Effects of diluents on the separation of minor actinides from lanthanides with tetradodecyl-1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-diamide from nitric acid medium

Tsutsui, Nao; Ban, Yasutoshi; Suzuki, Hideya*; Nakase, Masahiko*; Ito, Sayumi*; Inaba, Yusuke*; Matsumura, Tatsuro; Takeshita, Kenji*

Analytical Sciences, 36(2), p.241 - 246, 2020/02

https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.19P275

To investigate the effective separation of actinides (Ans) from lanthanides (Lns), single-stage batch extraction experiments were performed with a novel extractant, tetradodecyl-1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-diamide (TDdPTDA) with various diluents such as 3-nitrobenzotrifluoride (F-3), nitrobenzene, and -dodecane for Am, Cm, and Lns. The extraction kinetics with TDdPTDA was rapid enough to perform the actual extraction flow sheet. The slopes of the distribution ratio versus TDdPTDA concentration and the distribution ratio versus nitric acid concentration were similar for F-3 and nitrobenzene systems but different from -dodecane system. These differences were attributed to the characteristics of the diluents. This study reveals high distribution ratios of Am ( ) and Cm ( ) for TDdPTDA, with the high separation factors (s) of Am from Lns enough for their separation.

Observation of momentum-dependent charge excitations in hole-doped cuprates using resonant inelastic X-ray scattering at the oxygen edge

Ishii, Kenji*; Toyama, Takami*; Asano, Shun*; Sato, Kentaro*; Fujita, Masaki*; Wakimoto, Shuichi; Tsutsui, Kenji*; Sota, Shigetoshi*; Miyawaki, Jun*; Niwa, Hideharu*; et al.

Physical Review B, 96(11), p.115148_1 - 115148_8, 2017/09

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.115148

Enhanced charge excitations in electron-doped cuprates by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering

Toyama, Takami*; Tsutsui, Kenji; Mori, Michiyasu; Sota, Shigetoshi*; Yunoki, Seiji*

Physical Review B, 92(1), p.014515_1 - 014515_8, 2015/07

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.014515

Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) tuned for Cu edge is a possible tool to detect charge excitations in cuprate superconductors. We theoretically investigate the possibility for observing a collective charge excitation by the RIXS. The RIXS process via the intermediate state inevitably makes the spectral weight of charge excitation stronger in electron doping than in hole doping. Electron-hole asymmetry also appears in dynamical charge structure factor, showing a new enhanced small-momentum low-energy mode in electron doping. These facts indicate a possibility of detecting the new charge mode by RIXS in electron-doped systems.

Optical conductivity of antiferromagnetic metallic chromium; Mean-field calculation for the multi-orbital Hubbard model

Sugimoto, Kodai*; Toyama, Takami*; Kaneshita, Eiji*; Tsutsui, Kenji

Journal of the Korean Physical Society, 63(3), p.632 - 635, 2013/08

https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.63.632

Cr is the representative material of multi-orbital antiferromagnetism. We numerically calculate the band structure and density of states in commensurate antiferromagnetic Cr by multi-orbital Hubbard model with mean-field approximation. The result is adopted to the calculation of optical conductivity. The spectra of the optical conductivity is consistent with experimental data, and this promises the validity of our model.

Theoretical study of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering spectrum in nickelates

Tsutsui, Kenji; Toyama, Takami*; Koshibae, Wataru*; Maekawa, Sadamichi

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 400(3), p.032105_1 - 032105_4, 2012/12

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/400/3/032105

The two-dimensional nickelate LaSrNiO has received special attention as a reference system of high- cuprates. The undoped nickelate (=0) has the charge-transfer gap in the optical conductivity. Upon doping of holes, a broad spectrum appears in the gap. We have shown theoretically that the broad spectrum comes from excitations to the low spin states. In the Ni -edge resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) measurement, the momentum-resolved charge excitations are obtained. In this study, we examine theoretically the RIXS spectra on nickelates by using numerically exact diagonalization techniques on the two-band Hubbard model. We also calculate other spectra such as the dynamical charge density function and discuss what excitations appear in the RIXS spectrum.

Effect of B-site randomness on the antiferroelectric/relaxor nature of the ground state; Inelastic X-ray scattering study of Pb(InNb)O

Owada, Kenji; Fukuda, Tatsuo; Mizuki, Junichiro; Hirota, Kazuma*; Terauchi, Hikaru*; Tsutsui, Satoshi*; Baron, A. Q. R.*; Owa, Hidehiro*; Yasuda, Naohiko*

Journal of the Korean Physical Society, 59(3), p.2509 - 2514, 2011/09

https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.59.2509

Pb(InNb)O (PIN) can be antiferroelectric (AFE), ferroelectric (FE) or a relaxor depending upon the perovskite B-site randomness. Orderd PIN (O-PIN, without B-site randomness) is supposed to be an ideal system of lead-based complex perovskite Pb(B'B'')O and expected to give us a clear picture of the AFE/relaxor nature of the ground state by the B-site randomness. We studied the dynamics of O-PIN by inelastic X-ray scattering. The quasielastic (QE) scattering shows the critical slowing down and the transverse acoustic (TA) mode shows the softening towards . On the other hand, the transverse optic (TO) mode shows the softening toward low temperature with no clear anomaly at . These results represent that the antiferroelectric (AFE) phase transition is associated with the TA and the origin of the QE scattering, while ferroelectric correlation does exist behind the AFE ordering. The effect of B-site randomness is finally discussed on the basis of the results.

Theoretical study of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering spectrum in the Hubbard ladder

Tsutsui, Kenji; Toyama, Takami*; Maekawa, Sadamichi*

Physica C, 470(Suppl.1), p.S232 - S233, 2010/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2009.10.042

The spectra of the Cu -edge Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering on the ladder cuprates are calculated by using the exact diagonalization method. So far it has been suggested that the momentum-dependence of the spectra on the ladder system is related with the formation of the spin singlet in the ground state. It has also revealed that the stabilization of the spin singlet strongly depends on the sign of the diagonal hopping of holes. In this study, in order to clarify the relationship between the spectra and the formation of the singlet state, the dependence of the spectra on the diagonal hopping of holes is examined. We find that the feature of the spectra is actually changed by the hopping and conclude that the resonant inelastic X-ray scattering can reveal the formation of the spin singlet state in the ladder system.

Temperature dependence of the electronic structure of SrCuO studied by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering

Yoshida, Masahiro; Ishii, Kenji; Ikeuchi, Kazuhiko*; Jarrige, I.; Murakami, Yoichi*; Mizuki, Junichiro; Tsutsui, Kenji; Toyama, Takami*; Maekawa, Sadamichi*; Kudo, Kazutaka*; et al.

Physica C, 470(Suppl.1), p.S145 - S146, 2010/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2009.11.082

Numerical study of the ripple resonance diffusion of alpha particles in tokamaks

Mimata, Hideyuki*; Tani, Keiji*; Tsutsui, Hiroaki*; Tobita, Kenji; Iio, Shunji*; Shimada, Ryuichi*

Plasma and Fusion Research (Internet), 4, p.008_1 - 008_8, 2009/04

https://doi.org/10.1585/pfr.4.008

The energy dependence of the diffusion coefficients of alpha particles in rippled magnetic fields of tokamaks are numerically investigated with an orbit following Monte Carlo code. The diffusion coefficients are enhanced around the ripple resonance energy while they are reduced and has a minimum near the resonance energy, and hence they have an M-shaped dependence on the energy. The ripple resonance is caused by a radial change of the toroidal precession of banana particles, and creates islands in the phase space related with the toroidal and poloidal angles. Since the particles outside the separatrix mainly contribute to the diffusion, the M-shaped energy dependence is explained by both island structure and initial distribution of particles in the phase space. Such a ripple resonant diffusion is dominant for fusion-produced alpha particles in the slowing down process.

Exact diagonalization study on nonmagnetic impurity effects in high- superconductors

Tsutsui, Kenji; Toyama, Atsushi*; Toyama, Takami*; Maekawa, Sadamichi*

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 69(12), p.3365 - 3368, 2008/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2008.06.088

Substitution of impurities Zn and Ni for Cu in high- superconductors has attracted much attention. The recent neutron scattering experiment show that Ni doping traps holes in the vicinity of Ni sites. We theoretically examine the electronic state with impurity based on the model where impurity Zn and Ni 3 orbitals are explicitly treated. We carry out the numerically exact diagonalization method on small cluster. We find the region where a hole is trapped in the Ni site so that the effective hole concentration decreases and the ground state has strong antiferromagnetic correlations, as indicated from the experimental study.