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Okuno Lab
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A lab that uses laser spectroscopy to capture the molecular picture of liquids and interfaces.
AboutAbout the lab
Seeing molecules in the “mess” with light.
The Okuno Lab uses molecular spectroscopy to clarify the structure of molecules in liquids and at interfaces.
In solutions and at interfaces, molecules exist in a disordered, jumbled “mess,” and their structures and behavior are still largely unknown.
Mainly using laser spectroscopy to capture molecular vibrations, the lab investigates molecular structure, intermolecular interactions, and chirality.
The lab develops its own spectroscopic instruments that did not exist before, aiming to gain new insights into molecular structure.
Key terms
- Interface
- The boundary where two things with different properties meet, such as water and oil, or a liquid and air
- Chirality
- The property of not overlapping with one's mirror image, like a right hand and a left hand
- Raman spectroscopy
- A method that shines light on molecules and examines molecular vibrations from the slight shift in energy of the scattered light
- Spectrum
- Light separated by wavelength or energy, with its intensity plotted at each point
NewsLab news
A paper with a master's student as first author accepted to J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
A collaborative study with the Uchida Lab accepted to Inorganic Chemistry
Paper on coherent anti-Stokes hyper-Raman scattering published
Paper accepted to ChemPhysChem
A master's student won an Outstanding Poster Award at the Symposium on Molecular Science
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to apply advanced molecular spectroscopy to systems such as solutions and interfaces, where molecules exist without regular arrangement, and to elucidate molecular structure and dynamics from the resulting spectra. The lab also develops its own spectroscopic methods.
*Illustrative imageHyper-Raman spectroscopy
Hyper-Raman scattering, in which two photons enter and one photon is scattered, provides information that cannot be obtained from infrared or Raman spectroscopy, but its signal is very weak and it has been difficult to measure. Using home-built instruments, the lab studies the structure and dynamics of molecules in liquids and solutions.
*Illustrative imageRaman spectroscopy
The lab measures high-quality Raman spectra, often called the “fingerprint” of a molecule, and uses methods such as multivariate analysis to elucidate the molecular structure and dynamics of liquids and solutions. Using a home-built micro-Raman spectrometer, the lab also measures advanced chemical materials in collaborative research.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Okuno Lab consist of faculty and master's students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorMasanari OkunoPublications ↗
- Assistant Professor井上 一希
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Raman Microscope” Lv9454 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Hyper-Raman spectroscopy: “HyperRamanScattering ja” Ntomo / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Raman spectroscopy: “Spectral image of Rayleigh and Raman scattering of ethanol” Ntomo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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