We start our laboratory activity in the autumn-winter semester in 2024 today.
6th Workshop on Laser Spectroscopy
18th Annual Meeting of Molecular Science
18th Annual Meeting of Molecular Science was held on September 18-21 at Kyoto University. Prof. Matsumoto and Mr. Hayano (M2) gave oral presentations “Effect on the pi electrons on an achiral aromatic molecule on chirality recognition of propylene oxide” and “Study on hydrogen-bonded structures of propargyl alcohol clusters: diversity due to pi electron”, respectively. In addition, Mr. Oyaide, Mr. Furukawa, and Ms. Nishimura gave poster presentation “Development of the optical cavity for observation of gas-phase vibrational polaritons”, “Development of the gas cell for observation of gas-phase vibrational polaritons”, and “Chiral recognition of 2,5,-dimethylpyrrole-propylene oxide clusters by IR spectroscopy”, respectively.
International Congress on Pure and Applied Chemistry
International Congress on Pure and Applied Chemistry (ICPAC) Mongolia 2024 was held on August 28-31 at Holiday Inn Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Prof. Matsumoto had an opportunity to give an invited presentation “Chirality Recognition of Propylene Oxide Dimer induced by Hydrogen bond of Achiral Pyrrole”.
Intensive lecture “Molecular Science in Optical Cavity”
Prof. Matsumoto had an opportunity to give an intensive lecture “Molecular Science in Optical Cavity” at Hiroshima University on August 5-6 (The host was Prof. Yoshiya Inokuchi).
International Symposium of JSPS Core-to-Core Program
International Symposium of JSPS Core-to-Core Program “Elucidation of Solvation Effect on Molecular Recognition” was held on July 29-30 at Tokyo Institute of Technology. Prof. Matsumoto had an opportunity of the oral presentation “Hydrated Structures of the charge-resonance pyrrole dimer cation by IR spectroscopy”.
39th Symposium on Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics
We organized the 39th Symposium on Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics, which was held on Shizuoka City Culture Hall (Chairperson of the Committee was Prof. Shinnosuke Kawai). In this symposium, Mr. Oyaide (M2), Hayano (M2), and Furukawa (M2) gave poster presentations “Development of the optical cavity for observation of gas-phase vibrational polaritons”, “Study on hydrogen bonds of propargyl alcohol clusters by IR spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations”, and “Development of the gas cell for observation of gas-phase vibrational polaritons”, respectively.
Final lecture by Prof. Masaaki Fujii (Tokyo Tech.)
Research proposal is accepted
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).