Facilities we frequently use
We often go to common-use facilities to perform advanced experiments. Here we introduce our frequently-used facilities. You can also check our instruments in our lab @UTokyo.
High-pressure neutron powder diffractometer, PLANET (BL11)
@ Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF), J-PARC
We use PLANET beamline to investigate crystal structure of materials including hydrogen-atom positions/occupancies under high-pressure conditions. MLF at J-PARC supplies the brightest pulsed neutron beam in the world. We usually use a 6-axis multi-anvil press "Atsuhime" (Sano-Furukawa et al., 2014) for high-temperature experiments, and a temperature-variable opposed-anvil hydraulic press "Mito system" (Komatsu et al., 2013) for low-temperature studies.
High-pressure X-ray powder diffractometer, BL-18C
@ Photon Factory (PF), High-energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
High-pressure X-ray diffraction experiments are carried out using diamond anvil cells (DACs), but we also use the beamline to obtain high-quality diffraction profiles at ambient pressure. Low-temperature experiments down to about 10 K are also possible.
Energy-dispersive high-pressure & high-temperature powder X-ray diffractometer NE7A
@ Photon Factory Advanced Ring (PF-AR), High-energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Energy-dispersive high-pressure & high-temperature powder X-ray diffractometer BL04B1
@ SPring-8