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RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Nuclear Chemistry Group

Director: Hiromitsu Haba (D.Sc.)

Research Summary

Hiromitsu  Haba

Nuclear Chemistry Group develops production technologies of useful radioisotope for application studies in nuclear and radiochemistry. The group also develops technologies of mass spectrometry for trace-element and isotope analyses and apply them to the research fields such as cosmochemistry, environmental science, archaeology and so on. Industrial Application Research Team promotes industrial applications of the accelerator facility and its related technologies.

Main Research Fields

  • Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering

Related Research Fields

  • Environmental Science
  • Complex Systems
  • Social Sciences
  • Mathematical & Physical Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • Engineering

Keywords

  • Nuclear chemistry
  • RI production and application
  • Superheavy element science
  • Sharing accelerator facilities for common use program
  • Heavy-ion beams irradiation

Selected Publications

  • 1. Y. Shigekawa, A. Yamaguchi, K. Suzuki, H. Haba, T. Hiraki, H. Kikunaga, T. Masuda, S. Nishimura, N. Sasao, A. Yoshimi, and K. Yoshimura:
    "Estimation of radiative half-life of 229mTh by half-life measurement of other nuclear excited states in 229Th"
    Phys. Rev. C 104, 024306 (2021).
  • 2. H. Takashima, Y. Koga, S. Manabe, K. Ohnuki, R. Tsumura, T. Anzai, N. Iwata, Y. Wang, T. Yokokita, Y. Komori, D. Mori, S. Usuda, H. Haba, H. Fujii, Y. Matsumura, and M. Yasunaga:
    "Radioimmunotherapy with an 211At-labeled anti-tissue factor antibody protected by sodium ascorbate"
    Cancer Sci. 112, 1975 (2021).
  • 3. Y. Kasamatsu, K. Toyomura, H. Haba, T. Yokokita, Y. Shigekawa, A. Kino, Y. Yasuda, Y. Komori, J. Kanaya, M. Huang, M. Murakami, H. Kikunaga, E. Watanabe, T. Yoshimura, K. Morita, T. Mitsugashira, K. Takamiya, T. Ohtsuki, and A. Shinohara:
    "Co-precipitation behaviour of single atoms of rutherfordium in basic solutions"
    Nature Chem. 13, 226 (2021).
  • 4. T. Tanaka, K. Morita, K. Morimoto, D. Kaji, H. Haba, R. A. Boll, N. T. Brewer, S. Van Cleve, D. J. Dean, S. Ishizawa, Y. Ito, Y. Komori, K. Nishio, T. Niwase, B. C. Rasco, J. B. Roberto, K. P. Rykaczewski, H. Sakai, D. W. Stracener, and K. Hagino:
    "Fusion Dynamics for Hot Fusion Reactions to Synthesize Superheavy Nuclei revealed in Quasielastic Barrier Distributions"
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 052502 (2020).
  • 5. H. Haba, F. Fan, D. Kaji, Y. Kasamatsu, H. Kikunaga, Y. Komori, N. Kondo, H. Kudo, K. Morimoto, K. Morita, M. Murakami, K. Nishio, J. P. Omtvedt, K. Ooe, Z. Qin, D. Sato, N. Sato, T. K. Sato, Y. Shigekawa, A. Shinohara, M. Takeyama, T. Tanaka, A. Toyoshima, K. Tsukada, Y. Wakabayashi, Y. Wang, S. Wulff, S. Yamaki, S. Yano, Y. Yasuda, and T. Yokokita:
    "Production of 266Bh in the 248Cm(23Na,5n)266Bh reaction and its decay properties"
    Phys. Rev. C 102, 024625 (2020).
  • 6. A. Yamaguchi, H. Muramatsu, T. Hayashi, N. Yuasa, K. Nakamura, M. Takimoto, H. Haba, K. Konashi, M. Watanabe, H. Kikunaga, K. Maehata, N. Y. Yamasaki, and K. Mitsuda:
    "Energy of the 229Th nuclear clock isomer determined by absolute γ-ray energy difference"
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 222501 (2019).
  • 7. H. Haba:
    "A new period in superheavy-element hunting"
    Nature Chem. 11, 10 (2019).
  • 8. T. Masuda, A. Yoshimi, A. Fujieda, H. Fujimoto, H. Haba, H. Hara, T. Hiraki, H. Kaino, Y. Kasamatsu, S. Kitao, K. Konashi, Y. Miyamoto, K. Okai, S. Okubo, N. Sasao, M. Seto, T. Schumm, Y. Shigekawa, K. Suzuki, S. Stellmer, K. Tamasaku, S. Uetake, M. Watanabe, T. Watanabe, Y. Yasuda, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yoda, T. Yokokita, M. Yoshimura, and K. Yoshimura:
    "X-ray pumping of the 229Th nuclear clock isomer"
    Nature 573, 238 (2019).
  • 9. Y. Wang, S. Cao, J. Zhang, F. Fan, J. Yang, H. Haba, Y. Komori, T. Yokokita, K. Morimoto, D. Kaji, Y. J. Wittwer, R. Eichler, A. Türler, and Z. Qin:
    "The study of rhenium pentacarbonyl complexes using single-atom chemistry in gas phase"
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 7147 (2019).
  • 10. K. Fujiki, Y. Kanayama, S. Yano, N. Sato, T. Yokokita, P. Ahmadi, Y. Watanabe, H. Haba, and K. Tanaka:
    "211At-labeled immunoconjugate via a one-pot three-component double click strategy: practical access to α-emission cancer radiotherapeutics"
    Chem. Sci. 10, 1936 (2019).

Recent Research Results

Lab Members

Principal investigator

Hiromitsu Haba
Director

Core members

Yousuke Kanayama
Technical Scientist
Hiroo Hasebe
Research & Development Scientist
Xiaojie Yin
Contract Researcher
Yudai Shigekawa
Postdoctoral Researcher
Akihiro Nambu
Technical Staff I
Motoki Sato
Junior Research Associate
Teruhito Nakashita
Junior Research Associate
Nozomi Sato
Research Part-time Worker I
Michiko Kitagawa
Research Part-time Worker I
Sachiko Usuda
Research Part-time Worker I
Keiko Watanabe
Research Part-time Worker I
Minako Osanai
Research Part-time Worker II
Kazuya Takahashi
Special Temporary Research Scientist
Tamaki Watanabe
Special Temporary Technical Scientist

Contact Information

Nishina Bldg.
2-1 Hirosawa
Wako, Saitama
351-0198 Japan
Email: haba [at] riken.jp

Organization

Industrial Application Research Team
Atsushi Yoshida (D.Sc.)

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