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【简介】 The Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science started in 1897 at the same time as the Kyoto Imperial University was founded as the second university in Japan. Over the period of nearly 100 years since then the Deaprtment has produced about 3000 graduates who have made remarkable contributions in academic fields as well as industries. During this period chemistry has developed tremendously; as a scientific discipline it has developed from an empirical science to a more rigorous and systematic one, and at the same time it has been applied in a wide areas of human activities such as engineering, biology, medicine, pharmacology, and agriculture. Chemistry now deals with all kinds of substances existing in the universe, ranging from atoms and molecule to living substances. Thus chemistry has vast frontiers for intellectual pursuits and challenges.
The research activities cover wide areas of modern chemistry including theoretical chemistry, chemical physics, physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, solid state chemistry, surface chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry. The department is well equipped with modern research facilities such as a high resolution optical spectrometer with cryogenic attachments, picosecond and femtosecond laser systems, molecular beam apparatus with laser excitation and TOF mass spectrometric detection, high-resolution electron energy loss spectrometer, various elctron and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, including FT- and multi-pulsed NMR spectrometers, X-ray diffraction apparatus, an electron microscope and a remote station connected to the Data Processing center.
