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.

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.

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.