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CHEM 421

Advanced Methods in Physical Chemistry

3.00 units · Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry

Topics

  • Electronic structure and band diagrams
  • X-ray spectroscopy
  • photoelectron and Auger spectroscopy
  • X-ray, neutron and electron diffraction
  • electron microscopy
  • surface analysis
  • scanning tunnelling and atomic-force microscopy
  • ultrafast/time-resolved methods.

Readings

  • Recommended, explicitly not required: Ashcroft and Mermin, Solid State Physics, any edition, Saunders College; P. Atkins, Physical Chemistry, 7th or 8th edition, W. H. Freeman and Company. Slides cite additional free online resources.
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