Shinji Saito (cv) Department of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science Institute for Molecular Science

Research Interests

• Functions in condensed-phase systems
  • Diffusion in material systems: Fluctuations and resonance
  • Energy transfer in photosynthesis: Site-dependent fluctuations
• Reaction and structural-change dynamics in condensed-phase systems
  • Dynamic slowdown: Dynamic disorder and spatial correlations
  • Diffusion in heterogeneous environments: Fluctuating diffusivity
  • Reaction dynamics: Non-equilibrium transition dynamics
  • Conformational dynamics: Dynamic heterogeneity and disorder
• Anomalous properties and phase/dynamic transitions in water
  • Thermodynamic and dynamic anomalies and glass transition
  • Structure and dynamics of water in various environments
  • Slow relaxation (1/f spectra)
  • Freezing process
• Theoretical analyses of complex dynamics
  • Dynamics explored through complex specific heat and entropy
  • Ultrafast dynamics explored through higher-order nonlinear spectroscopy
  • Dynamic heterogeneity explored through multi-time correlation functions
  • Hierarchical dynamics explored through multi-time correlation functions
  • Collective and single-molecule dynamics explored through macro-micro relation