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Physical Chemistry Lab
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A lab that uses ultrafast spectroscopy to understand chemical reactions through the motions of electrons and atoms.
AboutAbout the lab
Watching chemical reactions at the level of electron and atomic motion
The Physical Chemistry Lab uses ultrafast spectroscopy to experimentally clarify the rapid changes in electronic states and molecular structures that occur during gas-phase and liquid-phase chemical reactions.
Because water makes up 70% of living cells and 70% of the Earth's surface, it is an important subject of study, and the lab focuses on photochemical reaction dynamics in aqueous solution.
The lab's research extends to broad areas of chemistry, including photochemistry, radiation chemistry, and environmental chemistry.
Key terms
- Photoelectron spectroscopy
- A method that shines light on a sample and measures the energy of the electrons ejected, in order to study the electronic states of molecules
- High-harmonic generation
- A process that produces light of much shorter wavelengths from intense laser light, and can generate extreme ultraviolet and soft X-rays
- Gas–liquid interface
- The boundary where a gas and a liquid meet
NewsLab news
A student wins the Best Poster Award at the 41st Symposium on Chemical Reactions
Research clarifying the photodamage pathway of RNA in water is featured on the Kyoto University website
Research on chemical reactions at gas–liquid interfaces is featured on the Kyoto University website
Prof. Suzuki is elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society
Program-Specific Assistant Professor Karashima receives the Japan Society for Molecular Science Encouragement Award
ResearchResearch themes
The lab tracks changes in electronic states and molecular structures during chemical reactions using ultrafast photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy, and time-resolved infrared absorption spectroscopy.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Physical Chemistry Lab are faculty, secretaries, program-specific researchers, doctoral and master's students, and undergraduates.As of 2026
- ProfessorToshinori Suzuki
- Associate ProfessorShunsuke Adachi
- Associate ProfessorStephan Thürmer
- Assistant ProfessorYoichi Yamamoto
- Program-Specific Assistant ProfessorShutaro Karashima
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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: “Carrier relaxation probed with 2D electronic spectroscopy” Johannes M. Richter, Federico Branchi, Franco Valduga de Almeida Camargo, Baodan Zhao, Richard H. Friend, Giulio Cerullo & Felix Deschler / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Ultrafast Chemistry in Aqueous Solutions and at Gas–Liquid Interfaces: “Water droplet surface tension” Igor Gvozdovskyy / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Molecular Spectroscopy Lab): “Electrochemical test cell” Hansjoachimkohnke / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Surface Chemistry Lab): “STM-image of n-alkane C46H94 monolayer” Anton Senenko / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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