SPECIAL RESEARCH PROJECTS

IMS has special research projects supported by national funds. Three projects in progress are:

  1. Development of microscopic environments with functionality and quantum steering for reactions(1995-)
  2. Study of molecular solid toward molecular electronics(1995-)
  3. Material control in multi-reaction centers(1993-)

These three projects are being carried out with close collaboration between research divisions and facilities. Collaborations from outside also make important contributions. Research fellows join these projects.

(1) Development of Microscopic Environments with Functionality and Quantum Steering for Reactions

  • Structures, Reactions and Spectroscopies of Molecules and Molecular Clusters
  • Prediction of Protein Tertiary Structures by Generalized-Ensemble Algorithms
  • Quantum Mechanical and Semiclassical Studies of Chemical Dynamics
  • Fifth-Order Two-Dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy of a Morse Potential System in Condensed Phases
  • Constructing Molecular Theory of Chemical Processes in Solution
  • Development of High-Sensitivity Submilli-meter-Wave to Far Infrared Spectrometer Systems for the Study of Transient Molecules
    1. Studies on Laser Cooling and Trapping of Neutral Atoms
    2. Laser Spectroscopic Studies of Ions in Liquid Helium
  • Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Heme-Copper Terminal Oxidase Superfamily
  • Laser Raman Beat Detection of Magnetic Resonance
  • Liquid Dynamics Studied by New Ultrafast Nonlinear Spectroscopy
  • Studies of Laser-Induced Photochemistry on Solid Surfaces
  • Higher Vibrational States of Molecules and Clusters as Studied by Nonresonant Ionization Detected IR Spectroscopy
  • Laser Investigation of Elementary Reactions in the Gas Phase
  • Light Induced Intermolecular Charge Trans-port in Organic Insulator Systems
  • Photoabsorption and Photofragmentation of Triiodide Anion: Gas-Phase Analogue to I3- in Solution
  • Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Studies on Chemical Reactions Using Ultrafast Laser and Synchrotron Radiation
  • Development of UHV-STM System for Study of Surface Photochemical Reactions Induced by Synchrotron Radiation
  • Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules with the Combination of an Ultraviolet Laser and Synchrotron Radiation
  • Vibrational Spectroscopy on Cryogenic Surfaces using Synchrotron Radiation
  • Rotation Induced Vibrational Mixing in Highly Excited Vibrational States of Formaldehyde
  • Developments and Researches of New Laser Materials
  • Ultra-High-Vacuum Friction Test Apparatus
  • Investigation of Electronic Structures of Solid/Surface by Using Synchrotron Radiation
  • Study for High Brilliant Radiation Using the UVSOR Electron Storage Ring
  • Studies of Solid Surfaces by Photoelectron Spectroscopy

    • (2) Study of Molecular Solid toward Molecular Electronics

  • Theory of Electronic Phases in Molecular Conductors and Insulators: Electron Correlations in Quasi-One-Dimensional Systems
  • Materials Science on Molecular Devices (pi)-d Interaction in Molecular Metals
  • Search for Negative-U Materials in Molecular Solid
  • Toward Comprehensive Understanding of Various Electronic Phases in Molecular Conductors; Role of Long-Range Coulomb Repulsion
  • Development of New Organic Metals and Superconductors
  • High Pressure Structures of Molecular Conductors
  • NMR Study of Liquid Crystals
  • Solid State NMR Studies of Hydrogen-Bonded Dielectrics and C60-Based Superconductors
  • Pressure Effect on Molecule-Based Magnetic Materials
  • Quantitative Analysis of Organic Thin Films Using Angle-Resolved UPS
  • Construction of UV-Inverse Photoemission Spectrometer and Measurements of Conduction Band DOS of Transparent Conducting Oxides
  • New Organic Materials Based on Novel Heterocyclic Compounds

    • (3) Material Control in Multi-Reaction Centers

  • Conversion of Myoglobin into a Peroxygenase: A Catalytic Intermediate of Sulfoxidation and Epoxidation by the F43H/H64L Mutant
  • Molecular Assembly on Surface through Coordination Bonds Towards Solution-Phase Molecular Epitaxy
  • Assembled Metal Centers in Enzymes
  • Metal Assisted Control and Functionalization of Biomolecules
  • Activation of Carbon Dioxide on Metal Complexes Directed Toward Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation
  • Self-Assembling Molecular Systems

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