Spectroscopy is the "eyes" of modern science, and hence it plays essential roles in a variety of research fields covering physics, chemistry, and biology. We develop and utilize the most advanced spectroscopy for molecular science of complex systems in the condensed phase. To elucidate a variety of complex phenomena occurring in the condensed phase, we need to clarify the electronic and vibrational states of molecules, the response of surroundings, and the fluctuation and dissipation of energy behind. Based on this view, we carry our fundamental research using the most advanced linear/nonlinear spectroscopic methods with most suitable time- and space-resolution for the problems to be studied.
Director: Tahei Tahara
ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY
Hikaru
Kuramochi
INTERFACE SPECTROSCOPY
Satoshi
Nihonyanagi
SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY
Kunihiko
Ishii
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Hidden isolated OH at the charged hydrophobic interface revealed by two-dimensional heterodyne-detected VSFG spectroscopy
M. Ahmed, K. Inoue, S. Nihonyanagi, and T. Tahara, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 9498-9505 (2020).
Tracking photoinduced Au–Au bond formation through transient terahertz vibrations observed by femtosecond time-domain Raman spectroscopy
H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, M. Iwamura, K. Nozaki, and T. Tahara, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 19296-19303 (2019).
Microsecond conformational dynamics of biopolymer revealed by dynamic-quenching two-dimensional fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy with single dye-labeling
B. Sarkar, K. Ishii, and T. Tahara, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 10, 5536-5541 (2019).
NEWS
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2020-02-12NEWSProf. Tahara has received Mizushima-Raman Lecture Award, “in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Chemistry in the area of molecular spectroscopy,”
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2020-02-12NEWSProf. Tahara gave a invited lecture at Mizushima Raman Lecture, 26th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-26) (2020/02/08, Vellore, India)
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2019-11-07NEWSProf. Tahara gave a keynote lecture at Nature Conference on Functional Dynamics -Visualizing Molecules in Action (2019/11/06-08, Arizona, USA)
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2019-09-24NEWSProf. Tahara has received TRVS “Lifetime Achievement” Award at TRVS2019