Physical Chemistry

(3-6 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

CHEM 30060 Quantum Mechanics at UCD, CH 2000 Chemistry II at TCD. Quantum Mechanics. Failures of classical mechanics, particle-wave duality. Uncertainty principle, particle in a box, tunnelling. Harmonic oscillator and vibrational motion. Angular momentum and rotational motion. Pauli principle. Born-Oppenheimer approximation.Molecular Spectroscopy. Electromagnetic radiation, the interactions between electromagnetic radiation and atoms and molecules. Rotational spectra, rigid and non-rigid rotors, rotational spectra of molecules. Vibrational spectra, harmonic and anharmonic oscillators, vibrational-rotational spectra of molecules. Electronic spectra, atomic and molecular absorption and emission spectra, vibrational-electronic spectra, Franck-Condon principle.