[8p-N104-1~9] Science of Water through Photonics

4:35 PM - 5:05 PM JST(7:35 AM - 8:05 AM UTC)

[8p-N104-9] Water Dynamics in Cells

〇Keiichiro Shiraga^1,2 (1.Kyoto Univ., 2.JST PRESTO)

Keywords:

water,cell,terahertz spectroscopy

Although water is the most important biomolecule, accounting for the majority of cell weight, how the microscopic behavior of water is involved in biological activities has long been shrouded in mystery due to the difficulty in characterizing it. This presentation focuses on recent achievements in quantifying water dynamics in cells based on dielectric responses in the terahertz and millimeter wave regions.