Yoshifumi KIMURA (Associate Professor)

Field of Expertise:

Physical Chemistry, Laser Spectroscopy, Solution Chemistry

Research Interests:

1. Molecular dynamics and chemical reaction in unusual fluids, such as supercritical fluids or ionic liquids.
2. Development of new spectroscopic method under high pressure
3. Synthesis of metal nanoparticles using supercritical fluids and ionic liquids

Selected Papers:

1. Y. Kimura, M. Fukuda, K. Suda, and M. Terazima, “Excited state intramolecular proton transfer reaction of 4’-N,N-diethylamino-3-hydroxyflavone and solvation dynamics in room temperature ionic liquids studied by optical Kerr gate fluorescence measurement”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 114(36), 11847-11858 (2010) .
2. K. Osawa, T. Hamamoto, T. Fujisawa, M. Terazima, H, Sato and Y. Kimura, “Raman spectroscopic study on the solvation of p-aminobenzonitrile in supercritical water and alcohols”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 113(13), 3143-3154 (2009) .
3. M. Fukuda, M. Terazima, and Y. Kimura, “Sound velocity dispersion in room temperature ionic liquids studied by the transient grating method”, J. Chem. Phys., 128, 114508(1-8) (2008).
4. T. Fujisawa, T. Ito, M. Terazima, and Y. Kimura, “Raman spectroscopic study of the solvation of decafluorobenzeophenone ketyl radical and related compounds in 2-propanol at ambient to supercritical temperatures”, J. Phys. Chem. A 112(9),1914-1921 (2008) .
5. Y. Kimura, Y. Yamamoto, H. Fujiwara and M. Terazima, “Vibrational energy relaxation of azulene studied by the transient grating method. I. Supercritical fluids”, J. Chem. Phys. 123(5), 054512 (1-13) (2005 )
6. T. Ohmori, Y. Kimura, N. Hirota, and M. Terazima, “Diffusion of transient radicals in alcohols and cyclohexane from ambient to supercritical conditions studied by the transient grating method”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 107(24), 5958-5966 (2003) .
7. T. Yamaguchi, Y. Kimura, and N. Hirota, “Solvation state selective excitation in resonance Raman spectroscopy. I. Experimental study on the C=N and the C=O stretching modes of phenol blue”, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 9075-9083 (1998) .
8. Y. Kimura, J.C. Alfano, P.K. Walhout and P.F. Barbara, “Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy of the solvated electron in water.”, J. Phys. Chem. 98(13), 3450 3458 (1994).
9. Y. Kimura and Y. Yoshimura, “Chemical equilibrium in fluids from the gaseous to liquid states: Solvent density dependence of the dimerization equilibrium of 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane in carbon dioxide, chlorotrifluoromethane, and trifluoromethane”, J. Chem. Phys. 96(4), 3085-3091 (1992).

Contact Information:

Phone; +81-75-753-4000 (or 3976)
Fax; +81-75-753-4000
E-mail; ykimura + @kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Link:

Photophysical chemistry laboratory (internal link)

This page was last modified on 05 April 2018.