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1st International Workshop on Probing Matter with Advanced Light Sources

Information

This seminar serves as a pre–event for a Junior Research Program Tohoku Forum for Creativity, “X–ray Spectroscopy for Future Nano Materials Science” which will be organized in 2026 by International Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart, Tohoku University.

Date

Saturday, August 9, 2025, 10:00 – 16:40

Venue

SRIS Building, Entrepreneur Hall, Tohoku University [Access]

Hosted by

International Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart, Tohoku University
Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Organization for Research Promotion, Tohoku University

Speakers

Naoya Kurahashi (National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology)
Kakeru Ninomiya (Tohoku University)
Stephan Thurmer (Kyoto University)
Moto Togawa (European X–Ray Free-Electron Laser)
Florian Trinter (Fritz Haber Institute)
Kiyoshi Ueda (Tohoku University)
Ralph Ugalino (National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology)
Nicolas Velasquez (Fritz Haber Institute)
Caterina Vozzi (Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, National Research Council)
Noelle Walsh (Tohoku University)
Weiyu Zhang (Max Planck Institute fur Kernphysik Heidelberg)

Time Schedule

10:00 – 10:05
Introductory Remarks
Kiyoshi Ueda (Tohoku University)
Session Chaired by Zhong Yin (Tohoku University)
10:05 – 10:30
Stephan Thurmer (Kyoto University)
Interfaces of Aqueous Solutions Probed by Liquid–Jet Photoelectron Spectroscopy
10:30 – 10:55
Nicolas Velasquez (Fritz Haber Institute)
Ultrafast charge transfer in aqueous L–cysteine
10:55 – 11:15
Ralph Ugalino (National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology)
Resonant Inelastic X–ray Scattering of Blue Copper Proteins
Session Chair by Ralph Ugalino (National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology)
11:30 – 12:00
Noelle Walsh (Tohoku University)
Advancing gas–phase and liquid–phase research at MAX IV Laboratory
12:00 – 12:25
Florian Trinter (Fritz Haber Institute)
Radiationless decay spectrum of O 1s double core holes in liquid water
12:25 – 12:45
Naoya Kurahashi (National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology)
Measurement of interactions between polymers and water molecules using soft X–ray emission spectroscopy
13:20 – 14:20
Visit NanoTerasu
Session chaired by Kakeru Ninomiya (Tohoku University)
14:20 – 14:40
Weiyu Zhang (Max Planck Institute fur Kernphysik Heidelberg)
First experiments with a ReMi at the CSR: Detachment and Detachment with simultaneous target ionization
14:40 – 14:50
Moto Togawa (European X–Ray Free–Electron Laser)
Spectroscopy on highly charged ions with synchrotron and XFEL radiation
15:00 – 15:30
Caterina Vozzi (Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, National Research Council)
Ulltrafast XUV spectroscopy of gas-phase molecules
Session chaired by Naoya Kurahashi (National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology)
15:45 – 16:05
Kakeru Ninomiya (Tohoku University)
3–D Network–Structural Analysis in the crystallization process of zeolite by X–ray Spectroscopy
16:05 – 16:35
Kiyoshi Ueda (Tohoku University)
X–ray Science: spectroscopy and imaging
16:35 – 16:40
Closing Remarks
Zhong Yin (Tohoku University)

Contact

Kakeru Ninomiya (Tohoku University)
Email: kakeru.ninomiya.e1*tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)