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Huang W, Cao M, Mao H, An L, Chen Z, Xu W, Li X, Wei H. Temperature-Tunable Operando Nondestructive Detection of Electronic and Geometrical Structures in Battery Electrodes. Anal Chem 2024; 96:1178-1184. [PMID: 38192112 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Real-time monitoring of the structural evolution of battery materials is crucial for understanding their underlying reaction mechanisms, which cannot be satisfied by the typically used post-mortem analysis. While more and more operando techniques were constructed and employed, they are all based on ambient working conditions that are not generally the case for real-world applications. Indeed, batteries work in an environment where self-heat dissipation increases the surrounding temperature, and extreme temperature applications (<-20 °C or >60 °C) are also frequently proposed. Operando characterization techniques under variable temperatures are therefore highly desired for tracking battery reactions under real-working conditions. Here, we develop a methodology to operando monitor the electronic and geometrical structures of battery materials over a wide range of temperatures based on X-ray spectroscopies. It is substantiated with data collected on a model LiNi0.90Co0.05Mn0.05O2/Si@C pouch cell under operando quick X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, by which we found a temperature-dependent structure evolution behavior that is highly correlated with the electrochemical performance. Our work establishes an exemplary protocol for analyzing battery materials under temperature-variable environments that can be widely used in other related fields.
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- Weifeng Huang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia Engineering and Technology Research Center for Catalytic Conversion and Utilization of Carbon Resource Molecules, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities, Guizhou 558000, China
- China-Italy Joint Laboratory of In-Situ/Operando Instrumentation, Beijing Science Star Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing 100070, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities, Guizhou 558000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities, Guizhou 558000, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- China-Italy Joint Laboratory of In-Situ/Operando Instrumentation, Beijing Science Star Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing 100070, China
- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- China-Italy Joint Laboratory of In-Situ/Operando Instrumentation, Beijing Science Star Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing 100070, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia Engineering and Technology Research Center for Catalytic Conversion and Utilization of Carbon Resource Molecules, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
- China-Italy Joint Laboratory of In-Situ/Operando Instrumentation, Beijing Science Star Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing 100070, China
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Ninomiya K, Kubo MK, Inagaki M, Yoshida G, Chiu IH, Kudo T, Asari S, Sentoku S, Takeshita S, Shimomura K, Kawamura N, Strasser P, Miyake Y, Ito TU, Higemoto W, Saito T. Development of a non-destructive depth-selective quantification method for sub-percent carbon contents in steel using negative muon lifetime analysis. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1797. [PMID: 38245588 PMCID: PMC10799958 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52255-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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The amount of C in steel, which is critical in determining its properties, is strongly influenced by steel production technology. We propose a novel method of quantifying the bulk C content in steel non-destructively using muons. This revolutionary method may be used not only in the quality control of steel in production, but also in analyzing precious steel archaeological artifacts. A negatively charged muon forms an atomic system owing to its negative charge, and is finally absorbed into the nucleus or decays to an electron. The lifetimes of muons differ significantly, depending on whether they are trapped by Fe or C atoms, and identifying the elemental content at the muon stoppage position is possible via muon lifetime measurements. The relationship between the muon capture probabilities of C/Fe and the elemental content of C exhibits a good linearity, and the C content in the steel may be quantitatively determined via muon lifetime measurements. Furthermore, by controlling the incident energies of the muons, they may be stopped in each layer of a stacked sample consisting of three types of steel plates with thicknesses of 0.5 mm, and we successfully determined the C contents in the range 0.20-1.03 wt% depth-selectively, without sample destruction.
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- Kazuhiko Ninomiya
- Institute for Radiation Sciences, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan.
- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan.
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- Division of Natural Sciences, International Christian University, 3-10-2, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8585, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, Asashiro-Nishi, Kumatori, Osaka, 590-0494, Japan
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- Radiation Science Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 315-0801, Japan
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- Institute for Radiation Sciences, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
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- Division of Natural Sciences, International Christian University, 3-10-2, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8585, Japan
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- Muon Science Laboratory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 315-0801, Japan
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- Muon Science Laboratory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 315-0801, Japan
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- Muon Science Laboratory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 315-0801, Japan
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- Muon Science Laboratory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 315-0801, Japan
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- Muon Science Laboratory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 315-0801, Japan
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4, Shirakata, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4, Shirakata, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
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- National Museum of Japanese History, 117 Jonai-Cho, Sakura, Chiba, 285-8502, Japan
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Ishigaki M, Ishikawa K, Usuki T, Kondo H, Komagata S, Sasaki T. Operando Li metal plating diagnostics via MHz band electromagnetics. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7275. [PMID: 37949884 PMCID: PMC10638420 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43138-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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A nondestructive detection method for internal Li-metal plating in lithium-ion batteries is essential to improve their lifetime. Here, we demonstrate a direct Li-metal detection technology that focuses on electromagnetic behaviour. Through an interdisciplinary approach combining the ionic behaviour of electrochemical reactions at the negative electrode and the electromagnetic behaviour of electrons based on Maxwell's equations, we find that internal Li-metal plating can be detected by the decrease in real part of the impedance at high-frequency. This finding enables simpler diagnostics when compared to data-driven analysis because we can correlate a direct response from the electronic behaviour to the metallic material property rather changes in the ionic behaviour. We test this response using commercial Li-ion batteries subject to extremely fast charging conditions to induce Li-metal plating. From this, we develop a battery sensor that detects and monitors the cycle-by-cycle growth of Li-metal plating. This work not only contributes to advancing future Li-ion battery development but may also serve as a tool for Li-metal plating monitoring in real-field applications to increase the useable lifetime of Li-ion batteries and to prevent detrimental Li-metal plating.
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- Masanori Ishigaki
- Secondary Batteries Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Labs., INC, Nagakute, Japan.
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- Secondary Batteries Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Labs., INC, Nagakute, Japan.
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- Secondary Batteries Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Labs., INC, Nagakute, Japan
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- Secondary Batteries Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Labs., INC, Nagakute, Japan
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- Secondary Batteries Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Labs., INC, Nagakute, Japan
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- Secondary Batteries Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Labs., INC, Nagakute, Japan
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Ninomiya K, Kajino M, Nambu A, Inagaki M, Kudo T, Sato A, Terada K, Shinohara A, Tomono D, Kawashima Y, Sakai Y, Takayama T. Non-Destructive Composition Identification for Mixtures of Iron Compounds Using a Chemical Environmental Effect on a Muon Capture Process. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2022. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20220289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Kazuhiko Ninomiya
- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Insititute for Radiation Sciences, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, Kumatori, Sennan, Osaka 590-0494, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Osaka Aoyama University, Minoh, Osaka 562-8580, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Daido University, Takiharu-cho, Nagoya, Aichi 457-8530, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Daido University, Takiharu-cho, Nagoya, Aichi 457-8530, Japan
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Characterization of a Continuous Muon Source for the Non-Destructive and Depth-Selective Elemental Composition Analysis by Muon Induced X- and Gamma-rays. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12052541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The toolbox for material characterization has never been richer than today. Great progress with all kinds of particles and interaction methods provide access to nearly all properties of an object under study. However, a tomographic analysis of the subsurface region remains still a challenge today. In this regard, the Muon Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE) technique has seen rebirth fueled by the availability of high intensity muon beams. We report here a study conducted at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). It demonstrates that the absence of any beam time-structure leads to low pile-up events and a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) with less than one hour acquisition time per sample or data point. This performance creates the perspective to open this technique to a wider audience for the routine investigation of non-destructive and depth-sensitive elemental compositions, for example in rare and precious samples. Using a hetero-structured sample of known elements and thicknesses, we successfully detected the characteristic muonic X-rays, emitted during the capture of a negative muon by an atom, and the gamma-rays resulting from the nuclear capture of the muon, characterizing the capabilities of MIXE at PSI. This sample emphasizes the quality of a continuous beam, and the exceptional SNR at high rates. Such sensitivity will enable totally new statistically intense aspects in the field of MIXE, e.g., elemental 3D-tomography and chemical analysis. Therefore, we are currently advancing our proof-of-concept experiments with the goal of creating a full fledged permanently operated user station to make MIXE available to the wider scientific community as well as industry.
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Ding Q, Li C, Wang H, Xu C, Kuang H. Electrochemical detection of heavy metal ions in water. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:7215-7231. [PMID: 34223844 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc00983d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Heavy metal ions are one of the main sources of water pollution. Most heavy metal ions are carcinogens that pose a threat to both ecological balance and human health. With the increasing demand for heavy metal detection, electrochemical detection is favorable due to its high sensitivity and efficiency. Here, after discussing the pollution sources and toxicities of Hg(ii), Cd(ii), As(iii), Pb(ii), UO2(ii), Tl(i), Cr(vi), Ag(i), and Cu(ii), we review a variety of recent electrochemical methods for detecting heavy metal ions. Compared with traditional methods, electrochemical methods are portable, fast, and cost-effective, and they can be adapted to various on-site inspection sites. Our review shows that the electrochemical detection of heavy metal ions is a very promising strategy that has attracted widespread attention and can be applied in agriculture, life science, clinical diagnosis, and analysis.
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- Qi Ding
- The Key Laboratory of Food Colloids and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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Inagaki M, Ninomiya K, Nambu A, Kudo T, Terada K, Sato A, Kawashima Y, Tomono D, Shinohara A. Chemical effect on muonic atom formation through muon transfer reaction in benzene and cyclohexane samples. RADIOCHIM ACTA 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/ract-2020-0112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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To investigate the chemical effect on the muon capture process through a muon transfer reaction from a muonic hydrogen atom, the formation rate of muonic carbon atoms is measured for benzene and cyclohexane molecules in liquid samples. The muon transfer rate to carbon atoms of the benzene molecule is higher than that to the carbon atoms of the cyclohexane molecule. Such a deviation has never been observed among those molecules for gas samples. This may be because the transfers occur from the excited states of muonic hydrogen atoms in the liquid system, whereas in the gas system, all the transfers occur from the 1s (ground) state of muon hydrogen atoms. The muonic hydrogen atoms in the excited states have a larger radius than those in the 1s state and are therefore considered to be affected by the steric hindrance of the molecular structure. This indicates that the excited states of muonic hydrogen atoms contribute significantly to the chemical effects on the muon transfer reaction.
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- Makoto Inagaki
- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science , Kyoto University , Kumatori, Sennan , Osaka 590-0494 , Japan
- Graduate School of Science , Osaka University , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-0043 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Science , Osaka University , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-0043 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Science , Osaka University , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-0043 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Science , Osaka University , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-0043 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Science , Osaka University , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-0043 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Science , Osaka University , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-0043 , Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics , Osaka University , Ibaraki , Osaka 567-0047 , Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics , Osaka University , Ibaraki , Osaka 567-0047 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Science , Osaka University , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-0043 , Japan
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UMEGAKI I, KONDO Y, HIGUCHI Y. Application of Analysis with Muonic X-rays for Battery. JOURNAL OF COMPUTER CHEMISTRY-JAPAN 2020. [DOI: 10.2477/jccj.2020-0019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Izumi UMEGAKI
- Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., Yokomichi 41-1, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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- Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., Yokomichi 41-1, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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- Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., Yokomichi 41-1, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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NINOMIYA K. Electron State Effects on The Formation Process of Muonic Atom. JOURNAL OF COMPUTER CHEMISTRY-JAPAN 2020. [DOI: 10.2477/jccj.2020-0012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Kazuhiko NINOMIYA
- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University,1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
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