About Us

TAHARA GROUP

We study the dynamics of ‘complicated systems’ using advanced molecular spectroscopy. Especially, we now focus on time-resolved spectroscopy on condensed-phase molecules. Current research projects are followings:

  1. Observation and control of the nuclear wavepacket motion of the condensed-phase molecules
  2. Femto-millisecond spectroscopic study of the dynamics of the complicated molecular systems
  3. Linear/nonlinear spectroscopic study of heterogeneous systems

In the course of these researches, we develop new methods in molecular spectroscopy.

If you are interested in our research activity, please also take a look at an interview article of Prof. Tahara through the following link.
"Using 10-femtosecond optical pulses to observe novel molecular behavior"

News & Topics

Feb 8, 2012
Prof. Tahara has received "CSJ Award for Creative Work" from Chemical Society of Japan.
Dec 27, 2011
Prof. Tahara has been invited to give a talk in ACS National Meeting, Symposium on Recent Advances in Studies of Molecular Processes at Liquid Interfaces (2012/8/19-23, Philadelphia, PA, USA).
Dec 27, 2011
Prof. Tahara has been invited to give a talk in Gordon Research Conference on Electronic Spectroscopy and Dynamics (2012/7/22-27, Lewiston, MA, USA).
Dec 27, 2011
Prof. Tahara has been invited to give a talk in Telluride Workshop on Nonlinear Optics at Interfaces (2012/6/17-21, Telluride, CO, USA).
Dec 27, 2011
Prof. Tahara has been invited to give a talk in The 11th Trombay Symposium on Radiation & Photochemistry (TSRP-2012) (2012/1/4-8, Mumbai, India).
Nov 7, 2011
Dr. Otosu received "Best Presentation Awards" for his talk in the annual meeting of the Japan Society of Molecular Science (2011/9/20~23, Sapporo).
Oct 13, 2011
A research paper (S. Nihonyanagi et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., in press.) resulting from a collaboration work between our group and Morita Laboratory of Tohoku University was published in Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun (September 29, 2011) and Nikkei Sangyo Shinbun (September 30, 2011).
Sep 29, 2011
Dr. Takeuchi has been invited to give a talk in The 16th East Asian Workshop on Molecular Dynamics (April 16-19, 2012, Hsinchu, Taiwan).
Jul 19, 2011
Dr. Yamaguchi has got the 8th Masao Horiba Awards (2011).
Jul 19, 2011
Mr. Kuramochi has got the Best Poster Award for his poster presentation at The 15th International Conference on Time-Resolved Spectroscopy (TRVS XV) (June 19-24, 2011, Ascona, Switzerland).
May 16, 2011
Dr. Yamaguchi has been invited to give a talk in The 15th East Asian Workshop on Molecular Dynamics (May 17-19, 2011, Pohang, Korea).
May 16, 2011
Prof. Tahara will organize a symposium, "Molecular Spectroscopy at Interface: Advances and Application." with Prof. Rob Walker in The 38th Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) (October 2-7, Reno, USA).
May 16, 2011
Prof. Tahara has been invited to give a talk in The 3rd Asian Spectroscopy Conference (ASC2011) (November 28-December 1, 2011, Xiamen, China).
May 16, 2011
Prof. Tahara has been invited to give the Keynote Lecture in Australasian Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy (ACVS) (November 22-25, 2011, New Zealand).
May 16, 2011
Prof. Tahara has been invited to give a talk in The 18th Japan-Korea Symposium on Molecular Science "New Visions for Spectroscopy and Computation: Temporal and Spatial Adventures of Molecular Sciences" (July 5-8, 2011, Pusan, Korea).
Mar 25, 2011
Dr. Takeuchi has been invited to give a talk in The 8th Korea-Japan Symposium on Frontier Photoscience (October 28-31, 2011, Seoul, Korea).
Feb 25, 2011
Dr. Yamaguchi's presentation, "Up versus Down Alignment of Solute Molecules at the Air/Water Interface Determined by HD-ESFG", has been selected as highlight talks in the 91th annual meeting of Chemical Society of Japan (March 26-29, 2011, Yokohama).
Nov 15, 2010
Mr. Kuramochi has got the Best Poster Award for his poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science (September 14-17, 2010, Osaka).
Sep 21, 2010
Mr. Kundu has got the Noyori prize for his best poster presentation in Noyori summer school (September 17-18, 2010, RIKEN Harima institute).
Jul 27, 2010
Dr. Nihonyanagi's paper at GRC Vibrational Spectroscopy 2010 (August 1-6, 2010, Biddeford, Maine, USA) has been selected for an oral presentation.
Jul 27, 2010
Dr. Ishii's paper at Pacifichem 2010, Session "Frontiers of Biomolecular Dynamics" (December 15-20, 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA) has been selected for an oral presentation.
Jul 23, 2010
Our website has been renewed!
Mar 19, 2010
Dr. Yamaguchi has been invited to give a talk in The 3rd Asia-Pacific Symposium on Radiation Chemistry (APSRC) incorporating 10th biennial Trombay Symposium on Radiation & Photochemisitry (TSRP) (September 14-17, 2010, Lonavala, India).
Feb 18, 2010
Prof. Tahara has been invited to give a talk in Pacifichem 2010, Session "Recent advances in studies of molecular processes at liquid interfaces" (December 15-20, 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA).
Feb 18, 2010
Prof. Tahara has been invited to give a talk in Pacifichem 2010, Session "Advanced linear and nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy" (December 15-20, 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA).
Feb 18, 2010
Prof. Tahara has been invited to give a talk in Coherent Multi-Dimensional Spectroscopy 2010 (August 17-20, 2010, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA).
Feb 18, 2010
Prof. Tahara has been invited to give a plenary lecture in International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (August 8-13, 2010, Boston, Massachusetts, USA).
Feb 18, 2010
Prof. Tahara has been invited to give a talk in Telluride Science Research Conference on Nonlinear Optics at Interface (June 21-25, 2010, Telluride, Colorado, USA).