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CHEM 43134

>< Type/Status : Compulsory
>< Title : Advanced Physical Chemistry II
>< Objectives : To provide an advanced knowledge in Physical Chemistry.
>< Course Content :

Electrochemistry

Ion-solvent interactions, ion-ion interactions, models for the electrical double layer, kinetics of electrode reactions, electrotechnology.

Molecular spectroscopy

Rotational spectroscopy of linear polyatomic molecules, vibrational spectroscopy, vibrational-rotational spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy; rotational and vibrational Raman spectra.

Photochemistry

Excitation sources, selection rules of electronic excitation, (Jablonski diagram), singlet and triplet states, fluorescence and phorphorescence, intersystem crossing, radiative and non radiative decays, chemiluminescence, quantum yields, G-values, lifetimes, quenching, Stern-Volmer plots, photochemistry of carbonyl compounds, olefins and aromatic compounds.

Surface & colloid chemistry

Adsorption at liquid/gas, solid/gas interfaces, Gibbs, Langmuir and BET adsorption isotherms and their applications, determination of heats of adsorption using isosteric, calorimetric and desorption energy methods and surface analytical techniques, Colloid systems.

Computational chemistry

Quantum mechanical methods for treating molecules, basis sets, Hartree-Fock calculations, ab-initio calculation of molecular properties, Basics of molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations.


>< Process : A combination of lectures and tutorial discussions.
>< Scheme of Evaluation : 100% end of course examination
>< Recommended Reading :
1. Bockris, J. O. M. and Reddy, A. K. N. (1973), Modern Electrochemistry, Vol 1 and 2, Plenum.
2. Pletcher, D. (1991), A First Course in Electrode Processes, Electrochemical consultancy.
3. Banwell, C. N. (1983), Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy, McGraw Hill.
4. Wayne, R. P. (1970), Principles and Applications of Photochemistry, Elsevier.
5. Levine, N. (1995), Physical Chemistry, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill.
6. Atkins, P. W. (1998), Physical Chemistry, 5th edition, Oxford.

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