Purpose
Development of novel spectroscopic techniques enables us to see what has so far been unseen, by opening up "Chemical eyes". The Ultimate Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory (USIL) was started with this view and background. USIL has been intensively pursuing research toward development of new spectroscopic and imaging methods as well as their applications to fundamental science, under a close collaboration with the Department of Applied Chemistry (DAC) and the Institute of Molecular Science (IMS) in NYCU.
A focus is placed on Spectroscopy and imaging of biomolecular systems including living cells and tissues, although a wide variety of molecular systems in photo-science and materials science are studied as well. USIL aims at establishing itself as a world-leading Spectroscopy/imaging center in Taiwan. USIL has so far published more than 130 scientific papers in international leading journals to make it visible worldwide.
Research facilities
The advanced spectroscopy and imaging instruments at USIL are all made available to researchers from diverse backgrounds.
Collaborations
USIL is strongly committed to collaborating with research laboratories within the University (in particular, DAC and IMS), in Taiwan, and in the world. Research collaborations currently undergoing are listed below.
1. Professor Henryk A. Witek
Theoretical calculation of the absolute Raman cross sections of H2, D2 and HD and theoretical calculation of hyper-Raman spectra of water
2. Professor Eric Wei-Guang Diau
Time-resolved near infrared spectroscopy of perovskite compounds for solar cells
3. Professor Ian Liau
Fluorescence imaging of living yeast cells
4. Professor Hsueh-Ju Liu
Raman spectroscopy of novel tin complexes
5. Professor Hsin-Yun Hsu
Spectroscopic analysis of gelation structure of guanosine
6. Professor Stefano Rini
Development of machine learning-oriented data analysis method of LC-Raman 2D data
[Domestic]
1. Dr. Li-Hua Li Dept. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Raman spectroscopic analysis of blood serum from Taipei Marathon athletes
2. Professor Hsu-Cheng Hsu Dept. Photonics, National Cheng Kung University
Raman spectroscopy of ZnO nano-particles.
3. Professor Chien-Lung Wang
Raman spectroscopy of organic water systems
[International]
1. Professor Yasuhisa Fujita Director, the Nanotechnology Project Center, Shimane University, Japan
and Professor Siva Umapathy Convener, Laser Spectroscopy Group, Indian Institute of Science, India
Trilateral collaborative research agreement to promote joint research in the area of Raman spectroscopy of medicine and related nanotechnology
2. Dr. Masahiro Ando Waseda University, Japan
Development of new hyperspectral analysis of complicated Raman spectra from biological systems
3. Professor Igor Lednev Dept. Chemistry, State University of New York at Albany, USA
Far-ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy of nano-diamonds and hyper-spectral analysis of Raman spectra in forensic sciences
4. Professor Takakazu Nakabayashi School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan
Detection and structure analysis of supersulfide compounds
5. Professor Shinsuke Shigeto Department of Chemistry, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
pH dependent dynamics of amyloid fibril structures using microfluidic chip
6. Professor Takahiro Muraoka Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Aggregate structure analysis of functional peptides
7. Professor Tahei Tahara Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, Japan
Ultrafast dynamics of microbial rhodopsins
8. Professor Hideki Kandori Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Ultrafast dynamics of microbial rhodopsins
9. Professor Keiichi Inoue The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Ultrafast dynamics of microbial rhodopsins
