Observation of domain structure in non-collinear antiferromagnetic MnSn thin films by magneto-optical Kerr effect

Uchimura, Tomohiro*; Yoon, J.-Y.*; Sato, Yuma*; Takeuchi, Yutaro*; Kanai, Shun*; Takechi, Ryota*; Kishi, Keisuke*; Yamane, Yuta*; DuttaGupta, S.*; Ieda, Junichi; et al.

Applied Physics Letters, 120(17), p.172405_1 - 172405_5, 2022/04

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0089355

Ice I without stacking disorder by evacuating hydrogen from hydrogen hydrate

Komatsu, Kazuki*; Machida, Shinichi*; Noritake, Fumiya*; Hattori, Takanori; Sano, Asami; Yamane, Ryo*; Yamashita, Keishiro*; Kagi, Hiroyuki*

Nature Communications (Internet), 11, p.464_1 - 464_5, 2020/02

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14346-5

Water freezes below 0C at ambient pressure ordinarily to ice I, with hexagonal stacking sequence. Under certain conditions, ice with a cubic stacking sequence can also be formed, but ideal ice I without stacking-disorder has never been formed until recently. Here we demonstrate a route to obtain ice I without stacking-disorder by degassing hydrogen from the high-pressure form of hydrogen hydrate, C, which has a host framework isostructural with ice I. The stacking-disorder free ice I is formed from C via an intermediate amorphous or nano-crystalline form under decompression, unlike the direct transformations occurring in ice XVI from neon hydrate, or ice XVII from hydrogen hydrate. The obtained ice I shows remarkable thermal stability, until the phase transition to ice I at 250 K, originating from the lack of dislocations. This discovery of ideal ice I will promote understanding of the role of stacking-disorder on the physical properties of ice as a counter end-member of ice I.

Partially ordered state of ice XV

Komatsu, Kazuki*; Noritake, Fumiya*; Machida, Shinichi*; Sano, Asami; Hattori, Takanori; Yamane, Ryo*; Kagi, Hiroyuki*

Scientific Reports (Internet), 6, p.28920_1 - 28920_11, 2016/07

https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28920

We investigate in-situ neutron diffraction measurements and density functional theory calculations to revisit the structure and stability of ice XV. We find that none of the completely ordered configurations are particular favored; instead, partially ordered states are established as a mixture of ordered domains in disordered ice VI. This scenario in which several kinds of ordered configuration coexist dispels the contradictions in previous studies. It means that the order disorder pairs in ice polymorphs are not one-to-one correspondent pairs but rather have one-to-n correspondence, where there are possible configurations at finite temperature.

Evaluation of hydrogen gas production at transient criticality in uranyl nitrate solution

Yoshida, Ryoichiro; Yamane, Yuichi; Abe, Hitoshi

no journal, , 

At criticality accident on solution fuel, it is known that hydrogen gas is generated with nuclear fission. Because of the temporary decrease effect on power through density decrease and the possibility which causes secondary accident such as explosion, it is important on safety evaluation at criticality accident that to estimate relating the amount of hydrogen gas and the number of nuclear fissions. The time history data of concentration of hydrogen gas in vent gas when the transition critically used uranyl nitrate solution, which was obtained from Transient Experiment Critical Facility (TRACY), could not be explained by simple diffusion, because of peak about 500 seconds later from reactivity addition and after that long tail. Then, calculating the transition behavior of hydrogen gas in reactor core tank by combining multiple models such as Taylor dispersion, and evaluating concentration of hydrogen gas result reproducing the measured value well. The amount of hydrogen gas also evaluated 4 mol per 10 fissions.