Department of Chemistry, School of Science,
The University of Tokyo

What is the structure of molecules like? How do molecules react? And why?

Physical chemistry tells us the answers to these fundamental questions. Currently, world-class research groups in the division of physical chemistry focus on the development of theoretical, experimental, and computational methods for unraveling molecular structure and dynamics as well as the development of new physical properties in an assembly of atoms and molecules. Elucidation of the underlying mechanism of unknown physical properties at the molecular level is expected to make discoveries about novel phenomena and properties we have never seen before.