List of Scientific Publications
Original Articles (Since May 2026)
1. E. Kinoshita, W. Sung, S. Nihonyanagi, H. Okuyama, and T. Tahara*, "Water Dynamics in the Electric Double Layer at the Lipid Interfaces: Water in the Diffuse Layer is Dynamically Different from Bulk Water," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 148 (30), 31774–31782 (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c02985
2. M. Ahmed, T. Ishiyama, S. Nihonyanagi, K. Inoue, A. Morita, and T. Tahara*, "Structural Transformation of Hydrated Excess Protons at the Water Surface," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 148, 29009−29018 (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c07167
3. S. Roy, M. Ahmed, A. Adhikari, E. Kinoshita, S. Nihonyanagi*, and T. Tahara*, "Distinct adsorption behavior and structures of cell-penetrating peptides at a model lipid membrane interface: a heterodyne-detected vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy study," Chem. Sci. 17, 14375 (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d6sc03510h
4. L. Zimmermann, J. Petrulevicius, D. Menzel, W. M. B. de Araujo, K. Morita, S. Maniyarasu, M. Simmonds, Y. Salimi, D. K. Kim, F. Mathies, F. Scheler, S. Berwig, W. Sung, S. Nihonyanagi, A. M. Soufiani, A. Harter, V. Jankauskas, J. Kurpiers, T. Malinauskas, T. Tahara, M. Creatore, S. Wood, R. Schlatmann, B. Stannowski, L. Korte, E. Köhnen, V. Getautis, and S. Albrecht*, "A novel carborane-based electron transport material for high-performance perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells," Energy Environ. Sci. 19, 4734 (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d6ee01246a
Conference Proceedings, Books, and Reviews
Invited Lectures and Conference Presentations
(1) 2026.09.25 – Invited Lecture: "Molecular Science of Interfaces via Advanced Spectroscopy," Seimi-kai Lecture Series, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
(2) 2026.09.17 – Invited Lecture: "Water in the Electric Double Layer: From Average Structure to Ultrafast Fluctuations", The 2026 Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science (JVSS2026), Big Palette Fukushima, Fukushima.
(3) 2026.09.09 – Presentation: "Water Structure and Ca2+ Ion Adsorption Effects at the SiO2/Aqueous Solution Interface," The 87th JSAP Autumn Meeting 2026, Hokkaido University.
(4) 2026.08.19 – Invited Lecture: Summer School for Young Molecular Scientists, Intensive Courses and Invited Lectures, Tohoku University.
(5) 2026.08.02 – Invited Lecture: "Probing Water at Buried Functional Material Interfaces", GRC Vibrational Spectroscopy 2026, Southern New Hampshire University.
(6) 2026.06.08 – Invited Lecture: "Current understanding of water in electric double layer", Frontiers in Experimental and Computational Studies of Membranes and Interfaces, Temple University Rome Campus (TU Rome).