Welcome to our lab, fresh guys. Click the title above “Group Photo 2026” to show the photo.
Research presentation by undergraduates
We held the meeting for the research presentation by undergraduates from the Chemistry Department on February 26. Ms. Reika Kato, Mr. Ion Matamura, and Mr. Keisuke Yoshida presented their studies on “Vibrational strong coupling of aqueous macromolecules”, “Development of photoacoustic spectroscopy”, and “Vibrational strong coupling of CO2 in PEG solution”, respectively.
SDMC2026
Prof. Matsumoto was invited to the “21st Discussion Meeting on Structure and Dynamics of Molecules and Clusters (SDMC2026)”, at the Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, on February 19-22. The title of the invited talk was “Gas-phase molecular science in an optical cavity”.
Defense of Master’s Thesis
We held the defense of the master’s thesis on February 12, 2026. Ms. Haruka Nishimura and Mr. Eiyu Mitsukawa gave their presentations, titled “Theoretical study on chirality preference of molecular clusters” and “Precise control of optical cavity for observation of gas-phase vibrational polaritons”, respectively.
our article was published
Our paper “Preference of heterochiral dimers of propylene oxide dimers induced by noncovalent interactions with pyrrole as an achiral tag” was published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
Pacifichem 2025
Prof. Matsumoto attended Pacifichem 2025 (Dec. 17-20, Honolulu, Hawai) and presented our research progress at two symposia. One presentation is “Intermolecular structures of jet-cooled molecular large clusters in gas-phase studied by two-dimensional correlation infrared spectroscopy” at the symposium “Horizon of 2D Correlation Spectroscopy”. The other presentation is “Chirality recognition of propylene oxide dimer induced by hydrogen bond with pyrrole as an achiral tag” at the symposium “Synergy of Theory and Experiments in Exploring Molecular Functionality in Supramolecules and Molecular Clusters in the Gas Phase”.
Intensive lecture
Prof. Matsumoto had an opportunity to give an intensive lecture at Kyushu University in Dec. 4-5. The title of this lecture is “Molecular Science in an Optical Cavity”.
organizing symposium
We (members of the Department of Chemistry and the Research Institute of Green Science and Technology) organized the “3rd Symposium on Creating World-Changing molecules,” held at Granship in Shizuoka on November 28. This symposium was held to remember Prof. Masamichi Yamanaka, who was an invaluable colleague to us.
asian & oceanian spectroscopy conference
Prof. Matsumoto attended the 9th Asian and Oceanian Spectroscopy Conference, held in Goa, India, on September 21-25. He gave an invited talk titled “IR spectroscopy of charge-resonance pyrrole dimer cation and its solvated clusters.”
International symposium on Core-to-Core program
Prof. Matsumoto attended the International Symposium on Core-to-Core Symposium “Elucidation of Solvation Effects on Molecular Recognition” at the University of California, Santa Barbara, on September 15-17. He gave an oral talk titled “Hydration effect of pyrrole dimer cation on aromatic charge resonance studied by IR spectroscopy”.