On October 31, 2023, the inaugural ceremony of the Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Shaanxi Normal University Joint Laboratory for Ultrafast Molecular Science was held in the lecture hall of the Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials, Shaanxi Normal University.

INCSMM dean Prof. Fang Yu, XIOPM director Researcher Ma Caiwen, Photon Science and Technology Department vice director and Attosecond Science and Technology Center executive vice director Researcher Fu Yuxi, SNNU vice president Prof. Yang Zupei,  Department of Science and Technology director and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering dean Prof. Xue Dong, and heads of relevant departments of both sides attended the unveiling ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by SCCE Party Committee secretary Prof. Gao Lingxiang.

At the ceremony, Yang Zupei and Ma Caiwen delivered speeches respectively. Fang Yu and Ma Caiwen jointly unveiled the plaque of the joint laboratory. The joint laboratory appointed Fang Yu and Ma Caiwen as academic advisors; Fu Yuxi and Ding Liping were appointed as directors; Yuxi Fu was also appointed as a part-time Professor of Shaanxi Normal University. Other personnel of the joint laboratory were also presented letters of appointment.

The Ultrafast Molecular Science Joint Laboratory was established based on the existing conditions of XIOPM’s Attosecond Science and Technology Research Center and SNNU’s Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials. It will jointly carry out basic research, key technology research and scientific and technological achievements transformation mainly in the fields of femtosecond-attosecond ultrafast kinetic detection, fluorescence sensing and photophysical processes of fluorescence molecules, photocatalysis and photochemical kinetic mechanism, surface interface material controlled preparation and functional application kinetic processes.

After the ceremony, Fu Yuxi and SNNU Professor Bian Hongtao presented academic reports titled Attosecond Light Source - “High-speed Camera” for Molecules and Structure of Constrained Systems and Ultrafast Infrared Spectroscopy Studies respectively.