Akihiro Morita

Dr. Akihiro Morita was born in Kamakura, Japan, in 1964. He received B. Sc. and M. Sc. from the University of Tokyo and Ph. D. from Kyoto University. He is presently an associate professor at the Institute for Molecular Science. His research interests include electronic structure and reaction dynamics in solutions and liquid-vapor interfaces. Recently he has been studying heterogeneous atmospheric chemistry.

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Recent Papers

  1. "Reply to "Comment on 'Gas-Phase Flow and Diffusion Analysis of the Droplet Train/Flow Reactor Technique for the Mass Accommodation Processes'" "
    Akihiro Morita, Masakazu Sugiyama and Seiichiro Koda, J. Phys. Chem. A in press (2004).
  2. "Mass Accommodation Coefficient of Water: Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Revised Analysis of Droplet Train/Flow Reactor Experiment"
    Akihiro Morita, Masakazu Sugiyama, Hirofumi Kameda, Seiichiro Koda and David R. Hanson, J. Phys. Chem. B 108 /26 (2004) 9111-9120.
  3. "Uptake of the HO2 Radical by Water: Molecular Dynamics Calculations and Their Implications to Atmospheric Modeling"
    Akihiro Morita, Yugo Kanaya and Joseph S. Francisco, J. Geophys. Res. 109 /D9 (2004) D09201, doi: 10.1029/2003JD004240.
  4. "Revised Kinetics in the Droplet Train Apparatus Due to a Wall Loss"
    David R. Hanson, Masakazu Sugiyama and Akihiro Morita, J. Phys. Chem. A 108 /17 (2004) 3739-3744.
  5. "Templating Effects on Mineralization of Layered Inorganic Compounds: (1) Density Functional Calculations of Formation of Single Layered Magnesium Hydroxide as a Brucite Model"
    Hisako Sato, Akihiro Morita, Kanta Ono, Haruyuki Nakano, Noboru Wakabayashi and Akihiko Yamagishi, Langmuir 19 /17 (2003) 7120-7126.
  6. "Molecular Dynamics Study of Mass Accommodation of Methanol at Liquid-Vapor Interface of Methanol/Water Binary Solutions of Various Concentrations"
    Akihiro Morita, Chem. Phys. Lett. 375 /1-2 (2003) 1-8.
  7. "Gas-Phase Flow and Diffusion Analysis of the Droplet Train/Flow Reactor Technique for the Mass Accommodation Processes"
    Akihiro Morita, Masakazu Sugiyama and Seiichiro Koda, J. Phys. Chem. A 107 /11 (2003) 1749-1759.
  8. "Water Polarizability in Condensed Phase: Ab Initio Evaluation by Cluster Approach"
    Akihiro Morita, J. Comp. Chem. 23 /15 (2002) 1466-1471.
  9. "Numerical Analysis on Gas-Phase Diffusion Resistance in the Droplet Train Apparatus"
    Masakazu Sugiyama, Seiichiro Koda and Akihiro Morita, Chem. Phys. Lett. 362 /1-2 (2002) 56-62.
  10. "The Charge Response Kernel with Modified Electrostatic Potential Charge Model"
    Akihiro Morita and Shigeki Kato, J. Phys. Chem. A 106 /15 (2002) 3909-3916.
  11. "Molecular Dynamics Simulation with the Charge Response Kernel: Vibrational Spectra of Liquid Water and N-Methylacetamide in Aqueous Solution"
    Satoru Iuchi, Akihiro Morita and Shigeki Kato, J. Phys. Chem. B 106 /13 (2002) 3466-3476.
  12. "A Theoretical Analysis of the Sum Frequency Generation Spectrum of the Water Surface II. Time-Dependent Approach"
    Akihiro Morita and James T. Hynes, J. Phys. Chem. B 106 /3 (2002) 673-685.
  13. "Charge Polarization with Large Amplitude Hydrogen Motion of Pyrazinyl Radical: Implication for the Diffusion Dynamics"
    Akihiro Morita and Shigeki Kato, Chem. Phys. Lett. 348 /1-2 (2001) 155-159.
  14. "Is the H2OCl+ Ion a Viable Intermediate for the Hydrolysis of ClONO2 on Ice Surface?"
    Roberto Bianco, Ward H. Thompson, Akihiro Morita and James T. Hynes, J. Phys. Chem. A 105 /13 (2001) 3132-3139.
  15. "A Theoretical Analysis of the Sum Frequency Generation Spectrum of the Water Surface"
    Akihiro Morita and James T. Hynes, Chem. Phys. 258 /2-3 (2000) 371-390.
  16. "Solvent Electronic Polarization Effect on the Electronic Transitions in Solution: Charge Polarizable Reference Interaction Site Model Self-Consistent Field Approach"
    Kazunari Naka, Akihiro Morita and Shigeki Kato, J. Chem. Phys. 111 /2 (1999) 481-491.
  17. "An ab initio Analysis on Medium Perturbation on Molecular Polarizabilities"
    Akihiro Morita and Shigeki Kato, J. Chem. Phys. 110 /24 (1999) 11987-11998.
  18. "RISM-SCF study for the free energy profile of Menshutkin type reaction NH3 + CH3Cl -> NH3CH3+ + Cl- in aqueous solution"
    Kazunari Naka, Hirofumi Sato, Akihiro Morita, Fumio Hirata, and Shigeki Kato, Theor. Chem. Acc. 102 (1999) 165-169.
  19. "Time Dependent Diffusion Coefficient and the Transient Dynamics of Diffusion Controlled Bimolecular Reactions in Liquids: A Mode Coupling Theory Analysis"
    Akihiro Morita and Biman Bagchi, J. Chem. Phys. 110 /17 (1999) 8643-8652.
  20. "Effect of Solvent Fluctuation on the Electronic Transition of Formaldehyde in Aqueous Solution"
    Kazunari Naka, Akihiro Morita and Shigeki Kato, J. Chem. Phys. 110 /7 (1999) 3484-3492.
  21. "Vibrational Relaxation of Azide Ion in Water: The Role of Intramolecular Charge Fluctuation and Solvent-Induced Vibrational Coupling"
    Akihiro Morita and Shigeki Kato, J. Chem. Phys. 109 /13 (1998) 5511-5523.
  22. "Molecular dynamics simulation with the charge response kernel: Diffusion dynamics of pyrazine and pyrazinyl radical in methanol"
    Akihiro Morita and Shigeki Kato, J. Chem. Phys. 108 /16 (1998) 6809-6818.
  23. "Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Theory on Intramolecular Charge Polarization: Effect of Hydrogen Abstraction on the Charge Sensitivity of Aromatic and Nonaromatic Species"
    Akihiro Morita and Shigeki Kato, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119 /17 (1997) 4021-4032.
  24. "Theoretical Study on the Intersystem Crossing Mechanism of a Diradical in Norrish Type II Reactions in Solution"
    Akihiro Morita and Shigeki Kato, J. Phys. Chem. 97 /13 (1993) 3298-3313.
  25. "Potential Energy Surfaces and the Spin-Orbit Coupling for H2O2 Photodissociation: The Importance of the Intersystem Crossing for Lambda-Type Polarization of Product OH"
    Akihiro Morita and Shigeki Kato, J. Phys. Chem. 96 /3 (1992) 1067-1073.
  26. "Solute-Solvent Interaction in Nonpolar Supercritical Fluid: A Clustering Model and Size Distribution"
    Akihiro Morita and Okitsugu Kajimoto, J. Phys. Chem. 94 /16 (1990) 6420-6425.
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