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Regulation of the expression of MHC class I-related chain A, B (MICA, MICB) via chromatin remodeling and its impact on the susceptibility of leukemic cells to the cytotoxicity of NKG2D-expressing cells
Innate immune cells such as natural killer (NK) cells play a crucial role in antitumor immune responses. NKG2D is a major activating immunoreceptor expressed in not only NK cells but also CD8+ T cells and shows c...
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Structural evolutions of an obsidian and its fused glass by shock-wave compression
Shock-recovery experiments for obsidian and its fused glass have been carried out with pressure up to 35 GPa. Structural evolution accompanying the shock compression was investigated using X-ray diffraction te...
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An X-ray diffraction study of shock-wave-densified SiO2 glasses
The densification and structural changes in SiO2 glass compressed up to 43.4 GPa by shock experiments are investigated quantitatively by the X-ray diffraction technique. Direct structural data (average Si–O and ...
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NMR Study of the Tl-Based High-Tc Cuprate Tl(Ba,Sr)2(Y,Ca)Cu2O7 in a Wide Hole Concentration Range from the Antiferromagnetic to the Overdoped Region
Many studies on high-T c cuprates conducted in this decade have repeatedly emphasized universality in the electronic phase diagram. Undoped cuprates are, as is well known, insulators and are two-d...
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A Raman spectroscopic study of shock-wave densification of anorthite (CaAl2Si2O8) glass
Structural modifications induced by shock-wave compression up to 40 GPa in anorthite glass are investigated by Raman spectroscopy. In the first investigation, densification increases with increasing shock pre...
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A Raman spectroscopic study of shock-wave densification of vitreous silica
The densification processes in SiO2 glass induced by shock-wave compression up to 43.4 GPa are investigated by Raman spectroscopy. At first, densification increases with increasing shock pressure. A maximum densi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Crystal growth of (Bi,Pb)2Sr2CaCu2Oz and their superconducting properties
Superconducting single crystal of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oz was grown from stoichiometric melt composition. The effect of Pb-do** on the superconducting properties was studied. The superconducting transition temperature (T
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Relation between superconductivity and oxidation state Pb of (Pb,Cu)Sr2(Ca,Y)Cu2Oy and (Pb,Cu)(Sr,La)2CuOy studied by chemical analysis and XPS measurements
Chemical analysis by K2Cr2O7 titration and the binding energy measurement of Pb 4f7/2 by XPS were applied for the evaluation of valence state of Pb in (Pb,Cu)Sr2(Ca,Y)Cu2Oy and (Pb,Cu)(Sr,La)2CuOy. Correlation be...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
YSr2Cu3-xMxOy (M= Fe and Mo) Ceramics Studied by Photoemission
We have investigated superconducting properties and electronic structures of YSr2Cu3-x M x O y (M= Fe and Mo) ceramics with var...
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Growth of high-quality Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oz crystal and characterization
We report growth of high-quality Bi2Sr2CaCu2 Ozsingle crystals with dimensions 2 × 1 × 0.03 mm3 with a melt and growth technique. The composition of this crystal is homogeneous and very close to the stoichiometri...
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Cu/Tl-NMR study on the non magnetic impurity effect in Tl-based high-T c cuprate TlBa2Ca(Cu1−zZnz)2 O7+δ (Tl1212)
Cu-NMR study has been performed on the Zn-substituted TlBa2Ca(Cu1−zZnz)2O7+δ belonging to the over-doped region. The temperature dependence of the Knight shift was successfully explained in terms of the partially...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Photoemission and Inverse-photoemission Studies on Metal-insulator Transition of Bi-2201 Ceramics
Measurements of x-ray (XPS) and inverse-photoemission (IPES) spectroscopy have been performed on polycrystalline Bi2Sr2-xMxCuOy (M=La, Nd, and Gd, 0.4 ≤ x ≤ 0.9) ceramics in which metal-insulator transition is ob...
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Magnetic torque of oriented bulk Bi2212 by the shock-loading method
The magnetic torque of oriented bulk specimen of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ by the shock-loading method was measured under magnetic fields up to 8 kOe in the temperature range from 4.2 to 100 K. The torque amplitude of the ...
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Synthesis of the B1-type tantalum nitride by shock compression
B1-type tantalum nitride (polycrystalline bulk state) was synthesized by shock compression. Shock-compression recovery experiments of the porous sample of tantalum nitride with a hexagonal structure (CoSn-type...
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Shock Effects on Structural and Superconducting Properties of High Tc Oxides
Shock compression technique has been applied for the research of high Tc oxides in several different ways. Synthesis of high Tc oxides from component oxides by means of shock compression [1–5], as revealed in suc...
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Deposition of TiO2 on heated substrates by the spray-inductively-coupled-plasma technique
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Synthesis of ultrafine single-component oxide particles by the spray-ICP technique
Ultrafine oxide particles were synthesized by introducing aqueous solutions of metal salts into a high-temperature r.f. inductively coupled plasma (the spray-ICP technique). The particles synthesized were sphe...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Phase changes in solids during shock loading and unloading
Polymorphic phase transformations have been found in many substances by shock compression. The transition pressures observed by dynamic and static compression are generally in good agreement, provided that the...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
NMR Spectra and Relaxation of 205Tl in the Tl2Ba2CuO6-δ (2201) High-T c Superconductor
The 205Tl NMR in Tl2Ba2CuO6-δ has been measured as a function of temperature and oxygen content. A difference in the line shape for the H//c and the H⊥c has been observed in the oxygen defect sup...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Hugoniot-measurement study of the stabilized zirconia single crystal
Hugoniot-measurement experiments of the Y2O3-doped (9.6 mol%) stabilized zirconia in the pressure range up to 120 GPa were performed by using single crystals to study cubic directly the yielding property, phase t...