Applications of Inorganic Spectroscopy

Graduate

The field of Inorganic Chemistry has relied on spectroscopy to gain insight into the structure and dynamics of species from small molecules to the active sites of metalloenzymes. The objective of this course is to learn different spectroscopic techniques that can be used in combination to identify and characterize inorganic compounds. This course will focus on three techniques with vastly different energies, spectroscopic timescales and resolution: NMR, EPR, and Mӧssbauer spectroscopy. All these spectroscopies have the influence of nuclear spin states in common, and are among the most informative available for the study of molecules. The course is aimed to be practical, with an emphasis on problem solving, so that it may aid you in your own research endeavours. (3 lecture hours a week.) (May be offered as a cross-career course with CHEM-4599)