Light is called with various names such as infrared, visible, ultraviolet, vacuum-ultraviolet and X-ray, depending on its wavelength. A synchrotron light source is capable of producing light in the ultra-wide wavelength range from infrared to X-rays. Synchrotron light radiated by high energy electrons traveling in a strong magnetic field is intense and highly collimated. It is widely used in various research fields including molecular science. In IMS, a synchrotron light source has been operational since 1983. After several upgrades, it is still brightest in the world among low energy synchrotron light sources. By utilizing its excellent performance, the electronic structure that is the origin of the functionalities of solids is directly observed. This facility is called UVSOR and is used by many researchers not only from our country but also from foreign countries.
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| UVSOR | Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscope utilizing synchrotron radiation from UVSOR |
The center aims to develop new experimental apparatus and methods to open groundbreaking research fields in molecular science, in collaboration with the Department of Photo-Molecular Science. Those new apparatus and methods will be served as key resources in advanced collaborations with the researchers from the community of molecular science. The main targets are (1) advanced photon sources covering wide energy ranges from terahertz to soft X-ray regions; (2) novel quantum-control schemes based on intense and ultrafast lasers; and (3) highresolution optical imaging and nanometric microscopy. The center also serves as the core of the joint research project "Extreme Photonics" between IMS and RIKEN.
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| Pulsed UV (266 nm) microchip laser developed at the center | Visualizing actively tailored spatiotemporal images of the interference of two atomic waves in a molecule on the picometer and femtosecond scales |
This center is established in 2007 combining the general-purpose instruments of the Research center for molecular-scale nanoscience and Laser research center for molecular science. The main instruments are NMR, mass spectrometer, powder X-ray diffractometer, circular dichroic spectrometer in Yamate campus, and ESR, SQUID magnetometer, powder and single-crystal diffractometers, variable wave length picosecond laser system, fluorescence spectrophotometer, UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer in Myodaiji campus. We mainly support a general-use experiment, and we often support a special experiment with combining lasers and general-purpose machines. We provide liquid nitrogen and liquid helium using helium liquefiers. We also support the inter-univercity network for common utilization of research equipments.
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| CCD X-ray diffractometer. | High-frequency ESR spectrometer. |
We are developing various kinds of apparatus and devices required for conducting molecular science experiments. Facilities for machining, electronics and micro processing are in operation and engineers with technical skills of the highest level are in work. We have been developing various experimental apparatus since the establishment of IMS, in collaboration with in-house and outside scientists. We continue efforts for acquiring more advanced technical skills. We train scientists and students in short courses on machining and electronics.
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High-quality hardware and software services are provided to the scientists in our country in the field of molecular science and bioscience. Pioneering large-scale quantum chemical and molecular dynamics calculations are conducted using our super computer systems "Grid Computing System" and "Super-High-Performance Molecular Simulator." Totally, they have performance as high as near 300 TFLOPS. A new supercomputer system was introduced further in this year to realize much higher computational environment.
(Okazaki Research Facilities)
The main purpose of the Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (OIB) is to conduct interdisciplinary research in the molecular sciences, basic biological sciences, and physiological sciences. The OIB employs cutting edge methodologies from the physical and chemical disciplines to foster new trends in bioscience research. The OIB is a center shared by and that benefits from all three of the institutes in Okazaki. Three full professors and one associate professor, all of whom are members of IMS, staff the OIB.
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