We attended the Gotemba Laser Spectroscopy Workshop at Toki-no-Sumika in Shizuoka on May 22-23, organized by Prof. Yamazaki (Keio Univ.). Mr. Miyashita and Ms. Kato presented the oral talks about vibrational polaritons. We enjoyed science, hot spring, walking, buffet dinner, and local beer. Click the title above “Gotemba Laser Spectroscopy Workshop” to show the photo.
Category: Laboratory
Group photo 2026
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.
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”.
annual meeting of japan society for molecular science
We attended the 19th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Molecular Science at Hiroshima on September 9-12. Mr. Eiyu Mitsukawa and Kaichi Miyashita gave their poster presentations titled “Precise control of an optical cavity to observe gas-phase vibrational polaritons” and “Measurement of cavity transmission spectra to study on gas-phase vibrational polaritons”, respectively.
Our article was published
Our paper “Solvent-dimer-mediated clusters as a microscopic model of solution: IR spectroscopy and density functional theory of jet-cooled pyrrole-tetrahydrofuran clusters” was published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
40th Symposium on Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics
We participated the 40th Symposium on Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics, held at Kobe University on June 4-6. Mr. Eiyu Mitsukawa (M2) gave a poster presentation “Precise control of an optical cavity to observe gas-phase vibrational polaritons”.