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Mitsuo Tasumi

Mitsuo Tasumi

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Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
31010
World Ranking
7144
National Ranking
464

Overview

Mitsuo Tasumi is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of chemistry and physics, with significant work in spectroscopy and atomic and molecular physics, including optics. Their studies incorporate a detailed investigation of molecular spectroscopy and structure, advanced chemical physics, as well as molecular spectroscopy related to chirality and synthesizing aromatic compounds.

The main fields of study covered by this scientist include:

  • Chemistry
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these broader disciplines, their subfields of study emphasize:

  • Spectroscopy
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Polymers and Plastics

The key topics Mitsuo Tasumi has contributed to encompass:

  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Various Chemistry Research Topics
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics

Among their recent publications are several papers spanning topics in molecular vibrations, vibrational spectra, and density functional theory calculations. These works include:

  • "Symmetry of the benzene ring and its normal vibrations: The "breathing" mode is not always a normal vibration of a benzene ring" (2021), published in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
  • "Molecular Structures and Vibrational Spectra of trans- and cis-Polyacetylene and Their Oligoenes Revisited Using Density Functional Theory Calculations" (2023), in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • "Anharmonic Vibrational Analysis of Ethylene, Butadiene, and Longer Conjugated Alkenes by Double-Hybrid Density-Functional Theory Calculations" (2020), Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • "Issue Information" (2020), Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

Mitsuo Tasumi has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Akira Sakamoto
  • Kazuhiko Furuya
  • Laurence A. Nafié
  • Hiro-o Hamaguchi
  • L. D. Ziegler

Their research has appeared predominantly in journals such as the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, and the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. The body of work reflects a consistent engagement with experimental and theoretical aspects of molecular vibrations and spectroscopy within chemical physics contexts.

Best Publications

  • The Protein Data Bank: a computer-based archival file for macromolecular structures

    Frances C. Bernstein;Thomas F. Koetzle;Graheme J.B. Williams;Edgar F. Meyer

  • Model calculations on the amide‐I infrared bands of globular proteins

    Hajime Torii;Mitsuo Tasumi

  • Correlation between the Vibrational Frequencies of the Carboxylate Group and the Types of Its Coordination to a Metal Ion: An ab Initio Molecular Orbital Study

    Masayuki Nara;Hajime Torii;Mitsuo Tasumi

  • Spectroscopic studies on doped polyacetylene and β-carotene

    Issei Harada;Yukio Furukawa;Mitsuo Tasumi;Hideki Shirakawa

  • Ab initio molecular orbital study of the amide I vibrational interactions between the peptide groups in di- and tripeptides and considerations on the conformation of the extended helix

    Hajime Torii;Mitsuo Tasumi

  • Normal vibrations and force constants of polymethylene chain

    M. Tasumi;T. Shimanouchi;T. Miyazawa

  • Crystal Vibrations of Polyethylene

    M. Tasumi;Samuel Krimm

  • Excitation profile of the resonance Raman effect of β-carotene

    Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Mitsuo Tasumi;Tatsuo Miyazawa

  • Crystal Vibrations and Intermolecular Forces of Polymethylene Crystals

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  • Solution structure of midkine, a new heparin-binding growth factor.

    Wakana Iwasaki;Wakana Iwasaki;Koji Nagata;Hideki Hatanaka;Tatsuya Inui

  • Normal‐coordinate analysis of β‐carotene isomers and assignments of the Raman and infrared bands

    Shigeki Saito;Mitsuo Tasumi

  • Effects of Intermolecular Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions on the Amide I Mode of N-Methylacetamide: Matrix-Isolation Infrared Studies and ab Initio Molecular Orbital Calculations

    Hajime Torii;Tomoaki Tatsumi;and Takanori Kanazawa;Mitsuo Tasumi

  • Raman and infrared spectra of the all-trans, 7-cis, 9-cis, 13-cis and 15-cis isomers of β-carotene: Key bands distinguishing stretched or terminal-bent configurations form central-bent configurations

    Yasushi Koyama;Ichiro Takatsuka;Munetaka Nakata;Mitsuo Tasumi

  • Effects of hydration on the structure, vibrational wavenumbers, vibrational force field and resonance raman intensities of N-methylacetamide

    Hajime Torii;Tomoaki Tatsumi;Mitsuo Tasumi

  • Infrared studies of the less stable cis form of N-methylformmaide and N-methylacetamide in low-temperature nitrogen matrices and vibrational analyses of the trans and cis forms of these molecules

    S. Ataka;H. Takeuchi;M. Tasumi

  • Resonance Raman and infrared studies on axial coordination to chlorophylls a and b in vitro

    Masao Fujiwara;Mitsuo Tasumi

  • Molecular force fields of s-trans-1,3-butadiene and the second stable conformer.

    Yukio Furukawa;Yukio Furukawa;Hideo Takeuchi;Hideo Takeuchi;Issei Harada;Issei Harada;Mitsuo Tasumi

  • Local order and transition dipole coupling in liquid methanol and acetone as the origin of the Raman noncoincidence effect

    Hajime Torii;Mitsuo Tasumi

  • 1H nuclear magnetic resonance studies of histidine-containing di- and tripeptides. Estimation of the effects of charged groups on the pKa value of the imidazole ring.

    Masaru Tanokura;Mitsuo Tasumi;Tatsuo Miyazawa

  • Infrared studies of interaction between metal ions and Ca2+-binding proteins Marker bands for identifying the types of coordination of the side-chain COO− groups to metal ions in pike parvalbumin (pI = 4.10)

    Masayuki Nara;Mitsuo Tasumi;Masaru Tanokura;Toshifumi Hiraoki

  • Vibrational analysis of polyene chains. Assignments of the resonance Raman lines of poly (acetylene) and β-carotene

    Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Mitsuo Tasumi;Tatsuo Miyazawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiro-o Hamaguchi
Hiro-o Hamaguchi National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Tatsuo Miyazawa
Tatsuo Miyazawa University of Tokyo
Takehiko Shimanouchi
Takehiko Shimanouchi University of Tokyo
Fuyuhiko Inagaki
Fuyuhiko Inagaki Hokkaido University
Takumi Noguchi
Takumi Noguchi Nagoya University
Issei Harada
Issei Harada Tohoku University
Masamichi Tsuboi
Masamichi Tsuboi University of Tokyo
Keitaro Yoshihara
Keitaro Yoshihara Tokyo Metropolitan University
Masaru Tanokura
Masaru Tanokura University of Tokyo

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