PUBLICATIONS

1. Room-Temperature Solution Fluorescence Excitation Correlation Spectroscopy
   Y. Yoneda and H. Kuramochi
   J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 15, 8533-8539 (2024).
   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01798
   
   

2. Ultrafast Raman Observation of the Perpendicular Intermediate Phantom State of Stilbene Photoisomerization
   H. Kuramochi, T. Tsutsumi, K. Saita, Z. Wei, M. Osawa, P. Kumar, L. Liu, S. Takeuchi, T. Taketsugu, and T. Tahara
   Nat. Chem. 16, 22-27 (2024).
   https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01397-6

Research Briefing: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01398-5

Press release: https://www.riken.jp/press/2024/20240105_3/ (in Japanese)

3. Environment-Sensitive Fluorescence of COT-fused Perylene Bisimide Based on Symmetry-Breaking Charge Separation
   R. Kimura, Y. Yoneda, H. Kuramochi, and S. Saito
   Photochem. Photobiolo. Sci. 22, 2541-2552 (2023).
   https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-023-00468-4

4. Rapid-Scan Resonant Two-Dimensional Impulsive Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy of Excited States
   Y. Yoneda and H. Kuramochi
   J. Phys. Chem. A 127, 5276-5286 (2023).
   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.3c02489
   
   

5. Quasi-Reversible Photoinduced Displacement of Aromatic Ligands from Semiconductor Nanocrystals
   D. Yoshioka, Y. Yoneda, I. Y. Chang, H. Kuramochi, K. Hyeon-Deuk, and Y. Kobayashi
   ACS Nano 17, 11309-11317 (2023).
   https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c12578

6. Photoexcited Plasmon-Driven Ultrafast Dynamics of the Adsorbate Probed by Femtosecond Time-Resolved Surface-Enhanced Time-Domain Raman Spectroscopy
   P. Kumar, H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, and T. Tahara
   J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 14, 2845-2853 (2023).
   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03813

7. Spectroscopic Mapping of the Gold Complex Oligomers (Dimer, Trimer, Tetramer, and Pentamer) by Excited-State Coherent Nuclear Wavepacket Motion in Aqueous Solutions

M. Iwamura, R. Urayama, A. Fukui, K. Nozaki, L. Liu, H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, and T. Tahara

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 25, 966-974 (2023).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2CP04823J

8. A Unified View on Varied Ultrafast Dynamics of the Primary Process in Microbial Rhodopsins

C.-F. Chang, H. Kuramochi, M. Singh, R. Abe-Yoshizumi, T. Tsukuda, H. Kandori, and T. Tahara

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 61, e202111930 (2022).

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202111930

9. Skeletal Structure of the Chromophore of Photoactive Yellow Protein in the Excited State Investigated by Ultraviolet Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, H. Kamikubo, M. Kataoka, and T. Tahara

J. Phys. Chem. B 125, 6154-6161 (2021).

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c02828

10. Tracking Ultrafast Structural Dynamics by Time-Domain Raman Spectroscopy

H. Kuramochi and T. Tahara

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 9699-9717 (2021).

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c02545

11. Excited-State Proton Transfer Dynamics in LSSmOrange Studied by Time-Resolved Impulsive Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

P. Kumar, E. Fron, H. Hosoi, H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, H. Mizuno, and T. Tahara

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 7466-7473 (2021).

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c02545

12. Mode-Specific Vibrational Analysis of Exciton Delocalization and Structural Dynamics in Conjugated Oligomers

W. Kim, S. Tahara, H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, T. Kim, T. Tahara, and D. Kim

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 16999-17008 (2021).

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202102168

13. Femtosecond Polarization Switching in the Crystal of a [CrCo] Dinuclear Complex

H. Kuramochi, G. Aoyama, H. Okajima, A. Sakamoto, S. Kanegawa, O. Sato, S. Takeuchi, and T. Tahara

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 15865-15869 (2020).

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202004583

14. Time-Domain Observation of Surface-Enhanced Coherent Raman Scattering with 10⁵–10⁶ Enhancement

P. Kumar, H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, and T. Tahara

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11, 6305-6311 (2020).

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01411

15. Controlling the S₁ Energy Profile by Tuning Excited-State Aromaticity

R. Kotani, L. Liu, P. Kumar, H. Kuramochi, T. Tahara, P. Liu, A. Osuka, P. B. Karadakov, and S. Saito

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 14985-14992 (2020)

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c05611

16. Comparative Studies of the Fluorescence Properties of Microbial Rhodopsins: Spontaneous Emission Versus Photointermediate Fluorescence

K. Kojima, R. Kurihara, M. Sakamoto, T. Takanashi, H. Kuramochi, X. M. Zhang, H. Bito, T. Tahara, and Y. Sudo

J. Phys. Chem. B 124, 7361-7367 (2020).

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c06560

17. Flapping Peryleneimide as a Fluorogenic Dye with High Photostability and Strong Visible-Light Absorption

R. Kimura, H. Kuramochi, P. Liu, T. Yamakado, A. Osuka, T. Tahara, and S. Saito

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 16430-16435 (2020).

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202006198

18. Coherent Vibration and Femtosecond Dynamics of the Platinum Complex Oligomers Upon Intermolecular Bond Formation in the Excited State

M. Iwamura, A. Fukui, K. Nozaki, H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, and T. Tahara

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 23154-23161 (2020).

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202011813

19. Ultrafast Dynamics of Heliorhodopsins

S. Tahara, M. Singh, H. Kuramochi, W. Shihoya, K. Inoue, O. Nureki, O. Béjà, Y. Mizutani, H. Kandori, and T. Tahara

J. Phys. Chem. B 123, 2507-2512 (2019).

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b00887

20. Protein Dynamics Preceding Photoisomerization of the Retinal Chromophore in Bacteriorhodopsin Revealed by Deep-UV Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

S. Tahara, H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, and T. Tahara

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 10, 5422-5427 (2019).

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02283

21. Fifth-Order Time-Domain Raman Spectroscopy of Photoactive Yellow Protein for Visualizing Vibrational Coupling in Its Excited State

H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, H. Kamikubo, M. Kataoka, and T. Tahara

Sci. Adv. 5, eaau4490 (2019).

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau4490

22. Tracking Photoinduced Au–Au Bond Formation through Transient Terahertz Vibrations Observed by Femtosecond Time-Domain Raman Spectroscopy

H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, M. Iwamura, K. Nozaki, and T. Tahara

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 19296-19303 (2019).

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b06950

23. Acid–Base Equilibrium of the Chromophore Counterion Results in Distinct Photoisomerization Reactivity in the Primary Event of Proteorhodopsin

C.-F. Chang, H. Kuramochi, M. Singh, R. Abe-Yoshizumi, T. Tsukuda, H. Kandori, and T. Tahara

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 25728-25734 (2019).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9CP04991F

24. Ultrafast Photodissociation Dynamics of Diphenylcyclopropenone Studied by Time-Resolved Impulsive Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, and T. Tahara

Chem. Phys. 512, 88-92 (2018).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.02.023

25. Metal–Metal Bond Formations in [Au(CN)₂⁻]n (n = 3–5) Oligomers in Water Identified by Coherent Nuclear Wavepacket Motions

M. Iwamura, K. Kimoto, K. Nozaki, H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, and T. Tahara

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9, 7085-7089 (2018).

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03139

26. Demonstration of a Light-Driven SO₄²⁻ Transporter and Its Spectroscopic Characteristics

A. Niho, S. Yoshizawa, T. Tsukamoto, M. Kurihara, S. Tahara, Y. Nakajima, M. Mizuno, H. Kuramochi, T. Tahara, Y. Mizutani, and Y. Sudo

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 4376-4389 (2017).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b12139

27. Probing the Early Stages of Photoreception in Photoactive Yellow Protein with Ultrafast Time-Domain Raman Spectroscopy

H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, K. Yonezawa, H. Kamikubo, M. Kataoka, and T. Tahara

Nat. Chem. 9, 660-666 (2017).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2717

28. Broadband Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy in the Deep Ultraviolet Region

H. Kuramochi, T. Fujisawa, S. Takeuchi, and T. Tahara

Chem. Phys. Lett. 683, 543-546 (2017).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2017.02.015

29. Femtosecond Time-Resolved Impulsive Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy Using Sub-7-fs Pulses: Apparatus and Applications

H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, and T. Tahara

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 043107 (2016).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4945259

30. Role of Coherent Low-Frequency Motion in Excited-State Proton Transfer of Green Fluorescent Protein Studied by Time-Resolved Impulsive Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

T. Fujisawa, H. Kuramochi, H. Hosoi, S. Takeuchi, and T. Tahara

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 3942-3945 (2016).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b11038

31. Ultrafast Structural Evolution of Photoactive Yellow Protein Chromophore Revealed by Ultraviolet Resonance Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

H. Kuramochi, S. Takeuchi, and T. Tahara

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 2025-2029 (2012).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz300542f

32. Excited-State Dynamics of 6-Aza-2-Thiothymine and 2-Thiothymine: Highly Efficient Intersystem Crossing and Singlet Oxygen Photosensitization

H. Kuramochi, T. Kobayashi, T. Suzuki, and T. Ichimura

J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 8782-8789 (2010).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp102067t

33. Triplet Formation of 6-Azauridine and Singlet Oxygen Sensitization with UV Light Irradiation

T. Kobayashi, H. Kuramochi, T. Suzuki, and T. Ichimura

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, 5140-5148 (2010).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b921568a

34. Intersystem Crossing to Excited Triplet State of Aza Analogues of Nucleic Acid Bases in Acetonitrile

T. Kobayashi, H. Kuramochi, Y. Harada, T. Suzuki, and T. Ichimura

J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 12088-12093 (2009).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp905433s

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光化学, 53, 3, 132-137 (2022).

2. フェムト秒時間分解インパルシブ誘導ラマン分光による光誘起結合生成ダイナミクスの実時間構造追跡

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分光研究, 66, 5, 155 (2017).

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