Molecular Reaction Dynamics Research Team

Team Leader

Toshinori Suzuki

  • D.Sci.
  • Toshinori Suzuki
  • Brief resume
    1988
    D.Sci., Tohoku University
    1988
    Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular Science
    1990
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, USA
    1991
    Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, USA
    1992
    Associate Professor, Institute for Molecular Science
    2002
    Chief Scientist, Chemical Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN
    2006
    Visiting Professor, Free Electron Research Center, Tokyo University of Science (-current)
    2009
    Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University (-current)
    2010
    Team Leader, Molecular Reaction Dynamics Research Team, RIKEN (-current)

Outline

Molecular Reaction Dynamics Research Team

Chemical reactions are driven by electrons, which are much lighter than nuclei in molecules. For understanding the origin of transformation of nuclear geometry and elucidating intricate and useful solvent effects on a chemical reaction, real-time observation of ultrafast changes of the electronic state in reacting molecules is essential. Thus, we carry out ultrafast photoelectron spectroscopy on chemical reactions in the gas and solution phases using femtosecond ultraviolet lasers, extreme ultraviolet and X-ray free electron lasers, and soft X-ray synchrotron radiation at SPring-8. Chemical reaction dynamics studies using state-of-the-art photon sources at RIKEN allow us unprecedented access to the ultrafast dynamics of electrons in chemical reactions.

Recent Research Topic

Time-resolved photoelectron imaging apparatus and an example of the observed image
Fig. 1: Time-resolved photoelectron imaging apparatus and an example of the observed image

Selected Publications

  1. Y. Suzuki, et al. Isotope Effect on Ultrafast Charge-transfer-to-solvent Reaction from I− to Water in Aqueous NaI Solution, Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 1094.
  2. Y. Suzuki, T. Horio, T. Fuji, T. Suzuki, Time-Resolved Photoelectron Imaging of S2 → S1 Internal Conversion in Benzene and Toluene, J. Chem. Phys. 2011, 134, 184313 .
  3. D. Niu, Y. Ogi, Y. Suzuki, T. Suzuki, Photoelectron Imaging Spectroscopy of S1(1B2u ππ*)Benzene via 611n (n=0-3) Levels, J. Phys. Chem. A 2011, 115, 2096.
  4. S. Y. Liu, et al. He(I) Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Benzene and Pyridine in Supersonic Molecular Beams using Photoelectron Imaging, J. Phys. Chem. A 2011, 115, 2953.
  5. K. Nishizawa, et al. High-Resolution Soft X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Liquid Water, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 413.
  6. T. Fuji, et al. Ultrafast Photodynamics of Furan, J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 133, 234303.
  7. P. Zuo, T. Fuji, T. Suzuki, Spectral Phase Transfer to Ultrashort UV Pulses through Four-Wave Mixing, Opt. Express 2010, 18, 16183.
  8. Y. Tang, et al. Direct Measurement of Vertical Binding Energy of Hydrated Electron, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 3653.
  9. Y. Suzuki, T. Fuji, T. Horio, T. Suzuki, Time-Resolved Photoelectron Imaging of Ultrafast S2 → S1 Internal Conversion through Conical Intersection in Pyrazine, J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 132, 174302.
  10. Y. Tang, Y. Suzuki, T. Horio, T. Suzuki, Molecular Frame Image Restoration and Partial Wave Analysis of Photoionization Dynamics of NO by Time-Energy Mapping of Photoelectron Angular Distribution, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2010, 104, 073002.
  11. S. Y. Liu, et al. Time-Resolved Photoelectron Imaging using a Femtosecond UV Laser and a VUV Free-Electron Laser, Phys. Rev. A 2010, 81, 031403.

Core Members

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Toshinori Suzuki Team Leader    
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Yoshihiro Ogi ASI Research Scientist    
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Peng Zuo Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher    
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Shuho Nozue Junior Research Associate    
Abulimiti Bumaliya International Program Associate    
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