths were formed near GBs. Then, the VDZ widths were different depending on steels, and the width was narrower due to addition of minor alloying elements which strongly interact with vacancies. Furthermore, from the analyses of measured VDZ widths in the SUS316L and SUS316L-V steels, the changes of vacancy diffusivity, vacancy flux and excess vacancy concentration were estimated as 0.50, 0.71 and 1.41, respectively. The decreases of vacancy diffusivity and flux during electron irradiation would be due to the interaction of vacancies with added minor elements, while the enhancement of the excess vacancy concentration would be caused by trapping effects due to alloying elements.

Partial recovery of the magnetoelectrical properties of AlGaN/GaN-based micro-Hall sensors irradiated with protons

Abderrahmane, A.*; Tashiro, Tatsuya*; Takahashi, Hiroki*; Ko, P. J.*; Okada, Hiroshi*; Sato, Shinichiro; Oshima, Takeshi; Sandhu, A.*

Applied Physics Letters, 104(2), p.023508_1 - 023508_4, 2014/01

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861902

The effect of annealing on the magnetoelectrical properties of proton-irradiated micro-Hall sensors at an energy of 380 keV and very high proton fluences was studied. Recovery of the electron mobility and a decrease in the sheet resistance of the annealed micro-Hall sensors, as well as an enhancement in their magnetic sensitivity were reported. Trap removal and an improvement in the crystal quality by removing defects were confirmed through current-voltage measurements and Raman spectroscopy, respectively.

Effects of proton irradiation on the magnetoelectric properties of 2DEG AlGaN/GaN micro-hall sensors

Okada, Hiroshi*; Abderrahmane, A.*; Koide, Shota*; Takahashi, Hiroki*; Sato, Shinichiro; Oshima, Takeshi; Sandhu, A.*

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 352, p.012010_1 - 012010_5, 2012/03

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/352/1/012010

Composite excitation of Josephson phase and spin waves in Josephson junctions with ferromagnetic insulator

Hikino, Shinichi*; Mori, Michiyasu; Takahashi, Saburo; Maekawa, Sadamichi

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 80(7), p.074707_1 - 074707_8, 2011/07

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.80.074707

Recent progress in the energy recovery linac project in Japan

Sakanaka, Shogo*; Akemoto, Mitsuo*; Aoto, Tomohiro*; Arakawa, Dai*; Asaoka, Seiji*; Enomoto, Atsushi*; Fukuda, Shigeki*; Furukawa, Kazuro*; Furuya, Takaaki*; Haga, Kaiichi*; et al.

Proceedings of 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '10) (Internet), p.2338 - 2340, 2010/05

http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC10/papers/tupe091.pdf

Future synchrotron light source using a 5-GeV energy recovery linac (ERL) is under proposal by our Japanese collaboration team, and we are conducting R&D efforts for that. We are developing high-brightness DC photocathode guns, two types of cryomodules for both injector and main superconducting (SC) linacs, and 1.3 GHz high CW-power RF sources. We are also constructing the Compact ERL (cERL) for demonstrating the recirculation of low-emittance, high-current beams using above-mentioned critical technologies.

Polymer electrolyte membranes having sulfoalkyl grafts into ETFE film prepared by radiation-induced copolymerization of methyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate

Hanh, T. T.*; Takahashi, Shuichi; Chen, J.; Sawada, Shinichi; Maekawa, Yasunari

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 114(1), p.231 - 237, 2009/06

https://doi.org/10.1002/app.30458

Polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) containing alkylsulfonic acid grafts can be prepared by radiation-induced graft copolymerization of methyl acrylate (MA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) into a poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) (ETFE) film followed by sulfonation of the MA units in the copolymer grafts using an equimolar complex of chlorosulfonic acid and 1,4-dioxane (ClSOH-Complex). The grafted films with 33-79 % MA units are treated with ClSOH-Complex to obtain PEMs with IEC of 0.36-0.81 mmol/g and proton conductivity of 0.04-0.065 S/cm. The PEMs with higher MMA content showed higher durability in water (80 C) and under oxidative conditions (3% HO) at 60 C. This is because the PMMA grafts in the PEMs have no proton at an -carbonyl carbon, which is considered to be a trigger of the degradation of grafting polymers.

Progress in R&D efforts on the energy recovery linac in Japan

Sakanaka, Shogo*; Ago, Tomonori*; Enomoto, Atsushi*; Fukuda, Shigeki*; Furukawa, Kazuro*; Furuya, Takaaki*; Haga, Kaiichi*; Harada, Kentaro*; Hiramatsu, Shigenori*; Honda, Toru*; et al.

Proceedings of 11th European Particle Accelerator Conference (EPAC '08) (CD-ROM), p.205 - 207, 2008/06

Future synchrotron light sources based on the energy-recovery linacs (ERLs) are expected to be capable of producing super-brilliant and/or ultra-short pulses of synchrotron radiation. Our Japanese collaboration team is making efforts for realizing an ERL-based hard X-ray source. We report recent progress in our R&D efforts.