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Tahei Tahara

Tahei Tahara

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Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
14299
World Ranking
6327
National Ranking
409

Overview

Tahei Tahara is a researcher affiliated with RIKEN in Japan, with extensive contributions to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their body of work includes a strong focus on atomic and molecular physics, materials chemistry, molecular biology, spectroscopy, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their research topics mainly span:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research

Tahei Tahara frequently publishes in leading scientific venues, including:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their recent significant papers include:

  • "The photochemical reaction of phenol becomes ultrafast at the air-water interface" (2021, Nature Chemistry)
  • "General Design Strategy to Precisely Control the Emission of Fluorophores via a Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer (TICT) Process" (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Controlling the S1 Energy Profile by Tuning Excited-State Aromaticity" (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Tracking Ultrafast Structural Dynamics by Time-Domain Raman Spectroscopy" (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Flapping Peryleneimide as a Fluorogenic Dye with High Photostability and Strong Visible-Light Absorption" (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Hikaru Kuramochi
  • Satoshi Nihonyanagi
  • Satoshi Takeuchi
  • Kunihiko Ishii
  • Mohammed Ahmed

Best Publications

  • Direct evidence for orientational flip-flop of water molecules at charged interfaces: a heterodyne-detected vibrational sum frequency generation study.

    Satoshi Nihonyanagi;Shoichi Yamaguchi;Tahei Tahara

  • Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water Studied by Heterodyne-Detected Vibrational Sum-Frequency Generation

    Satoshi Nihonyanagi;Jahur A. Mondal;Shoichi Yamaguchi;Tahei Tahara

  • Real-Time Observation of the Photoinduced Structural Change of Bis(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)copper(I) by Femtosecond Fluorescence Spectroscopy: A Realistic Potential Curve of the Jahn−Teller Distortion

    Munetaka Iwamura;Satoshi Takeuchi;Tahei Tahara

  • Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of Copper(I) Complexes

    Munetaka Iwamura;Satoshi Takeuchi;Tahei Tahara

  • Unified molecular view of the air/water interface based on experimental and theoretical χ(2) spectra of an isotopically diluted water surface.

    Satoshi Nihonyanagi;Tatsuya Ishiyama;Touk Kwan Lee;Shoichi Yamaguchi

  • Three Distinct Water Structures at a Zwitterionic Lipid/Water Interface Revealed by Heterodyne-Detected Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation

    Jahur A. Mondal;Satoshi Nihonyanagi;Shoichi Yamaguchi;Tahei Tahara

  • Femtosecond Time-Resolved Fluorescence Study of Photoisomerization of <i>trans</i>-Azobenzene

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  • Picosecond Time-Resolved Raman Study of trans-Azobenzene

    Tatsuya Fujino and;Tahei Tahara

  • Coherent nuclear dynamics in ultrafast photoinduced structural change of bis(diimine)copper(I) complex.

    Munetaka Iwamura;Hidekazu Watanabe;Kunihiko Ishii;Satoshi Takeuchi

  • Development of an Azo-Based Photosensitizer Activated under Mild Hypoxia for Photodynamic Therapy

    Wen Piao;Kenjiro Hanaoka;Tomotsumi Fujisawa;Satoshi Takeuchi

  • Spectroscopic tracking of structural evolution in ultrafast stilbene photoisomerization.

    Satoshi Takeuchi;Sanford Ruhman;Takao Tsuneda;Mahito Chiba

  • Structure and orientation of water at charged lipid monolayer/water interfaces probed by heterodyne-detected vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy.

    Jahur A. Mondal;Satoshi Nihonyanagi;Shoichi Yamaguchi;Tahei Tahara

  • Femtosecond Ultraviolet-Visible Fluorescence Study of the Excited-State Proton-Transfer Reaction of 7-Azaindole Dimer

    Satoshi Takeuchi;Tahei Tahara

  • Ultrafast Dynamics at Water Interfaces Studied by Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

    Satoshi Nihonyanagi;Shoichi Yamaguchi;Tahei Tahara

  • Accurate determination of complex χ(2) spectrum of the air/water interface

    Satoshi Nihonyanagi;Ryoji Kusaka;Ken Ichi Inoue;Aniruddha Adhikari

  • Coherent Nuclear Wavepacket Motions in Ultrafast Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer: Sub-30-fs Resolved Pump-Probe Absorption Spectroscopy of 10-Hydroxybenzo[h]quinoline in Solution

    Satoshi Takeuchi;Tahei Tahara

  • Heterodyne-detected electronic sum frequency generation: “Up” versus “down” alignment of interfacial molecules

    Shoichi Yamaguchi;Tahei Tahara

  • Excited-State Dynamics in the Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophore

    Debabrata Mandal;Tahei Tahara;Stephen R. Meech

  • The answer to concerted versus step-wise controversy for the double proton transfer mechanism of 7-azaindole dimer in solution

    Satoshi Takeuchi;Tahei Tahara

  • Preparation of Highly Fluorescent Host–Guest Complexes with Tunable Color upon Encapsulation

    Masahiro Yamashina;Matthew M Sartin;Yoshihisa Sei;Munetaka Akita

  • Counterion effect on interfacial water at charged interfaces and its relevance to the Hofmeister series.

    Satoshi Nihonyanagi;Shoichi Yamaguchi;Tahei Tahara

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiro-o Hamaguchi
Hiro-o Hamaguchi National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Akihiro Morita
Akihiro Morita Tohoku University
Hideki Kandori
Hideki Kandori Nagoya Institute of Technology
Mitsuo Tasumi
Mitsuo Tasumi University of Tokyo
Tetsuya Taketsugu
Tetsuya Taketsugu Hokkaido University
Shohei Saito
Shohei Saito Kyoto University
Yuji Sugita
Yuji Sugita RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Don C. Lamb
Don C. Lamb Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Fedor Jelezko
Fedor Jelezko University of Ulm
Alberto Diaspro
Alberto Diaspro Italian Institute of Technology

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