ISSP-NSL activity report FY2025

Structures and excitations

Exploration of Some New Negative Thermal Expanded Halide Materials

Tong Zhu, Yoichi Ikeda, Hiroshi Kageyama

Proposal No(s).: 25575 HERMES

Displacive phase transitions and soft phonon modes in New A2BO4 type Ferroelectrics

H. Shigematsu, K. Ohoyama, K. Iwasa

Proposal No(s).: 25570 HQR, 25571 HQR

Exploration and Structure Science of Novel Superprotonic Conductors

K. Saito, M. Yashima

Proposal No(s).: 25589 HERMES, 25578 HERMES

Morphotropic phase boundary and magnetism in BiFeO3-SrTiO3

M. Soda

Proposal No(s).: 25581 HERMES

Effects of lattice incommensurability on (CH3NH3)+ molecular vibrations in photoelectric (CH3NH3)Pbl3 single crystal

Wen-Hsien Li, Yu-Shan Tseng, Huei-Yin Tseng, Hung-Cheng Wu, Tung-Yuan Yung

Proposal No(s).: 25900 GPTAS

Extremely large thermal effects on the optical phonon in high thermoelectric SnSe single crystal

Wen-Hsien Li and Tung-Yuan Yung

Proposal No(s).: 25801 GPTAS

Magnetic excitation and hydrogen dynamics in Goethite

Y. Nambu

Proposal No(s).: 25554 AGNES

Unveiling the phonon dynamics in quasi-2D organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites BA2MAn-1PbnI3n+1 (with n = 1 – 4)

Y. J. Lee, Y. X. Chen, P. C. Wei

Proposal No(s).: 25807 HER-HODACA

Evolution of Phonon Dynamics in quasi-2D organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites BA2MAn-1PbnI3n+1 (with n = 1 – 4)

P. C. Wei

Proposal No(s).: 25802 GPTAS

Magnetism

Magnetic transition in relaxor ferroelectrics (1-x)BiFeO3-xBaTiO3

H. Okabe, T. Taniguchi, M. Fujita

Proposal No(s).: 25572 AKANE

Observation of helical magnetic structure of MnNiGe with zigzag structure

S. Nakamura, M. Sakakibara

Proposal No(s).: 25506 PONTA

Magnetic structural analysis of isosceles-triangular-lattice antiferromagnet Mn(Nb1-xTax)2O6

S. Kobayashi, S. Fujita, H. Hojo

Proposal No(s).: 25591 FONDER

Magnetic ordering of isosceles-triangular-lattice antiferromagnet Mn(Nb1-xTax)2O6

S. Kobayashi, S. Fujita, H. Hojo, Y. Ikeda, M. Fujita

Proposal No(s).: 25514 TOPAN

Magnetic structure analysis of a layered chromium telluride

T. Kurumaji

Proposal No(s).: 25804 PONTA

Magnetic ordering of multiferroic LuMn2O5

S. Kobayashi, H. Hojo

Proposal No(s).: 25592 FONDER

Magnetic frustration effect in NdRuSn3

K. Iwasa, W. Kurosawa, M. Ishikado, S. Asai, H. Saito, T. Nakajima, T. Masuda

Proposal No(s).: 25517 HER-HODACA

Low-energy magnetic excitation in the robust paramagnetic state of Pr3Co4Sn13

K. Iwasa, N. Osano, H. Kikuchi, S. Asai, H. Saito, T. Nakajima, T. Masud

Proposal No(s).: 25518 HER-HODACA, 25507 PONTA

Anomalous magnetic correlation in mixed valence state of EuRuSn3

T. Kumada, K. Iwasa, M. Ishikado, T. Taniguchi

Proposal No(s).: 25580 HERMES

doping effect of non-trivial quasi-elastic scattering in frustrated magnet YBaCo4O7

M. Soda and Y. Ono

Proposal No(s).: 25520 HER-HODACA

Magnetic structures of FeRh single crystal

M. Takahashi, N. Subotic and Y. Noda

Proposal No(s).: 25595 FONDER

Zero-field magnetic structures of an orthorhombic Eu intermetallic compound

R. Takagi, S. Gu, M. Urai, H. Saito, T. Nakajima

Proposal No(s).: 25512 PONTA

Polarized neutron scattering study of a field-induced magnetic phase in a van der Waals antiferromagnet

R. Takagi, A. Das, H. Saito, T. Nakajima

Proposal No(s).: 25513 PONTA

Powder Neutron Diffraction Measurements of BaYb2X4 (X = S, Se)

H. Suzuki, T. Taniguchi, T. Onimaru

Proposal No(s).: 25586 HERMES

Powder neutron diffraction of LiFe1-xCoxPO4

K. Kimura, S. Izumikawa, S. Asai, T. Masuda

Proposal No(s).: 25582 HERMES

Magnetic phase transitions in YbMn6Ge6

T. Nakatani, T. Yamamoto

Proposal No(s).: 25500 GPTAS

Nuclear-Magnetic Interference and Magnetic Diffraction in Altermagnetic MnTe

Z. Liu, S. Asai, S. Takahashi, H. Saito, T. Nakajima, T. Masuda

Proposal No(s).: 25503 PONTA

Crystal and magnetic structures of novel Heusler alloys inducing martensitic transformation

I. Shigeta, R. Kanzaki, T. Taniguchi, Y. Nambu, M. Hiroi

Proposal No(s).: 25584 HERMES

Magnetic and crystal structures of Heusler alloy Ru2-xFexCrSi

I. Shigeta, R. Kanzaki, T. Taniguchi, Y. Nambu, K. Fuchizaki, M. Hiroi

Proposal No(s).: 25585 HERMES

Parity breaking antiferromagnetic order in EuPt2Si2

T. Matsumura, Y. Futagawa, R. Mizuno, Y. Onuki

Proposal No(s).: 25569 HQR

Magnetic structure in near room temperature metallic antiferromagnet

S. Seki, A. Kitaori, K. Shimonaka, H. Inoue, Y. Ogura, H. Saito, T. Nakajima

Proposal No(s).: 25511 PONTA

Inelastic neutron study on the spin dynamics of the spin-liquid candidate PrMgAl11O19

W. Xu, J. Ma

Proposal No(s).: 25810 HER-HODACA

Investigation for site selectivity and magnetic structure of Fe substitution in Ca2Co12P7.

K. Yoshinaga, T. Yamamoto

Proposal No(s).: 25579 HERMES

Observation of ferromagnetic order in Ga-based icosahedral quasicrystal

F. Labib, K. Nawa, Y. Ikeda, Y. Nambu, T. J. Sato, and R. Tamura

Proposal No(s).: 25574 HERMES

Research for the magnetic structure of field-induced phases on a system without local inversion symmetry CeMnSi

H. Saito, H. Tanida, T. Nakajima

Proposal No(s).: 25905 PONTA

Investigation of the magnetic transition in the cubic Laves compound PrNi2

K. Oda, T. Taniguchi, T. Onimaru

Proposal No(s).: 25587 HERMES

Magnetic structure of a magnetic semiconductor ZnYb2S4 with an effective spin-1/2 sawtooth chain

S. Okada, H. Suzuki, N. Higa, Y. Shimura, T. Taniguchi, T. Onimaru

Proposal No(s).: 25588 HERMES

Single-Crystal Neutron Diffraction on Altermagnetic Candidate CuFePO5

R. Mizuno, T. Aoyama

Proposal No(s).: 25594 FONDER

Magnetic excitations in the honeycomb materials Cu3Ni2SbO6 and Cu3Co2SbO6

Lieh-Jeng Chang

Proposal No(s).: 25800 GPTAS

Strongly correlated electron systems

Inelastic Neutron Scattering Study of Crystal Electric Field Excitations in the Antiferromagnetic Topological Insulator NdBi

Y. Fukushima, H. S. Suzuki, H. Saito, T. Nakajima, T. Kondo

Proposal No(s).: 25509 PONTA

Topological antiferromagnetic ground state of CoNb3S6 from neutron diffraction

M. Hirschberger, P.R. Baral, H. Saito, N.D. Khanh, T.-h. Arima, S. Seki, T. Nakajima

Proposal No(s).: 25505 PONTA

Neutron scattering study of CeNiIn4 with successive phase transitions

T. Taniguchi

Proposal No(s).: 25573 AKANE

Unveiling the phonon instability in SnSe single crystals before superionic phase transition

Y. J. Lee, B. Y. Wu, P. C. Wei

Proposal No(s).: 25808 HER-HODACA

Antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations in the heavily overdoped regime of the Bi-2201 cuprates

T. Adachi, Y. Komiyama, Y. Ikeda, H. Kikuchi, S. Asai, T. Masuda, M. Fujita

Proposal No(s).: 25515 TOPAN, 25521 HER-HODACA

Study of the magnetic order for a new square-net magnet

H. Sakai, A. Yamashita, H. Saito, T. Nakajima

Proposal No(s).: 25510 PONTA

Antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations in the heavily overdoped regime of the Bi-2201 cuprates

T. Adachi, Y. Komiyama, Y. Ikeda, H. Kikuchi, S. Asai, T. Masuda, M. Fujita

Proposal No(s).: 25515 TOPAN, 25521 HER-HODACA

Unveiling tetrahedral dynamics in 0-D halide perovskite Cs3Cu2I5

P. C. Wei

Proposal No(s).: 25809 HER-HODACA

Unveiling tetrahedral dynamics in 0-D halide perovskite Cs3Cu2I5

P. C. Wei

Proposal No(s).: 25803 GPTAS

Glass and liquid

Dynamics measurement of NaClO4-ethylene glycol-water mixture with isotope substitution method

K.Yoshida, T. Nagai, H. Akiba, M. KofuC

Proposal No(s).: 25555 AGNES

A Study on Liquid Structure of Ternary Deep Eutectic Solvents by Neutron Diffraction

T. Takamuku, M. Mori, Y. Kameda

Proposal No(s).: 25904 GPTAS

A Study on Mixing State of Ternary Deep Eutectic Solvents by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering

T. Takamuku, M. Mori

Proposal No(s).: 25919 SANS-U

QENS study on dynamics of Mg-ion-conducting hydrous MOF

Shun Sato, Hiroshi Akiba, Maiko Kofu, Yoshinori Ohmasa, Kaori Taniguchi, Masaaki Sadakiyo, Iwao Matsuda, Genki Kobayashi, Osamu Yamamuro

Proposal No(s).: 25553 AGNES

Study of Li/Na sulfide glassy electrolytes using quasi-elastic neutron scattering

K. Ohara, S. Hiroi, Y. Ohmasa, H. Akiba, M. Kofu and O. Yamamuro

Proposal No(s).: 25556 AGNES

Intracellular Dynamics affected by DMSO under Cryopreservation

M. Nakada

Proposal No(s).: 25301 AGNES

Biology

Structural analysis of amyloid intermediate by small angle small-angle neutron scattering

D. Morimoto

Proposal No(s).: 25537 SANS-U

Structural analysis of insulin B-chain protofibril complexed with αB-crystallin by small-angle neutron scattering

E. Chatani, R. Inoue, K. Morishima, M. Sugiyama

Proposal No(s).: 25542 SANS-U

Solution structure of multi-domain protein as studied by small-angle neutron scattering

R. Inoue, K. Morishima, S. Yanaka, Y. Koseki, M. Sugiyama

Proposal No(s).: 25526 SANS-U

Sample preparation and SANS measurements of the multi-domain protein Hef with two site-specifically deuterated domains

Takashi Oda, Rintaro Inoue, Ken Morishima, Aya Okuda, Masaaki Sugiyama.

Proposal No(s).: 25531 SANS-U

The structural stability of oral insulin nanoencapsulations studied by SANS

X. Jiang, L. Guo, J. Wang, X.Q. Chu

Proposal No(s).: 25812 SANS-U

Kinetics analysis of protein complex in Kai-circadian clock system

K. Morishima, Y. Katsuno, M. Shimizu, R. Inoue, M. Sugiyama

Proposal No(s).: 25530 SANS-U

Domain-selective structural analysis of the ER-60 using inverse contrast-matching small-angle neutron scattering

A. Okuda, M. Shimizu, K. Morishima, R. Inoue, R. Urade, M. Sugiyama

Proposal No(s).: 25529 SANS-U

Soft matters

Bayesian estimation of aggregated nanoparticle dispersions from small-angle neutron scattering data

S. Yin, Y. Mori, Y. Hayashi, Z. Meng, L. C. Geonzon, H. Nakano, H. Noguchi, M. Okada, K. Mayumi, K. Hayashi

Proposal No(s).: 25535 SANS-U

Structural Analysis of Macromolecular Anchors for Cell Membrane Surface Engineering Using Contrast-Matching Neutron Scattering

T. Nishimura

Proposal No(s).: 25543 SANS-U

Changes in molecular dynamics of starch on scale of dozens of nanometers during retrogradation

Y. Hirata, H. Nakagawa

Proposal No(s).: 25551 iNSE

Unraveling the mechanism of polymerization-induced self-assembly by time-resolved SANS

R. Takahashi

Proposal No(s).: 25920 SANS-U

The Influence of Stratum Corneum Lamellar Structures on Microemulsion Permeation

Chew Ben Kiat, Mina Tanigawa, and Mina Sakuragi

Proposal No(s).: 25538 SANS-U

Interfacial Diffusion of Polmers with Reversible Bonds: Effect of Concentration of the Reversible Bond

K. Yamaoka

Proposal No(s).: 25563 MINE

Study on Concentration Fluctuations and Ordered Structure Formation Arising from Monomer Sequences in Binary Random Copolymers

K. Yamamoto, Y. Nakao

Proposal No(s).: 25532 SANS-U

Investigation of the water localization in the block copolymer-based elastomers containing hydrophilic aggregates

M. Hayashi

Proposal No(s).: 25536 SANS-U

SANS study for the degradation behavior of catalyst membrane in fuel cells

X. Li, T. Yasuda, Kota Yanishi, R. Takami, Yuki Ohta, Masashi Harada, Naoki Hasegawa

Proposal No(s).: 25525 SANS-U

Structual analysis of multicyclic/linear polystyrene blends and multicylic polystyrene by small-angle neutron scattering

Yamato Ebii,A Feng Li,A Takuya Isono,A and Toshifumi SatohA, B

Proposal No(s).: 25539 SANS-U

Visualization of the Polyamide/Polyolefin Interface for Recycling

K. Mita, K. Mayumi

Proposal No(s).: 25913 SANS-U

Effect of solvent addition on nanoscale heterogeneity during bulk polymerization of methyl methacrylate investigated by small-angle neutron scattering

E. Sasaki, Y. Suzuki

Proposal No(s).: 25546 SANS-U

Fast localized dynamics in poly(fumarate)s studied by quasielastic neutron scattering

Y. Suzuki, S. Inagaki

Proposal No(s).: 25559 AGNES

Structures of micelles formed by rapid photoresponsive surfactants and their solubilization behaviors

M. Akamatsu, T. Demizu, R. Tanaka, M. Ago, K. Sakai, S. Ifuku, H. Sakai

Proposal No(s).: 25545 SANS-U

Elucidation of the mechanism of strength enhancement of collagen gels induced by silica nanoparticles

T. Hiroi, G. Kamio

Proposal No(s).: 25534 SANS-U

Structural evaluation of hydrogels with gel-gel phase separation

S. Ishikawa, K. Mayumi, T. Sakai

Proposal No(s).: 25541 SANS-U

Novel critical behavior in a mixture of water/organic solvent under high-pressure condition

K. Sadakane

Proposal No(s).: 25544 SANS-U

2D-Ising like critical behavior in mixtures of water/organic solvent/antagonistic salt

K. Sadakane

Proposal No(s).: 25552 iNSE

Molecular Weight-Dependent Structural Changes of Gold Nanoparticle–Cyclic PEG Complexes

T. Yamamoto, J. Tazuke, Y. Maruyama

Proposal No(s).: 25917 SANS-U

Structural analysis of foam formed by polyglycerol-type nonionic surfactants

S. Yada, K. Takahashi

Proposal No(s).: 25540 SANS-U

Fast motion in micelles with alcohol additives

F. Nemoto. H. Akiba, M. Kofu

Proposal No(s).: 25557 AGNES

Aggregation Behavior of Double-Chained Amphiphilic Glycolipid in Water/Ethanol Mixed Solution

T. Yoshimura, H. Takami

Proposal No(s).: 25527 SANS-U

Effect of Foam Height on Structures of Foams by Sugar-Based Surfactant with Branched-Chains

T. Yoshimura, N. Kimura

Proposal No(s).: 25528 SANS-U

Instruments

Development of an oscillating magnetic field system in a neutron spin interferometry for the dwell time measurement

R. Fujitani, M. Hino, T. Higuchi

Proposal No(s).: 25567 MINE

Neutron detection characteristics for BGaN neutron semiconductor imaging sensor

T. Nakano, K. Ando, S. Takenaka, Y. Maeda, T. Oda, M. Hino

Proposal No(s).: 25560 MINE

Stroboscopic imaging techniques using low-frequency MIEZE method

S.Tasaki, S.Chujo

Proposal No(s).: 25565 MINE

Fundamental physics and neutron optics

Transmission measurements of metal foils for ultracold neutron applications with a monochromatic neutron beam

Takashi Higuchi

Proposal No(s).: 25564 MINE

Development of a Talbot-Lau interferometer for neutron phase imaging at the MINE beamline

Y. Seki, M. Hino, Y. Gu

Proposal No(s).: 25568 MINE

Development of multilayer interferometer for wide-bandwidth neutrons

M. Kitaguchi, T. Nambu, H. M. Shimizu, K. Mishima, G. Ichikawa, T. Fujiie, T. Hosobata, Y. Yamagata, Y. Seki, and M. Hino

Proposal No(s).: 25561 MINE