Utilization of molecular functionality is a key in chemistry and biochemistry in this century. A variety of molecular functionality emerges from combinations of intermolecular interactions. Underlying mechanisms of the functionalities still remain to be explored. Recent remarkable advances in experimental techniques and computational capability enable physical chemists to investigate molecular assemblies/clusters, even highly complicated and very large-sized ones, in the gas-phase isolated condition. Such non-covalently bonded systems now open access to explore origins of molecular functionality at the microscopic level. From basic properties of hydrogen bonds to complex protein functions, studies on molecular clusters and supramolecules are widely applied. This symposium will focus on the recent progress in experimental and theoretical approaches on such molecular systems under the isolated condition.
The topics include intra- and intermolecular interactions, structure determination of molecular assemblies in the gas phase, their dynamics in the electronic excited states and ionic states, photoinduced reactive processes involving proton/charge transfer, water migration, isomerization, chiral recognition, noncovalent and metal-ligand interactions in solvated and biomolecular assemblies, and etc. The interplay between theory and experiments in determining the unique properties of these complex systems will be stimulated in the symposium.
The topics include intra- and intermolecular interactions, structure determination of molecular assemblies in the gas phase, their dynamics in the electronic excited states and ionic states, photoinduced reactive processes involving proton/charge transfer, water migration, isomerization, chiral recognition, noncovalent and metal-ligand interactions in solvated and biomolecular assemblies, and etc. The interplay between theory and experiments in determining the unique properties of these complex systems will be stimulated in the symposium.
