矢後 友暁
理工学研究科 物質科学部門准教授
理学部 基礎化学科

研究者情報

■ 研究キーワード
  • 光化学
  • 電子移動
  • 電子スピン
  • 時間分解電子スピン共鳴
  • 磁場
■ 研究分野
  • 自然科学一般, 生物物理、化学物理、ソフトマターの物理
■ 経歴
  • 2022年04月 - 現在, 埼玉大学, 大学院理工学研究科, 准教授, 日本国
  • 2007年04月 - 2022年03月, 埼玉大学, 大学院理工学研究科, 助教, 日本国
  • 2006年01月 - 2007年03月, (独)産業技術総合研究所, 計測フロンティア研究部門, 特別研究員, 日本国
  • 2003年11月 - 2005年12月, フライブルグ大学, 物理化学科, 博士研究員, ドイツ連邦共和国
  • 2003年04月 - 2003年10月, (財)半導体研究振興会, 半導体研究所, 技術補佐員, 日本国
■ 学歴
  • 2000年04月 - 2003年03月, 東北大学, 大学院理学研究科, 化学専攻, 日本国
  • 1998年04月 - 2000年03月, 東北大学, 大学院理学研究科, 化学専攻, 日本国
  • 1994年04月 - 1998年03月, 東北大学, 理学部, 化学科, 日本国

業績情報

■ 論文
  • Analytical model for spin dynamics in radical pairs under the spin-locking condition               
    Tomoaki Yago
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024年06月, [査読有り]
    Spin dynamics in triplet radical pairs are theoretically studied under the spin-locking condition, where singlet–triplet mixing is blocked by the resonant microwave field. A key assumption in the theory is simultaneous excitations of T+–T0 and T−–T0 transitions in triplet radical pairs. This assumption allows for the application of a three-state model [Yago, J. Chem. Phys. 151, 214501 (2019)] to describe the spin dynamics of triplet radical pairs. The analysis based on the three-state model shows that the triplet states are quantized along the direction of a microwave-induced magnetic field (B1) in the rotating frame under the spin-locking condition. This gives rise to a new spin-locking phenomenon where T+–T0 and T−–T0 mixing are most enhanced at magnetic fields that deviate from the resonance by ±B1. It is also shown that the quantum beats observed under the spin-locking condition originate from the spin dynamics in triplet radical pairs.
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0210982
    DOI ID:10.1063/5.0210982, ISSN:0021-9606, ORCID:162625020
  • Triplet–Triplet Annihilation via the Triplet Channel in Crystalline 9,10-Diphenylanthracene
    Tomoaki Yago; Manami Tashiro; Kiichi Hasegawa; Masao Gohdo; Syuta Tsuchiya; Tadaaki Ikoma; Masanobu Wakasa
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 巻:13, 号:37, 開始ページ:8768, 終了ページ:8774, 2022年09月, [査読有り]
    American Chemical Society (ACS), 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01839
    DOI ID:10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01839, ISSN:1948-7185, eISSN:1948-7185
  • Singlet Fission in Solid 1,6-Diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene Dicarboxylic Acids and Esters: Effects of Meta and Para Substitution
    Sonoda, Y.; Katoh, R.; Tohnai, N.; Yago, T.; Wakasa, M.
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 巻:126, 号:20, 2022年, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c01474
    DOI ID:10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c01474, ISSN:1932-7455, ORCID:118982417, SCOPUS ID:85130817952
  • Low magnetic field effects on a photoinduced electron transfer reaction in an ionic liquid
    Harada, N.; Matsuo, T.; Yago, T.; Maeda, K.; Wakasa, M.
    Chemical Physics Letters, 巻:773, 開始ページ:138569, 終了ページ:138569, 2021年06月, [査読有り]
    Elsevier {BV}, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2021.138569
    DOI ID:10.1016/j.cplett.2021.138569, ISSN:0009-2614, ORCID:92401171, SCOPUS ID:85103761543
  • Initializing 214 Pure 14-Qubit Entangled Nuclear Spin States in a Hyperpolarized Molecular Solid
    Gerd Kothe; Michail Lukaschek; Tomoaki Yago; Gerhard Link; Konstantin L. Ivanov; Tien-Sung Lin
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 巻:12, 号:14, 開始ページ:3647, 終了ページ:3654, 2021年04月, [査読有り]
    American Chemical Society ({ACS}), 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00726
    DOI ID:10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00726, ISSN:1948-7185, ORCID:95380279, SCOPUS ID:85104370232
  • Geminate delayed fluorescence by anisotropic diffusion-mediated reversible singlet fission and triplet fusion
    Seki, K.; Yoshida, T.; Yago, T.; Wakasa, M.; Katoh, R.
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 巻:125, 号:6, 開始ページ:3295, 終了ページ:3304, 2021年02月, [査読有り]
    American Chemical Society ({ACS}), 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c10582
    DOI ID:10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c10582, ORCID:90660190, SCOPUS ID:85101935362
  • Erratum: Low magnetic field effects on triplet pair annihilations at canonical orientations (J. Chem. Phys. (2019) 151 (214501) DOI: 10.1063/1.5127904)               
    T. Yago
    Journal of Chemical Physics, 巻:153, 号:16, 2020年10月
    In our original manuscript,1 it was found that one term in the diagonal elements was omitted in the spin Hamiltonian of Eq. (7). The correct spin Hamiltonian is represented in the matrix form as follows: {equation presented} This correction affects the spin Hamiltonian of (B1a), the off-diagonal elements c+and c-in Eqs. (8) and (B1), and the spin wave functions of S' and Q'0in Eqs. (9) and (B2). These equations are corrected as follows: {equation presented} Fortunately, the coefficient of c+ in the original manuscript is almost the same as that in the corrected form. Thus, the above corrections have little effect on the conclusion and the calculated results in the original manuscript.
    American Institute of Physics Inc., 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0031228
    DOI ID:10.1063/5.0031228, ISSN:1089-7690, PubMed ID:33138401, SCOPUS ID:85095403511
  • Diffusion of Radical Ions in Ionic Liquids Having Long Alkyl Chains               
    Tsuchida, H.; Takeda, T.; Ishii, Y.; Yago, T.; Wakasa, M.
    Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 巻:123, 号:40, 2019年, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b06007
    DOI ID:10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b06007, ISSN:1520-5207, ORCID:89742182, SCOPUS ID:85073124117, Web of Science ID:WOS:000490354600011
  • Low magnetic field effects on triplet pair annihilations at canonical orientations               
    Yago, T.
    Journal of Chemical Physics, 巻:151, 号:21, 2019年, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5127904
    DOI ID:10.1063/1.5127904, ISSN:1089-7690, ORCID:89742198, SCOPUS ID:85076375861, Web of Science ID:WOS:000504066300025
  • Exploring the Structure of an Exchange-Coupled Triplet Pair Generated by Singlet Fission in Crystalline Diphenylhexatriene: Anisotropic Magnetic Field Effects on Fluorescence in High Fields               
    Ishikawa, K.; Yago, T.; Wakasa, M.
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 巻:122, 号:39, 開始ページ:22264, 終了ページ:22272, 2018年10月, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06026
    DOI ID:10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06026, ISSN:1932-7455, ORCID:89742166, SCOPUS ID:85053924092, Web of Science ID:WOS:000446926400005
  • Structure and dynamics of triplet-exciton pairs generated from singlet fission studied via magnetic field effects               
    Wakasa, M.; Yago, T.; Sonoda, Y.; Katoh, R.
    Communications Chemistry, 巻:1, 号:1, 2018年03月, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-018-0008-0
    DOI ID:10.1038/s42004-018-0008-0, ISSN:2399-3669, ORCID:89742170, SCOPUS ID:85050869853, Web of Science ID:WOS:000433892800001
  • A spin exchange model for singlet fission               
    Tomoaki Yago; Masanobu Wakasa
    Chemical Physics Letters, 巻:695, 開始ページ:240, 終了ページ:244, 2018年03月, [査読有り]
    Singlet fission has been analyzed with the Dexter model in which electron exchange occurs between chromophores, conserving the spin for each electron. In the present study, we propose a spin exchange model for singlet fission. In the spin exchange model, spins are exchanged by the exchange interaction between two electrons. Our analysis with simple spin functions demonstrates that singlet fission is possible by spin exchange. A necessary condition for spin exchange is a variation in exchange interactions. We also adapt the spin exchange model to triplet fusion and triplet energy transfer, which often occur after singlet fission in organic solids.
    Elsevier B.V., 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2018.02.025
    DOI ID:10.1016/j.cplett.2018.02.025, ISSN:0009-2614, SCOPUS ID:85042088892, Web of Science ID:WOS:000427386500038
  • Singlet Fission in Fluorinated Diphenylhexatrienes               
    Ryuzi Katoh; Masaaki Hashimoto; Akinori Takahashi; Yoriko Sonoda; Tomoaki Yago; Masanobu Wakasa
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 巻:121, 号:46, 開始ページ:25666, 終了ページ:25671, 2017年11月, [査読有り]
    Experimentally determined quantum yields, decay profiles, and magnetic field effects on fluorescence showed that fluorinated derivatives of diphenylhexatriene were singlet fission materials. The rate constant of singlet fission was estimated as a function of temperature from the initial rate of decay of the fluorescence profiles. The origin of the temperature dependence was discussed in relation to the molecular stacking structure of the crystals.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b06905
    DOI ID:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b06905, ISSN:1932-7447, Web of Science ID:WOS:000416496200007
  • Magnetic Field Effects on Triplet Pair Generated by Singlet Fission in an Organic Crystal: Application of Radical Pair Model to Triplet Pair               
    Tomoaki Yago; Kei Ishikawa; Ryuzi Katoh; Masanobu Wakasa
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 巻:120, 号:49, 開始ページ:27858, 終了ページ:27870, 2016年12月, [査読有り]
    Magnetic field effects (MFEs) on triplet pairs generated by singlet fission (SF) in an organic crystal, 1,6diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene, were studied by steady-state fluorescence measurements under ultrahigh magnetic fields of up to 10 T and by time-resolved fluorescence measurements with subnanosecond time resolution in the presence of magnetic field of 0.5 T. The observed MFEs were analyzed by using the stochastic Liouville equation based on the radical pair model with a modification of the spin Hamiltonian. Excellent agreements between the observed and the simulated MFEs demonstrate that the radical pair model used in the present study can apply to analysis of MFEs on triplet pairs generated by SF in organic materials. Model calculations were performed generated in the triplet pairs. The magnitude of the exchange from the observation of the MFE generated in the triplet pairs. The magnitude of the exchange from the observation of the MFE caused by the level crossing mechanism. We also determined the structure of the correlated triplet pair generated by the SF in 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene crystal.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09570
    DOI ID:10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09570, ISSN:1932-7447, Web of Science ID:WOS:000390072100014
  • Photocyclization Reactions of Diarylethenes via the Excited Triplet State               
    Ryutaro Murata; Tomoaki Yago; Masanobu Wakasa
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, 巻:119, 号:45, 開始ページ:11138, 終了ページ:11145, 2015年11月, [査読有り]
    Cyclization reactions of three diarylethene derivatives, 1,2-bis(2-methyl-3-benzothienyl)-perfluorocydopentene), and 2-bis2-isor (BTHex 1, (p opyl-3-perfluorocydopentene (BT), 1,2-bis(2-hexyl-3-benzothienyl)-benzothienyl)perfluorocydopentene (BTiPr), via their excited triplet states were studied by means of steady-state and nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. The excited triplet states of BT, BTHex, and BTiPr were generated by energy transfer from the photoexcited triplet states of sensitizers such as xanthone, phenanthrene, and pyrene. The single-step quantum yields of the cydization reactions from the excited triplet states of BT, BTHex, and BTiPr were determined to be 0.34, 0.53, and 0.65, respectively. The triplet energies of these three BTs were estimated to be 190-200 kJ mol(-1).
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.5b08205
    DOI ID:10.1021/acs.jpca.5b08205, ISSN:1089-5639, Web of Science ID:WOS:000364435300012
  • What Can Be Learned from Magnetic Field Effects on Singlet Fission: Role of Exchange Interaction in Excited Triplet Pairs               
    Masanobu Wakasa; Mana Kaise; Tomoaki Yago; Ryuzi Katoh; Yusuke Wakikawa; Tadaaki Ikoma
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 巻:119, 号:46, 開始ページ:25840, 終了ページ:25844, 2015年11月, [査読有り]
    Magnetic field effects (MFEs) on singlet fission were studied by observing fluorescence from organic crystal of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene under magnetic fields of up to 5 T. We found anomalous MFE dips at magnetic fields higher than 2 T, in addition to the known MFEs which saturated around 1 T. The observed results were analyzed by using the stochastic Liouville equation (SLE) in which a distance-dependent exchange interaction (J) in triplet pair, hopping of triplet, and geminate fusion in contacted triplet pair were incorporated. The SLE analysis revealed that the observed dips were caused by a MFE due to the level crossing mechanism and strongly suggested that the contacted triplet pair has a large J, which has been ignored in the previous model of MFEs on the singlet fission. Present results lead to the conclusion that the initial dissociation of the singlet exciton to the contacted triplet pair does not show the MFE and the triplet pair at a separated distance produced by hopping of the triplet plays an important role on the generation of the MFE on the singlet fission
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10176
    DOI ID:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10176, ISSN:1932-7447, Web of Science ID:WOS:000365463000018
  • Time-Resolved Detection of Magnetic Field Effects on Radical Pairs in Micelles: Two-Step Two-Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Transient Radicals               
    Tomoaki Yago; Ayuto Takashino; Masanobu Wakasa
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 巻:119, 号:34, 開始ページ:20217, 終了ページ:20223, 2015年08月, [査読有り]
    A two-step two-laser fluorescence spectroscopy method was employed to enable time-resolved detection of magnetic field effects (MFEs) on radical pairs (RPs). In the photoinduced hydrogen abstraction reaction of benzophenone (BP) in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micellar solution, fluorescence from the BP ketyl radical (BPH center dot) was observed under various magnetic fields; BPH center dot forms RPs with hydrogen-abstracted SDS radicals (center dot SDS) in the micelles. Kinetic parameters of the RP dynamics such as the spin relaxation rate, the generation rate, and the escape rate were determined from the simple analysis. The MFEs on BPH center dot observed from the fluorescence measurements were explained by the spin relaxation mechanism proposed by Hayashi and Nagakura. In this study, we demonstrate that two-step two-laser fluorescence spectroscopy in combination with a magnetic field provides valuable information about photochemical reactions in which RPs play important roles.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07524
    DOI ID:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07524, ISSN:1932-7447, Web of Science ID:WOS:000360415700078
  • Erratum: A practical approach to calculate the time evolutions of magnetic field effects on photochemical reactions in nano-structured materials(Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2015) 10.1039/c5cp00595g)               
    Tomoaki Yago; Masanobu Wakasa
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 巻:17, 号:18, 開始ページ:12366, 2015年05月, [査読有り]
    Royal Society of Chemistry, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp90061a
    DOI ID:10.1039/c5cp90061a, ISSN:1463-9076, SCOPUS ID:84928902428
  • A practical approach to calculate the time evolutions of magnetic field effects on photochemical reactions in nano-structured materials               
    Tomoaki Yago; Masanobu Wakasa
    PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 巻:17, 号:15, 開始ページ:9737, 終了ページ:9747, 2015年, [査読有り]
    A practical method to calculate time evolutions of magnetic field effects (MFEs) on photochemical reactions involving radical pairs is developed on the basis of the theory of the chemically induced dynamic spin polarization proposed by Pedersen and Freed. In theory, the stochastic Liouville equation (SLE), including the spin Hamiltonian, diffusion motions of the radical pair, chemical reactions, and spin relaxations, is solved by using the Laplace and the inverse Laplace transformation technique. In our practical approach, time evolutions of the MFEs are successfully calculated by applying the Miller-Guy method instead of the final value theorem to the inverse Laplace transformation process. Especially, the SLE calculations are completed in a short time when the radical pair dynamics can be described by the chemical kinetics consisting of diffusions, reactions and spin relaxations. The SLE analysis with a short calculation time enables one to examine the various parameter sets for fitting the experimental date. Our study demonstrates that simultaneous fitting of the time evolution of the MFE and of the magnetic field dependence of the MFE provides valuable information on the diffusion motions of the radical pairs in nano-structured materials such as micelles where the lifetimes of radical pairs are longer than hundreds of nano-seconds and the magnetic field dependence of the spin relaxations play a major role for the generation of the MFE.
    ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp00595g
    DOI ID:10.1039/c5cp00595g, ISSN:1463-9076, eISSN:1463-9084, Web of Science ID:WOS:000352270700017
  • Diffusion and Solvation of Radical Ions in an Ionic Liquid Studied by the MFE Probe               
    Tomoaki Yago; Yuya Ishii; Masanobu Wakasa
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 巻:118, 号:38, 開始ページ:22356, 終了ページ:22367, 2014年09月, [査読有り]
    Magnetic field effects (MFEs) on photoinduced electron transfer reaction between benzophenone (BP) and 1,4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2] octane in an ionic liquid (IL) of N,N,N-trimethyl-N-propylammonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) amide were studied by a nanosecond laser flash photolysis technique. The escape yield of the benzophenone radical anion (BP center dot-) was increased with increasing magnetic field strength (B) of 0 T < B <= 0.1 T and almost saturated at 0.1 T < B <= 1.7 T. The observed MFEs were explained by the hyperfine coupling mechanism (HFCM) and the relaxation mechanism (RM). The large MFEs indicate the nanometer-scaled cage effects on the diffusion of the radical ion pairs (RIP) generated by the photoinduced electron transfer reaction in TMPA TFSA. The cage lifetime for the RIP was estimated to be 170 ns, which is much longer than that previously reported for the neutral radical pairs (<20 ns) in the same IL. In addition to the large MFEs due to the HFCM and the RM, we also observed the MFE caused by the level crossing mechanism (LCM). These results suggest that compared with the neutral radicals, the radical ions are rigidly solvated in the IL and the nanometer-scaled charge-ordering structures are created around the radical ions.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp5069544
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp5069544, ISSN:1932-7447, Web of Science ID:WOS:000342396300069
  • Local structure of ionic liquids probed by self-quenching of thiobenzophenone               
    Miyuki Tanaka; Tomoaki Yago; Masanobu Wakasa
    PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 巻:15, 号:3, 開始ページ:787, 終了ページ:794, 2013年, [査読有り]
    Self-quenching of the triplet excited state of thiobenzophenone ((TBP)-T-3*) in molecular solvents, a sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micellar solution, and ionic liquids (ILs) was measured using nanosecond laser flash photolysis. In the molecular solvents and ILs, (TBP)-T-3* single-exponentially decayed, and the decay was accelerated with increasing TBP concentration. Self-quenching rate constants (k(SQ)) obtained in the ILs were smaller than those in the molecular solvents with similar solvent viscosities, indicating that molecular diffusion is inhibited in the ILs. In the SDS micellar solution, the decay of (TBP)-T-3* showed two components. The fast decay component was attributed to self-quenching of (TBP)-T-3* which presents inside micelles containing two or more TBP molecules, while the slow decay component was from deactivation of single (TBP)-T-3*. The decay of (TBP)-T-3* in an IL, N, N, N-trimethyl-N-propylammonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) amide (TMPA TFSA), had only one decay component, showing that unlike the micelles, the local structure of TMPA TFSA does not have a long lifetime. The cage lifetime of TMPA TFSA was estimated to be between 17 and 20 ns.
    ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cp42766d
    DOI ID:10.1039/c2cp42766d, ISSN:1463-9076, Web of Science ID:WOS:000312217200008
  • Cage lifetimes of ionic liquids as studied by the magnetic field effect probe               
    Tomohide Okada; Tomoaki Yago; Tadashi Takamasu; Masanobu Wakasa
    PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 巻:14, 号:10, 開始ページ:3490, 終了ページ:3497, 2012年, [査読有り]
    Magnetic field effects (MFEs) on the photoinduced hydrogen abstraction reaction of benzophenone with phenol were investigated in ionic liquids (ILs) with a short alkyl chain (N,N,N-trimethyl-N-propylammonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) amide (TMPA TFSA)) and long alkyl chains ((N, N, N-trimethyl-N-octylammonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) amide (TMOA TFSA) and N-decyl-N,N,N-trimethylammonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) amide (DTMA TFSA)) by a nanosecond laser flash photolysis technique. In each ionic liquid, escaped radical yield of a benzophenone ketyl radical rapidly increased with increasing magnetic field strength (B) of < T o B <= 0.01 T < At 0.01 T < B <= 0.4 T, the escaped radical yield almost saturated in TMPA TFSA or gradually increased in TMOA TFSA and DTMA TFSA. At much higher fields of 0.4 T < B <= 30 T, the yield gradually decreased, resulting in 10-15% decrease at 30 T. The observed MFEs can be explained by the hyperfine coupling and Dg mechanisms together with the relaxation mechanism. On the time profiles of the transient absorption observed for the benzophenone ketyl radical, MFEs were generated in the time range of 0 < t < 0.6 ms. The cage lifetimes of TMOA TFSA and DTMA TFSA were estimated to be at least 120 ns.
    ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cp23747d
    DOI ID:10.1039/c2cp23747d, ISSN:1463-9076, eISSN:1463-9084, Web of Science ID:WOS:000300314100026
  • Cyclization Reaction of Diarylethene through the Triplet Excited State               
    Ryutaro Murata; Tomoaki Yago; Masanobu Wakasa
    BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 巻:84, 号:12, 開始ページ:1336, 終了ページ:1338, 2011年12月, [査読有り]
    Photocyclization reaction of 1,2-bis(2-methyl-3-benzothienyl)perfluorocyclopentene (BT) in methanol was studied by using nanosecond laser flash photolysis at 296 K. When xanthone was used as a triplet sensitizer, the triplet energy transfer occurred efficiently and the closed-ring product of BT was observed.
    CHEMICAL SOC JAPAN, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.20110212
    DOI ID:10.1246/bcsj.20110212, ISSN:0009-2673, eISSN:1348-0634, Web of Science ID:WOS:000298906900005
  • Magnetic Field Effects on Photochemical Reactions in Ionic Liquids with Short Alkyl Chains               
    Tomoaki Yago; Atom Hamasaki; Miyuki Tanaka; Tadashi Takamasu; Masanobu Wakasa
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 巻:115, 号:43, 開始ページ:21063, 終了ページ:21071, 2011年11月, [査読有り]
    Magnetic field effects (MFEs) on the photoinduced hydrogen abstraction reactions of benzophenone and thiobenzophenone from thiophenol were investigated in several ionic liquids with short alkyl chains by a nanosecond laser flash photolysis technique. In each ionic liquid, escaped radical yields of benzophenone and thiobenzophenone ketyl radicals gradually decreased with increasing magnetic field strength. The observed results were analyzed by using the stochastic Liouville equation (SLE), employing a solvent separated radical pair (SSRP) model where the SSRP with a specific radical-radical distance is stable and has a long lifetime. The SLE analysis revealed that the lifetime of the SSRP and the radical rotation in the SSRP states are strongly correlated with the macroviscosity of the ionic liquids.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp207816t
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp207816t, ISSN:1932-7447, Web of Science ID:WOS:000296172800033
  • Magnetic Field Effects on Hydrogen Abstraction of Thiobenzophenone as a Probe of Microviscosity               
    Miyuki Tanaka; Tomoaki Yago; Yoshio Sakaguchi; Tadashi Takamasu; Masanobu Wakasa
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 巻:115, 号:9, 開始ページ:1936, 終了ページ:1943, 2011年03月, [査読有り]
    Hydrogen abstraction reactions of thiobenzophenone with thiophenol in solutions of varying viscosities (eta = 0.29-42.0 cP) were studied by a nanosecond laser flash photolysis under magnetic fields of 0-15.5 T. In alcoholic solutions, the escaped radical yield (Y) of thiobenzophenone ketyl radical showed appreciable magnetic field effects (MFEs). The observed MFEs can be interpreted with the Delta g mechanism through the triplet radical pair. The relative escaped radical yield (R(1.7T) = Y(1.7T)/Y(0T)) decreased with increasing eta at 0 < eta <= 3.33 cP, but then the yield increased with increasing eta at 3.33 cP <eta <= 2.22 cP. At much higher viscosity, 22.2 cP < eta <= 42 cP, R(1.7T) values become 1.0 within experimental errors. Such quenching of MFE was explained by the spin- orbit coupling recombination of close radical pairs associated with high viscosity. The MFEs on the present reaction is extremely sensitive to the solvent viscosity in the vicinity of the radical pairs. Using this probe reaction, microviscosities of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and Brij35 micellar solutions were estimated.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp108898a
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp108898a, ISSN:1520-6106, Web of Science ID:WOS:000287833000002
  • Nanoscale Structure of Ionic Liquid and Diffusion Process as Studied by the MFE Probe               
    Tomoaki Yago; Masanobu Wakasa
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 巻:115, 号:6, 開始ページ:2673, 終了ページ:2678, 2011年02月, [査読有り]
    Magnetic field effects (MFEs) observed for photoinduced hydrogen abstract reaction between benzophenone and thiophenol, generating phenylthiyl and benzophenone ketyl radicals, in an ionic liquid of N,N,N,-trimethyl-N-propylammonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide (TMPA TFSA) were analyzed by using the stochastic Liouville equation (SLE) with the cage model and the solvent separated radical pair model, respectively. The MFEs observed on the yield of escaped benzophenone ketyl radical in the range of 0 < B <= 2.0 T were explained by the transverse spin relaxation in the radical pair caused by the large anisotropy of the g-value and the slow rotation of phenylthiyl radical in the IL. The calculated MFE was dependent on a rotational correlation time of the radical as well as the mutual diffusion coefficient for the translational diffusion of the radicals. The SLE analysis revealed that the IL has at least two different viscosity regions, causing the nanoscale cage effect on the radical diffusion in the IL.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp1108762
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp1108762, ISSN:1932-7447, Web of Science ID:WOS:000287065700010
  • Magnetic Field Effects on Photochemical Reaction in Mesoporous Silicates of MCM-41 under High Magnetic Fields up to 5 T               
    Tomoaki Maeyama; Hiroki Matsui; Tomoaki Yago; Masanobu Wakasa
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 巻:114, 号:50, 開始ページ:22190, 終了ページ:22196, 2010年12月, [査読有り]
    Magnetic field effects (MFEs) on photoinduced hydrogen abstraction reaction of xanthone with xanthene were investigated in 2-propanol confined in mesoporous silicates of MCM-41 under high magnetic fields up to 5 T. The observed MFEs were explained by the spin relaxation mechanism associated with the cage effects on diffusion of the radical pairs in nanopores of MCM-41. The qualitative analysis using the stochastic Liouville equation revealed that the motions of the radical pairs are not restricted in the one dimension, although the MCM-41 used in the present study has the one-dimensional pore with the diameter of 1.7 or 2.7 nm. The effective viscosities for rotation of the solute molecule in the pores were estimated to be 5-10 cP.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp107729s
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp107729s, ISSN:1932-7447, Web of Science ID:WOS:000285236800042
  • Quantum Oscillations and Polarization of Nuclear Spins in Photoexcited Triplet States               
    Gerd Kothe; Tomoaki Yago; Jorg-Ulrich Weidner; Gerhard Link; Michail Lukaschek; Tien-Sung Lin
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 巻:114, 号:45, 開始ページ:14755, 終了ページ:14762, 2010年11月, [査読有り]
    The unique physical properties of photoexcited triplet states have been explored in numerous spectroscopic studies employing electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) So far, however, no quantum interference effects were found in these systems in the presence of a magnetic field In this study, we report the successful EPR detection of nuclear quantum oscillations in an organic triplet state subject to an external magnetic field The observed quantum coherences can be rationalized using an analytical theory Analysis suggests that the nuclear spins are actively involved in the intersystem crossing process The novel mechanism also acts as a source of oscillatory nuclear spin polarization that gives rise to large signal enhancement in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) This opens new perspectives for the analysis of chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization in mechanistic studies of photoactive proteins
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp103508t
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp103508t, ISSN:1520-6106, Web of Science ID:WOS:000284018000078
  • Hydrogen Bonding Effects on the Reorganization Energy for Photoinduced Charge Separation Reaction between Porphyrin and Quinone Studied by Nanosecond Laser Flash Photolysis               
    Tomoaki Yago; Masao Gohdo; Masanobu Wakasa
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 巻:114, 号:7, 開始ページ:2476, 終了ページ:2483, 2010年02月, [査読有り]
    Alcohol concentration dependences of photoinduced charge separation (CS) reaction of zinc tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP) and duroquinone (DQ) were investigated in benzonitrile by a nanosecond laser flash photolysis technique. The photoinduced CS reaction was accelerated by the addition of alcohols, whereas the addition of acetonitrile caused little effect on the CS reactions. The simple theory was developed to calculate an increase in reorganization energies induced by the hydrogen bonding interactions between DQ and alcohols using the chemical equilibrium constants for the hydrogen bonding complexes through the concerted pathway and the stepwise one. The experimental results were analyzed by using the Marcus equation where we took into account the hydrogen bonding effects on the reorganization energy and the reaction free energy for the CS reaction. The observed alcohol concentration dependence of the CS reaction rates was well explained by the formation of the hydrogen bonding complexes through the concerted pathway, demonstrating the increase in the reorganization energy by the hydrogen bonding interactions.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp909927w
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp909927w, ISSN:1520-6106, Web of Science ID:WOS:000274578500019
  • Primary Photochemical Process of Thiobenzophenone as Studied by Laser Flash Photolysis               
    Miyuki Tanaka; Tomoaki Yago; Masanobu Wakasa
    CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 巻:38, 号:11, 開始ページ:1086, 終了ページ:1087, 2009年11月, [査読有り]
    Self-quenching of the triplet excited state of thiobenzophenone (TBP) was suppressed in a viscous alcoholic solution, an SDS micellar solution and an ionic liquid of TMPA TFSA. In those Solutions, the photochemical primary process of TBP could be studied by ns laser flash photolysis. Thiobenzophenone ketyl and phenylsulfanyl radicals were found to be generated from hydrogen abstraction of benzenethiol by TBP. The rate constant for the reaction was observed to be 1.1 x 10(7) s(-1) mol(-1) dm(3).
    CHEMICAL SOC JAPAN, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.2009.1086
    DOI ID:10.1246/cl.2009.1086, ISSN:0366-7022, eISSN:1348-0715, Web of Science ID:WOS:000272854200037
  • Ethanol Concentration Dependence of Photoinduced Charge Separation Reaction between Zinc Tetraphenylporphyrin and Duroquinone Studied by Laser Flash Photolysis               
    Tomoaki Yago; Masao Gohdo; Masanobu Wakasa
    CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 巻:38, 号:9, 開始ページ:880, 終了ページ:881, 2009年09月, [査読有り]
    Ethanol concentration dependence of photoinduced charge separation between zinc tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP) and duroquinone (DQ) in benzonitrile was studied by nanosecond laser flash photolysis. Acceleration of the photoinduced charge separation reaction rate by hydrogen bonding between DQ anion radical and ethanol was observed. A simple analysis in the framework of the Marcus theory indicated that the observed electron-transfer reaction rate was affected not only by the decrease of the reaction free energy but also an increase of the reorganization energy in the presence of hydrogen bonding.
    CHEMICAL SOC JAPAN, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.2009.880
    DOI ID:10.1246/cl.2009.880, ISSN:0366-7022, eISSN:1348-0715, Web of Science ID:WOS:000270590500004
  • Nanoscale Heterogeneous Structure of Ionic Liquid as Revealed by Magnetic Field Effects               
    Masanobu Wakasa; Tomoaki Yago; Atom Hamasaki
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 巻:113, 号:31, 開始ページ:10559, 終了ページ:10561, 2009年08月, [査読有り]
    Large magnetic field effects (MFEs) observed for photoinduced hydrogen abstraction reaction between benzophenone and thiophenol in an ionic liquid (N,N,N,-trimethyl-N-propylammonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide, TMPA TFSA) are analyzed by using the stochastic Liouville equation for the first time. The sphere cage model can well reproduce the observed MFEs and the nanoscale heterogeneous structure with a cage radius of 1.8 +/- 0.3 nm, and an effective viscosity in the cage of 1-2 cP is found to be formed in TMPA TFSA.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp905543k
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp905543k, ISSN:1520-6106, Web of Science ID:WOS:000268479000004
  • Magnetic Field Effect on a Radical Pair Reaction as a Probe of Microviscosity               
    Atom Hamasaki; Tomoaki Yago; Masanobu Wakasa
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 巻:112, 号:45, 開始ページ:14185, 終了ページ:14192, 2008年11月, [査読有り]
    The magnetic field effects (MFEs), caused by the Delta g mechanism, on the pehotoinduced hydrogen abstraction reaction of benzopheneone with thiophenol were investigated in alcoholic solutions of varying viscosities (eta = 0.55 to 59.2 cP) by a nanosecond laser flash photolysis technique. The escape yield of benzophenone ketyl radicals (Y) gradually decreased with increasing magnetic field strength (B) from 0 to 1.6 T. The relative yield observed at 1.6 T, R(1.6 T) = Y(1.6 T)/Y(0 T), decreased with increasing eta in the range of 0.55 cP <= eta <= 5 cP, and then increased with increasing eta in the range of 5 cP < eta <= 55.3 cP. When eta was higher than 55.3 cP, the R(1.6 T) value became 1.0, and MFEs were completely quenched. The observed eta dependence of the MFEs was analyzed by the stochastic Liouville equation (SLE), in which the effects of spin-orbit coupling by a heavy atom such as sulfur were taken into account. The observed MFEs were reproduced fairly well by the SLE analysis. The diffusion coefficients of the radicals obtained by the SLE were about three times smaller than those expected from the macroscopic solvent viscosities. One can probe the microviscosity in the vicinity of the radical pairs by observing MFEs on the present photochemical reaction system.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp804862w
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp804862w, ISSN:1520-6106, CiNii Articles ID:80019963904, PubMed ID:18939791, SCOPUS ID:57049142078, Web of Science ID:WOS:000260675800013
  • Formation process of micrometer-sized pseudoisocyanine J-aggregates studied by single-aggregate fluorescence spectroscopy               
    Yasutaka Kitahama; Tomoaki Yago; Akihiro Furube; Ryuzi Katoh
    CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 巻:457, 号:4-6, 開始ページ:427, 終了ページ:433, 2008年05月, [査読有り]
    We have studied the formation process of pseudoisocyanine (PIC) J-aggregates by fluorescence detection of single aggregates in. owing solution. After the addition of sodium chloride as the initiator for aggregation, both continuous and pulse-like signals were observed. The continuous signal is the fluorescence of a large amount of 'meso-aggregates' consisting of 20-100 PIC molecules each. The pulsed signal is the fluorescence of individual 'macro-aggregates' of micrometer lengths. We discuss the formation process of these macro-aggregates on the basis of the temporal behavior observed. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2008.04.021
    DOI ID:10.1016/j.cplett.2008.04.021, ISSN:0009-2614, eISSN:1873-4448, Web of Science ID:WOS:000255953800030
  • Anomalous magnetic field effects on photochemical reactions in ionic liquid under ultrahigh fields of up to 28 T               
    Atom Hamasaki; Tomoaki Yago; Tadashi Takamasu; Giyuu Kido; Masanobu Wakasa
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 巻:112, 号:11, 開始ページ:3375, 終了ページ:3379, 2008年03月, [査読有り]
    The magnetic field effects (MFEs) on photoinduced hydrogen abstraction reactions between benzophenone and thiophenol in an ionic liquid, N,N,N-trimethyl-N-propylammonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide (TMPA TFSI), were studied by a nanosecond laser flash photolysis technique under ultrahigh fields of up to 28 T. Extremely large and anomalous stepwise MFEs were observed for the first time. The escape yield of benzophenone ketyl radical decreased with increasing magnetic field strength (B) at 0 T < B <= 2 T. The decrease was almost saturated at 2 T < B <= 10 T. At much higher fields (10 T < B <= 28 T), the yield decreased again with increasing B, producing a 25% decrease at 28 T.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp710047c
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp710047c, ISSN:1520-6106, CiNii Articles ID:80019421159, PubMed ID:18298111, SCOPUS ID:46749112239, Web of Science ID:WOS:000253945900016
  • Imaging of exciton absorption in perylene crystals by femtosecond-laser scanning microscopy               
    Tomoaki Yago; Yoshiaki Tamaki; Akihiro Furube; Ryuzi Katoh
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 巻:47, 号:2, 開始ページ:1400, 終了ページ:1403, 2008年02月, [査読有り]
    The density of excitons, which depends on the local structure of perylene organic crystals, was imaged by femtosecond-laser scanning microscopy. By a two-photon process, a desired position of a single perylene crystal was excited selectively in a three-dimensional space. The resulting excitons were subsequently detected by probing the transient absorption. By using two-dimensional transient absorption images constructed with thousands of data points, we have visualized the density of the excitons generated in perylene crystals with a micrometer spatial resolution and a time resolution of several hundred femtoseconds.
    JAPAN SOC APPLIED PHYSICS, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.47.1400
    DOI ID:10.1143/JJAP.47.1400, ISSN:0021-4922, CiNii Articles ID:150000050047, SCOPUS ID:54249148973, Web of Science ID:WOS:000255020000055
  • Self-trapping limited exciton diffusion in a monomeric perylene crystal as revealed by femtosecond transient absorption microscopy               
    Tomoaki Yago; Yoshiaki Tamaki; Akihiro Furube; Ryuzi Katoh
    PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 巻:10, 号:30, 開始ページ:4435, 終了ページ:4441, 2008年, [査読有り]
    Self-trapping and singlet-singlet annihilation of the free excitons in a monomeric (b) perylene crystal were studied by using femtosecond transient absorption microscopy. The free exciton generated by the photo-excitation of the beta-perylene crystal relaxed to the self-trapped exciton with a rate constant of 7 x 10(10) s(-1). The singlet-singlet annihilation of the free exciton observed under the high excitation density conditions was competed with the self-trapping of the free exciton; we estimated the annihilation rate constant for the free exciton to be 1 x 10(-8) cm(3) s(-1) from the excitation density dependence of the free exciton decay. After self-trapping of the free exciton, no annihilation was observed in the 100 ps time range, suggesting that the diffusion coefficient was reduced drastically by self-trapping. The results show that the major factor limiting the exciton diffusion in the beta-perylene crystal is a relaxation of the free exciton to the self-trapped exciton, and not the lifetime of the exciton. Though the singlet-singlet annihilation rate constants and fluorescence lifetime of the beta-perylene crystal are similar to those of the anthracene crystal, the estimated exciton diffusion length (2 nm) in the beta-perylene crystal is much smaller than that (100 nm) in the anthracene crystal as a result of the exciton self-trapping.
    ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/b801856a
    DOI ID:10.1039/b801856a, ISSN:1463-9076, Web of Science ID:WOS:000257889600010
  • Pulsed electron nuclear double resonance studies of the photoexcited triplet state of pentacene in p-terphenyl crystals at room temperature               
    Tomoaki Yago; Gerhard Link; Gerd Kothe; Tien-Sung Lin
    JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 巻:127, 号:11, 2007年09月, [査読有り]
    Pulsed electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) using a modified Davies-type [Phys. Lett. 47A, 1 (1974)] sequence is employed to study the hyperfine (HF) structure of the photoexcited triplet state of pentacene dispersed in protonated and deuterated p-terphenyl single crystals. The strong electron spin polarization and long phase memory time of triplet pentacene enable us to perform the ENDOR measurements on the S=1 spin system at room temperature. Proton HF tensor elements and spin density values of triplet pentacene are extracted from a detailed angular-dependent study in which the orientation of the magnetic field is varied systematically in two different pentacene planes. Analysis reveals that the pentacene molecule is no longer planar in the p-terphenyl host lattice. The distortion is more pronounced in the deuterated crystal where the unit cell dimensions are slightly smaller than those of the protonated crystal. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.
    AMER INST PHYSICS, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2771145
    DOI ID:10.1063/1.2771145, ISSN:0021-9606, Web of Science ID:WOS:000249667400038
  • Quantum oscillations in photo-excited triplet states in an external magnetic field               
    Tomoaki Yago; Joerg-Ulrich Weidner; Gerhard Link; Tien-Sung Lin; Gerd Kothe
    CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 巻:438, 号:4-6, 開始ページ:351, 終了ページ:357, 2007年04月, [査読有り]
    Using the density operator formalism, an analytical model is developed to study the time evolution of the electron spin magnetization of photo-excited triplet states in an external magnetic field. Analysis reveals that pulsed light excitation initiates an oscillatory electron spin magnetization in the direction of the external field. The frequency of the quantum oscillations is determined by the electron Zeeman and dipolar interactions. The oscillation amplitude reaches a maximum when the electron Zeeman splitting matches the energy of a zero-field transition of the triplet state. This suggests that the predicted quantum oscillations can be detected only at low magnetic fields. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2007.03.031
    DOI ID:10.1016/j.cplett.2007.03.031, ISSN:0009-2614, Web of Science ID:WOS:000246060000039
  • Growth of beta-perylene crystal               
    Tomoaki Yago; Yoshiaki Tamaki; Akihiro Furube; Ryuzi Katoh
    CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 巻:36, 号:3, 開始ページ:370, 終了ページ:371, 2007年03月, [査読有り]
    Although perylene crystals have been known to show both dimeric (alpha) and monomeric (beta) phases, to date only the stable a-crystals have been obtained under conventional conditions. Here, we propose a procedure for the selective growth of phase perylene crystals, in which a saturated toluene solution at 350K was cooled to 298K with a high cooling rate (-30K/min). The sizes of beta-phase crystals obtained were in the order of 100 mu m.
    CHEMICAL SOC JAPAN, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.2007.370
    DOI ID:10.1246/cl.2007.370, ISSN:0366-7022, eISSN:1348-0715, Web of Science ID:WOS:000246058000010
  • Structural organization in photosynthetic proteins as studied by high-field EPR of spin-correlated radical pair states               
    G Link; OG Poluektov; LM Utschig; J Lalevee; T Yago; JU Weidner; MC Thurnauer; G Kothe
    MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY, 巻:43, 開始ページ:S103, 終了ページ:S109, 2005年11月, [査読有り]
    We demonstrate the potential of high-field (HF) time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy to reveal unique information about electron transfer processes and the structure of photosynthetic systems. The lineshapes and electron spin polarization (ESP) of spin-correlated radical pair (SCRP) spectra recorded with HF-EPR are very sensitive to the magnetic parameters, interactions, and geometry of the radicals in the pair. This sensitivity facilitates an analysis of more sophisticated models and methods to reveal the important relationship between structural organization and light-induced electron transfer of the photosynthetic proteins. In this review, we report on a new time-resolved HF and multi-frequency EPR approach developed in the Freiburg laboratory in cooperation with the Argonne Photosynthesis group. The method is designed to probe the geometric structure of charge separated states in the photosynthetic membrane. First, we discuss the magneto-orientation of photosynthetic cyanobacteria as revealed by time-resolved HF-EPR of SCRPs. Then, we demonstrate how the three-dimensional structure of the SCRP P-700(+) A(1)(-) from photosystem I of oxygenic photosynthesis and its arrangement in the membrane is obtained from application of multi-frequency including time-resolved HF-EPR techniques. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
    WILEY-BLACKWELL, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/mrc.1678
    DOI ID:10.1002/mrc.1678, ISSN:0749-1581, eISSN:1097-458X, PubMed ID:16235208, SCOPUS ID:27644590846, Web of Science ID:WOS:000233024800013
  • Correlation field splitting of intramolecular vibrations of crystalline tetracene in terahertz region               
    T Yago; Y Ishikawa; H Ito; H Tanaka; E Kwon; K Sakamoto; K Suto; M Watanabe; J Nishizawa
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS, 巻:44, 号:6A, 開始ページ:4145, 終了ページ:4150, 2005年06月, [査読有り]
    The temperature dependence of terahertz (THz) absorption was observed for molecular crystals of tetracene using the Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Over the frequency range of I to 6THz (33 to 200cm(-1)), THz absorptions corresponding to phonon and intramolecular vibrational modes were confirmed. Furthermore, the intramolecular vibrational modes exhibited correlation field splitting that originated from crystallization. A temperature-induced phase transition was successfully detected for the intramolecular vibrational modes of tetracene, even in powder form. Our results showed that these THz absorptions are highly sensitive to the molecular orientations within the crystal.
    JAPAN SOC APPLIED PHYSICS, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.44.4145
    DOI ID:10.1143/JJAP.44.4145, ISSN:0021-4922, SCOPUS ID:23944445266, Web of Science ID:WOS:000230126000102
  • Aspects of the electron transfer reaction rate for systems accompanying a chemical equilibrium change               
    T Yago; Y Kobori; K Akiyama; S Tero-Kubota
    BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 巻:77, 号:11, 開始ページ:1997, 終了ページ:2001, 2004年11月, [査読有り]
    In photoinduced electron-transfer systems accompanying chemical equilibrium changes, such as the formation/dissociation of a noncovalent-bonded complex, the calculation method of the charge separation and recombination reaction rates have been derived based on a simple model, in which the formation /dissociation of noncovalent bonding during the electron-transfer reaction is treated as a change of the chemical equilibrium. The effects of the formation /dissociation of noncovalent bonding on the driving forces and the reorganization energies were calculated using the chemical equilibrium constants for the reactant and product states. It has been demonstrated that the formation/dissociation of noncovalent bonding affects the electron-transfer reaction rates not only by stabilizing the charge- separated state, but also by increasing the reorganization energy.
    CHEMICAL SOC JAPAN, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.77.1997
    DOI ID:10.1246/bcsj.77.1997, ISSN:0009-2673, eISSN:1348-0634, SCOPUS ID:9744268198, Web of Science ID:WOS:000225482300004
  • Superexchange electron tunneling mediated by solvent molecules: Pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance study on electronic coupling in solvent-separated radical ion pairs               
    Y Kobori; T Yago; K Akiyama; S Tero-Kubota; H Sato; F Hirata; Norris, JR
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 巻:108, 号:29, 開始ページ:10226, 終了ページ:10240, 2004年07月, [査読有り]
    Nanosecond pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy is applied to characterize exponential decay constants (beta) of the squared electronic coupling matrix element (V-DA(2)) in transient, solvent-separated radical ion pairs (RIP) composed of quinone anions and several cation radicals in aprotic liquid solutions of N,N-dimethylformamide, DMSO, and benzonitrile. The distance dependence of singlet-triplet energy splitting (2J) is shown to be described by beta in V-DA for charge-recombination processes. We show that the radical pair mechanism (RPM) electron spin polarization (P-RPM) is quite sensitive to beta. The beta value is characterized by using the stochastic Liouville equation to fit the experimental P-RPM values. The beta values (from 0.8 to 1.0 Angstrom(-1)) manifest that V-DA is governed by the superexchange mechanism mediated by the intervening solvent molecules from a result that the beta increases with increasing the tunneling energy gap (DeltaG(eff)) for solvent oxidation or reduction in several intermolecular electron-transfer systems. We propose a simple three-dimensional model of V-DA, in which the through-solvent tunneling pathways are exponentially increased with the increase in the intermolecular distance in bulk, condensed media. This model explains the DeltaG(eff) dependence of beta, including the data previously reported on the charge-transfer reactions both in liquid and frozen (77 K) solutions. Effective solvent-solvent coupling is estimated to be v(B) approximate to 850 cm(-1) at a mean nearest-neighbor distance of 5.7 Angstrom. This relatively large magnitude of v(B) may agree with dynamical amplifications of the effective coupling by low-frequency motions of the mediators as reported in charge-transfer reactions in biological systems.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp036925t
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp036925t, ISSN:1520-6106, SCOPUS ID:3442901077, Web of Science ID:WOS:000222763000004
  • Control of the sign of exchange interactions in solvent-separated radical ion pairs               
    S Tero-Kubota; K Zikihara; T Yago; Y Kobori; K Akiyama
    APPLIED MAGNETIC RESONANCE, 巻:26, 号:1-2, 開始ページ:145, 終了ページ:154, 2004年, [査読有り]
    The chemically induced dynamic electron polarization spectra generated by the laser photolysis of several donor-acceptor systems have been studied to verify the solvent effects on the exchange interaction in solvent-separated radical ion pairs. It has been shown that the sign of the exchange interaction depends on the polarity of solvents. The individual reorganization energies have been determined for several solvent-separated radical ion pair systems.
    SPRINGER WIEN, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03166568
    DOI ID:10.1007/BF03166568, ISSN:0937-9347, eISSN:1613-7507, SCOPUS ID:3042701871, Web of Science ID:WOS:000222366000011
  • Reorganization energy induced by noncovalent bonding interaction in electron transfer reactions               
    T Yago; Y Kobori; K Akiyama; S Tero-Kubota
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 巻:107, 号:48, 開始ページ:13255, 終了ページ:13257, 2003年12月, [査読有り]
    A simple model is proposed to calculate a component of the electron-transfer reorganization energy derived from the reversible process of noncovalnt bond formation/dissociation between the reactant and hydrogen bonding donor or ligand. In the model, the reorganization of the formation/dissociation of the noncovalent-bonded complex is estimated by considering the chemical equilibrium change during the electron-transfer reaction. The effects of the hydrogen bonding and the ligand binding on the reorganization energies are calculated for the one-electron reduction processes of quinones, flavin, and the hem-fragment of cytochrome c based on the formation/dissociation constants of the noncovalent-bonded complexes in the liquid phase.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp035494b
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp035494b, ISSN:1520-6106, SCOPUS ID:0346947219, Web of Science ID:WOS:000186878000002
  • Time-resolved EPR study on reorganization energies for charge recombination reactions in the systems involving hydrogen bonding               
    T Yago; Y Kobori; K Akiyama; S Tero-Kubota
    CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 巻:369, 号:1-2, 開始ページ:49, 終了ページ:54, 2003年02月, [査読有り]
    Hydrogen bonding effects on reorganization energies (lambda) in the photoinduced electron donor-acceptor system of duroquinone (DQ)-1,2,4-trimethoxybenzene (TMB) in benzonitrile have been investigated by time-resolved EPR and cyclic voltammetry measurements. The solvent reorganization energies (lambda(S)) determined for the radical ion pair systems involving the hydrogen-bonded complexes are larger by similar to0.2 eV than those calculated from the Marcus continuum dielectric model. The present results suggest that dissociation of the DQ anion-alcohol hydrogen-bonded complex results in the new component of As for the charge recombination reaction in polar solvents. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
    ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(02)01963-2
    DOI ID:10.1016/S0009-2614(02)01963-2, ISSN:0009-2614, SCOPUS ID:0037422855, Web of Science ID:WOS:000180795200007
  • Diffusion-model analysis of effective CIDEP distance in solvent-separated radical-ion pair               
    Y Kobori; T Yago; S Tero-Kubota
    APPLIED MAGNETIC RESONANCE, 巻:23, 号:3-4, 開始ページ:269, 終了ページ:287, 2003年, [査読有り]
    The radical pair mechanism (RPM) of chemically induced dynamic electron polarization (CIDEP) is theoretically analyzed to determine what intermolecular separations (r(eff)) effectively contribute to the CIDEP generated from diffusive, separated radical-ion pairs (RIP) in terms of the charge-transfer interaction in the singlet-triplet energy splitting (J) by taking into account the distance-dependent electronic coupling and reorganization energy. The diffusion-model analysis reveals that the hyperfine-dependent RPM polarization (P-RPM) phase is varied with the driving force (-DeltaG(CR)) for the charge-recombination (CR) process and that the boundary -DeltaG(CR) between the opposite phases coincides well with the total reorganization energy around the diffusible separation distance, r(eff) = 1.2 nm, between the ion radicals. For the first time, the r(eff) is well described by the exponent parameter 66) in the distance-dependent electronic coupling, suggesting that the RPM CIDEP detection can be applied to characterize the electronic coupling in individual solvent-separated RIP systems. It has been concluded that, in contrast to the spin exchange interaction of the neutral radical pairs, the characteristic long-range charge-transfer interaction enables us to utilize the simple diffusion-model analysis to successfully evaluate the r(eff) and the P-RPM, in homogeneous liquid polar solvents.
    SPRINGER WIEN, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03166621
    DOI ID:10.1007/BF03166621, ISSN:0937-9347, eISSN:1613-7507, SCOPUS ID:0037266438, Web of Science ID:WOS:000182097000003
  • Time-resolved EPR study on reorganization energies for charge recombination processes in nanometer-separated radical ion pairs               
    T Yago; Y Kobori; K Akiyama; S Tero-Kubota
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 巻:106, 号:39, 開始ページ:10074, 終了ページ:10081, 2002年10月, [査読有り]
    The reorganization energies for the intermolecular charge recombination processes have been determined for the electron donor-acceptor systems involving the quinones and methoxy aromatic molecules by time-resolved EPR and cyclic voltammetry measurements in polar solvents. We have carefully examined what distance between the donor and acceptor molecules is effective for the radical pair mechanism (RPM) chemically induced dynamic electron polarization (CIDEP) detection using the stochastic Liouville equation on the basis of the charge transfer (CT) interaction mechanism in the singlet-triplet energy splitting (2J) in radical ion pairs. The RPM CIDEP shows that the signs of the J are inverted from positive to negative with decreasing temperature. The results are interpreted by the CT interaction mechanism, With the observations of the J 0 condition, the individual values of the total and solvent reorganization energies (As) are determined for several 1.2 nm separated donor-acceptor systems. ne individual As values ranging from 1.27 to 1.39 eV in the present donor-acceptor systems agree with those calculated from the Marcus continuum dielectric model at 1.2 nm donor-acceptor separation within the deviation of similar to0.1 eV. In the dimethoxynaphthalene (DMN)duroquinone (DQ) system, the solvent reorganization around the methoxy groups is dominated due to the localization of the electron spin density in the DMN cation radical.
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp021119s
    DOI ID:10.1021/jp021119s, ISSN:1520-6106, Web of Science ID:WOS:000178273500014
  • Determination of electron-transfer reorganization energy in nanometer-separated radical ion pair by time-resolved EPR spectroscopy               
    Y Kobori; T Yago; K Akiyama; S Tero-Kubota
    JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 巻:123, 号:39, 開始ページ:9722, 終了ページ:9723, 2001年10月, [査読有り]
    AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja015752n
    DOI ID:10.1021/ja015752n, ISSN:0002-7863, PubMed ID:11572713, SCOPUS ID:0035802367, Web of Science ID:WOS:000171407800045
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  • 有機固体中で生じる反応活性種のスピン状態のピコ秒検出               
    矢後友暁
    巻:第6号(平成19年度), 2008年
■ 共同研究・競争的資金等の研究課題
  • マイクロ波とラジオ波を用いたスピン化学の手法による選択的同位体濃縮               
    日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 挑戦的研究(開拓), 2020年07月30日 - 2024年03月31日
    若狭 雅信; 矢後 友暁; 吉田 陽一; 神戸 正雄; 前田 公憲, 埼玉大学
    配分額(総額):25740000, 配分額(直接経費):19800000, 配分額(間接経費):5940000
    従来の質量数の差を用いた同位体濃縮とは原理が全く異なる,我々が開発した磁場を用いた同位体濃縮法をさらに発展させ,磁場に加えてマイクロ波 およびラジオ波を用いた新しい同位体濃縮法を開発することを目的としている。具体的には,既存の電子スピン共鳴装置を改良し,任意波形信号発生器(Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG))からのラジオ波(RF)を試料に照射できる装置を開発する計画であった。
    しかし2021年度,本科研費で購入したAWGを用いて実験を行なったところ,パルスマイクロ波を照射せずとも,磁場中で共鳴する核スピンにAWG-RFを照射することで,ラジカル対の反応を変化させることができることを見出した。この結果は,ラジカル対の三重項状態と一重項状態の変換がラジオ波(RF)によって直接影響されたためと考えられる。これにより選択的同位体濃縮の実現に一歩近づいたと言える。
    同位体濃縮の評価に関しては,加速器質量分析による生成物の同位体比測定の準備を進めた。しかし,コロナ感染症の拡大のために,研究分担者との実験が思うようにできなかった。そこで,他の同位体比測定手法についての検討を行ったところ,検出器を2つ持つ特殊な磁場型(セクター型)同位体比測定質量分析装置でも,加速器質量分析と同程度以上の精度で同位体比測定が可能であることがわかった。これらを踏まえて,東大・駒場の磁場型同位体比測定質量分析装置を用いた測定の準備を行なった。
    加えて,反応系に関しては,再結合反応速度と散逸速度を考慮したミセル反応系の検討も行い,生成物の分離の高精度化を検討した。
    課題番号:20K20557
  • ナノ構造体での励起子分裂および励起子融合の機構解明とその制御               
    日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(C), 2020年04月01日 - 2023年03月31日
    矢後 友暁, 埼玉大学
    配分額(総額):4420000, 配分額(直接経費):3400000, 配分額(間接経費):1020000
    太陽電池の開発においては、太陽光のもつエネルギーを有効に活用できることが重要である。既存のシリコン太陽電池においては、1100 nmの光のエネルギーは有効に活用されているが、それより短波長の光においては、光のエネルギーの一部が熱となり電気的なエネルギーに変換されずに放出されている。このようなエネルギーを有効活用できれば、太陽電池の効率の向上が期待される。
    シングレットフィッション(励起子分裂)とは、一つの光励起状態(一重項)から二つの光励起状態(三重項)が生成する現象のことである。この励起子分裂を利用すると、太陽電池の効率を向上させることが可能である。励起子分裂を用いたスキームにおいては、(1)はじめに分子が短波長の光を吸収する。(2)励起子分裂が起こり、エネルギーが低い励起状態が二つ生成する。(3)励起状態のエネルギーが太陽電池の駆動に必要なエネルギーにマッチしているため、二つの励起状態エネルギーどちらもが電気エネルギーに変換される。したがって、この波長での太陽電池の変換効率は励起子分裂がない場合に比べ倍となり、太陽電池の効率化が達成される。
    このような励起子分裂を最適化するためには、その機構を明らかにすることが重要である。実際の有機デバイスにおいては、デバイスの効率化のためにデバイスサイズがナノメートルオーダーとなっていることが多い。そこで本研究では、ナノメートルサイズの有機固体において励起子分裂過程がどのように進行するのかを明らかとすることを目的とした。再沈法により、ルブレンおよびジフェニルヘキサトリエンのナノ粒子を作成した。磁場下での蛍光測定から有機ナノ粒子中での励起子分裂過程を観測することに成功した。ナノサイズ化に伴い有機結晶の結晶相もアモルファスへ変化していることがわかった。さらに、結晶相の変化もエキシトンのダイナミクスに影響を与えることが明らかになった。
    課題番号:20K05416
  • スピン化学の手法を用いた励起子融合の詳細なメカニズム解明および新規材料開発               
    日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(B), 2019年04月01日 - 2022年03月31日
    若狭 雅信; 矢後 友暁; 関根 あき子; 加藤 隆二, 埼玉大学
    配分額(総額):17680000, 配分額(直接経費):13600000, 配分額(間接経費):4080000
    三重項励起子融合(Triplet Fusion (TF))は,光の有効利用の観点から,基礎,応用を問わず近年国内外で注目されている。しかし,これまでに知られているTF 分子は,種類が限られるうえ,TF 過程のメカニズムも十分に解明されているとは言い難い。本研究では,TF 過程の磁場効果を測定し,スピンダイナミクス,励起子ダイナミクスに注目した解析を行う。これらによりスピン化学の立場から,実験・理論の両面からTFのメカニズムを解明することを目的とする。さらに,得られた知見をもとに,新しいTF材料開発の指針を得ることを目指す。
    2020年度は以下の研究を行なった。
    (1)統計リュービル方程式を用いた理論的解析:昨年度に測定されたDPAの蛍光の磁場効果を,三重項対の構造ならびに,スピン状態の異なる三重項対(1,3,5(T1, T1))の割合,スピン緩和の速さ(krel),TFと SFの速さ (kTF, kSF),S1の自然寿命(kF),ホッピングの速さ(kh)などに注目し,詳細にSLE解析を行なった。
    (2)種々の反応場を用いたTriplet Fusion過程:Platinum (II) octaethylporphine (PtOEt)による三重項増感反応によるジフェニにルアントラセン(DPA)のTFを,薄膜を用いて検討した。磁場効果の大きさは異なるが磁場依存性は単結晶の場合とほぼ同じ結果になった。この薄膜では,DPAが微結晶になっており単結晶と同じ結果になったと考えられる。一方,増感剤を用いた場合,S-T励起に比べて弱い光励起でTFを起こすことができた。さらに,このような光励起の差だけではなく,反応場を制御することでスピン緩和やホッピングに大きな影響を与えることができる。そこで,DPAのS-T励起およびPtOEtによる三重項増感反応について,薄膜を用いてTFの磁場効果を検討した。
    課題番号:19H02670
  • シングレットフィッションから生成した三重項融合による遅延蛍光の普遍則と個性の解明               
    日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(C), 2019年04月01日 - 2022年03月31日
    関 和彦; 加藤 隆二; 矢後 友暁, 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所
    配分額(総額):4420000, 配分額(直接経費):3400000, 配分額(間接経費):1020000
    シングレットフィッション (SF) は、光励起で生成した一重項励起子が2つの三重項励起子に分離する光化学過程であり、三重項融合 (TF) はこの逆過程がである. SFは、1つの一重項励起子を2つの三重項励起子に分離することから、三重項励起子を構成している電荷対を分離することにより光電変換効率を上げることが期待されている. 一重項励起子は三重項励起子よりも寿命が短く発光しながら減衰する. 本研究では、TFが拡散を介して起こる場合、TFから再生成した一重項励起子が前述の寿命よりも遅く減衰する蛍光を示す現象に着目した.この遅延蛍光の起こる機構の解明を目的としている.
    課題番号:19K05395
  • シングレットフィッションの反応中間体の構造解析               
    日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(C), 2017年04月01日 - 2021年03月31日
    矢後 友暁, 埼玉大学
    配分額(総額):4940000, 配分額(直接経費):3800000, 配分額(間接経費):1140000
    ジフェニルヘキサトリエン(DPH)の結晶を用いて蛍光の磁場依存性を測定した。2 T から5 Tの高磁場領域に、複数のディップ(蛍光強度の減少)を観測した。この磁場効果はこれまで観測されておらず、我々の研究により初めて観測された。実験および理論的解析より、相関三重項対の構造を決定した。決定された構造は非対称であり、効率の良い励起子分裂には、非対称な分子の配置が重要であることが明らかになった。さらに、トリプレットフュージョンが起こるアントラセン類においても、遅延蛍光に対する磁場効果を観測した。得られた結果を、DPHで得られる結果と比較し、シングレットフィッション等が起こりやすい分子配置を検討した。
    課題番号:17K05742
  • 磁場効果を用いたシングレットフィッションのメカニズム解明および新規材料開発の指針               
    日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(B), 2016年04月01日 - 2019年03月31日
    若狭 雅信; 矢後 友暁; 加藤 隆二, 埼玉大学
    配分額(総額):17420000, 配分額(直接経費):13400000, 配分額(間接経費):4020000
    本研究では,① 30 T超強磁場分光測定装置の構築し,②ジェフェニルへキサトリエン(DPH)の蛍光強度に対する磁場効果を異方性も含めて0-30 Tでの測定を試みた。③実験結果を三重項対の励起子移動モデルでSLE解析し,併せて④蛍光のピコ秒ダイナミクスに対する磁場効果を0-10 Tで検討した。これらによりSinglet Fissionのメカニズムを解明を行なった。さらにゼロ磁場分裂定数,配向,格子間距離,スピン軌道相互作用に注目して⑤新しいSinglet Fission材料開発の指針を構築した。
    課題番号:16H04093
  • 可視光レーザーパルスを用いた新規スピンプローブ法の開発               
    日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 若手研究(B), 2013年04月01日 - 2015年03月31日
    矢後 友暁, 埼玉大学
    配分額(総額):4160000, 配分額(直接経費):3200000, 配分額(間接経費):960000
    時間分解ファラデー回転測定により、有機常磁性分子と偏光の相互作用について知見を得た。イオン液体中でラジカルイオン対を発生させることにより、二つの不対電子スピンが強く相関しかつスピン緩和時間が長いスピン系を構築できることを明らかにした。統計リュービル方程式を用いたスピン系の解析に、ミラー・グイ法を適用することにより、スピン系の時間発展を正確にかつ簡便に計算する方法を開発した。装置の故障により研究期間内に電子スピン共鳴測定を行うことができなかった。今後、研究を継続していく予定である。
    課題番号:25870123
  • 時間分解高周波ESRと磁場効果をプローブとしたナノ反応場の反応ダイナミクスの解明               
    日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(B), 2010年 - 2012年
    若狭 雅信; 矢後 友暁, 埼玉大学
    配分額(総額):20410000, 配分額(直接経費):15700000, 配分額(間接経費):4710000
    30テスラパルスマグネットとTHz光を用いて,560GHz時間分解高周波ESRの開発をおこなった。併せて,磁場効果プローブを用いた不均一ナノ反応場の解析を行った。その結果,メソモーラスシリカMCM-41のナノ細孔中では,溶媒分子の部分的なクラスター化によるミクロ粘性の上昇が観測された。一方,イオン液体では,液体であるにも関わらず20-120ナノ秒の寿命をもつ不均一構造を持つことがわかった。
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    日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 若手研究(B), 2009年 - 2010年
    矢後 友暁, 埼玉大学
    配分額(総額):4420000, 配分額(直接経費):3400000, 配分額(間接経費):1020000
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    課題番号:21750009
  • 励起三重項を試料としたピコ秒スピン検出の開発               
    日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 若手研究(スタートアップ), 2007年 - 2008年
    矢後 友暁, 埼玉大学
    配分額(総額):3034000, 配分額(直接経費):2650000, 配分額(間接経費):384000
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    課題番号:19850004
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