Institute for Radiation Sciences

Laboratory for Beam Chemistry for Surface Science

Research Interests

1. Stereodynamics of surface chemical reactions induced by molecular beams.
2. Surface chemical reactions explored with various surface-spectroscopy techniques.
3. X-ray photoemission spectroscopy at SPring-8 for surface chemistry.
4. Surface phase transition induced by the low dimensionality.
5. Tuning of surface reactivity with surface alloying.
6. Development of new type of secondary ion mass spectroscopy with very low-energy ions.

Our research focuses on surface chemistry explored with newly developed original experimental techniques and their related equipments. Particularly, we are developing molecular-beam and ion-beam facilities for the studies of the elementary processes of surface-chemical reactions and of the surface modification including sputtering. Combining such special beam techniques with various surface spectroscopic techniques including X-ray photoemission spectroscopy at SPring-8, we can develop a new field of beam-induced surface chemistry. We also study the physical and chemical properties of surfaces induced by their low dimensionality. We believe "Surfaces are the playgrounds of physical chemistry".