Our research proposal “Study on aromatic charge resonance complex probed by IR spectroscopy” has been accepted by the Network Joint Research Center for Materials and Devices. This study will collaborate with Prof. Shun-ichi Ishiuchi at Tokyo Institute of Technology. We will study IR spectroscopy of solvated clusters with pyrrole dimer cations to investigate the relationship between solvated structures and intra-cluster charge distribution.
Grant-in-aid for scientific research
Our research proposal, “Study on the state of vibrational strong coupling in gas-phase molecules by IR spectroscopy and cavity-QED theory“, has been adopted for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).
Start Spring-Summer Semester In 2024
We start our laboratory activity in the spring-summer semester in 2024 today.
Joint research with Prof. Otto Dopfer
Prof. Matsumoto visited the laboratory of Prof. Otto Dopfer at Technical University Berlin on March 18 – 25, 2024. This was the opportunity for our joint research supported by the JSPS Bilateral Exchange Program between Japan and Germany. We proceeded to write our manuscript on IR photodissociation spectroscopy of the hydrated clusters of pyrrole dimer cations (Py2+(H2O)n).
Research presentation by undergraduate students
Three undergraduate students in our laboratory, Mr. Eiyu Mitsukawa, Ms. Haruka Nishimura, and Mr. Shintaro Koakutsu, had a research presentation for the Department of Chemistry. Their talk titles are “Simulation study on controlling optical cavity for vibrational strong coupling”, “Structural analysis of 2,5-dimethylpyrrole – water clusters by IR spectroscopy”, and “Structural analysis of 2,5-dimethylpyrrole – propylene oxide clusters by IR spectroscopy” by EM, HN, and SK, respectively.
Defense of master thesis
Ms. Yukino Yamada (M2) had the defense of her master’s thesis on February 14. The title of her thesis is “Structural analysis of pyrrole – tetrahydrofuran solvated clusters probed by IR cavity ringdown spectroscopy”.
OB coming
Mr. Yusuke Ishihara, who graduated from our laboratory in March 2023, is home-coming to Shizuoka University. We opened the seminar and he provided various information about the company that he is working for now.
Paper Published
The paper “Visualization of the sequence of changes in full wavenumber range by two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy” was published in Chemical Physics Letters. We contributed our IR spectra of the gas-phase pyrrole clusters for this study.
54th Autumn Meeting of the Chemistry Association in Chubu Branch
54th Autumn Meeting of the Chemistry Association in Chubu Branch was held on November 11-12 at Mie University. Ms. Yukino Yamada (M2) provided her oral presentation “Specific solvated structures of pyrrole – tetrahydrofuran clusters studied by IR cavity ringdown spectroscopy”.
Visit to NAIST
We (Prof. Matsumoto, Mr. Oyaide, and Mr. Furukawa) visited the laboratory of Prof. Hiroyuki Katsuki at the Nara Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) on November 10. We discussed the vibrational strong coupling of gas-phase molecules and clusters, based on the presentation of our research plan. In addition, we had an opportunity for the laboratory tour to see the experimental apparatus for the vibrational polariton in a liquid phase.