Evaluation Report Publications of the Academy of Finland 1/11

Research profile
The unit encompasses experimental activity in optical spectroscopy, multidimensional 
vibrational spectroscopy, femtosecond dynamics, higher-order Raman scattering 
processes and Raman microscopy, optical control of molecular alignment as well as 
theoretical modelling on various aspects of gold nanostructures and interactions with 
gold nanoparticles. In the future, the unit will focus on fewer application areas with 
molecule-surface interactions at the nanoscale, studied by optical spectroscopy and 
theory as the uniting theme. The unit is fully committed to this research profile, but 
will maintain its mode of operation of phasing out activities when key competence 
leaves the unit or when new exciting research directions emerge. An extensive 
network of collaborations exists both within the unit and with the inorganic and 
organic chemistry units.