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Hydrated Molecule X-ray Spectroscopy Research Team
Research Areas
We investigate electronic structure and liquid structure of water and aqueous solutions using x-ray emission spectroscopy. Electronic structural observations using x-ray emission spectroscopy provide new insights on liquid structure and hydration structure.
 

Shik Shin
Team Head
Shik Shin (D.Sci.)
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Research Subject
(1) Research for structure of liquids using soft x-ray emission spectroscopy
(2) Electronic structure of solute and solvent molecules in solution
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List of Selected Publications
(1) Tokushima, T., Harada, Y., Takahashi, O., et al.:
"High resolution X-ray emission spectroscopy of liquid water: The observation of two structural motifs."
Chemical Physics Letters 460 (4-6), 387 (2008).
(2) Tokushima, T., Harada, Y., and Shin, S.:
"Element Specific Spectroscopy to Observe Valence Electronic States of Liquids and Solutions: Soft X-ray Emission Studies at BL17SU Soft X-ray Beamline in SPring-8."
Butsuri, 63, 852-857 (2008)
(3) Harada, Y., Taguchi, M., and Shin, S.:
"Fe 3d Electronic Structure of Myoglobin."
Solid State Physics 43 No.11, 19-28 (2008)
(4) Pettersson, L.G.M., Tokushima, T., Harada, Y., Takahashi, O., Shin, S., and Nilsson, A.:
"Comment on "Isotope and temperature effects in liquid water probed by x-ray absorption and resonant x-ray emission spectroscopy"."
Phys.Rev.Lett., 100, 249801 (2008)
(5) Kanai, K., Nishi, T., Iwatani, T., Ouchi, Y., Seki, K., Harada, Y., and Shin, S.:
"Anomalous electronic structure of ionic liquids determined by soft x-ray emission spectroscopy: Contributions from the cations and anions to theoccupied electronic structure."
Journal of Chemical Physics., 129, 224507(1-5) (2008).