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Development of ultrafast electron microscopy 

Femtosecond-resolved imaging and diffraction
Femtosecond-resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy
Four-dimensional electron tomography


Application of four-dimensional electron microscopy

Real-time structural dynamics at a single-particle level
In situ conformational dynamics of macromolecules
Ultrafast electronic and structural dynamics in condensed matter
Photoinduced phase transformation of solids

 

Femtochemistry

Ultrafast photophysics in model base pairs
Ultrafast proton transport along water wire catalysts
Ultrafast H-bonding dynamics in electron transfer


Femtobiology         
Ultrafast hydration dynamics at fluorinated protein surfaces
Ultrafast solvation in protein conformational dynamics

 

Time-resolved spectroscopy on chemical reactions

Vibrationally enhanced proton tunneling
Proton/electron transfer


Time-resolved spectroscopy on molecular devices and heterogeneous systems

Molecular recognition
Light emitting devices
Confinement effects of zeolites, cyclodextrins, and reverse micelles on chemical reactions

Movies of carbon nanotubes wiggling and bending

See Kwon, Zewail Science 2010, 328, 1668.

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