Ms. Reza Aulia (M2) had the defense of her master’s thesis on August 9. The title of her thesis is “Structural analysis of alcohol – alkylsilane dihydrogen-bonded clusters probed by IR cavity ringdown spectroscopy”.
Category: Research
Paper accepted
Our paper on “IR cavity ringdown spectroscopy and density functional theory calculation of pyrrole – diethyl ketone clusters: Impacts of carbon-chain flexibility on the diversity of N-H…O=C hydrogen bond” was accepted in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (DOI: 10.1039/d3cp01466e).
Visiting Ito Campus of Kyushu University
Prof. Matsumoto has visited Prof. Terasaki (Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University) on June 30. I excitedly enjoyed the laboratory tours of Terasaki Laboratory and Onda Laboratory. Surprisingly on that day, I was so happy to have an opportunity to participate in the special lecture by Prof. Tatsuya Tsukuda (Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo).
5th Joint Research Prize
Prof. Matsumoto won the 5th Joint Research Prize from “Network Joint Research Center for Materials and Devices”. He attended the award ceremony in Centennial Hall of Kyushu University School of Medicine on June 29. The research topic for this prize is “Infrared Study on Aromatic Charge Resonance Complex”, which was collaborated with Prof. Masaaki Fujii (Director of Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology).
Joint research with Prof. Otto Dopfer
Prof. Matsumoto visited the laboratory of Prof. Otto Dopfer at Technical University Berlin on May 22 – June 2, 2023. 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).
Science Cafe in Shizuoka
Prof. Matsumoto had the great opportunity of the outreach activity to talk about our research and dream to the citizen in Shizuoka city. The title of his talk was “Invitation to Molecular Science in Optical Cavity: Sandwiching Molecules between Two Mirrors”.
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. Masaaki Fujii 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.
Start spring-summer semester in 2023
We started the research activity of our laboratory in 2023 today.
Collaborative Study with Prof. Otto Dopfer
Prof. Matsumoto visited the laboratory of Prof. Otto Dopfer at Technical University Berlin on December 5-16 2022. This was the opportunity for our collaborative study supported by the JSPS Bilateral Exchange Program between Japan and Germany. We proceeded to write our manuscript on IR photodissociation spectroscopy of microhydrated pyrrole cations with a lot of fruitful discussions. Fortunately, our paper “Microhydration of the pyrrole cation (Py+) revealed by IR spectroscopy: Ionization-induced rearrangement of the hydrogen-bonded network of Py+(H2O)2” was published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.3c00363).
Research proposal is accepted
Our research proposal “Gas-phase IR spectroscopy of light-matter hybrid states generated by vibrational strong coupling” has been accepted in Matsuo Foundation for Academic Promotion.