Prof. Jonathan Rochford (Office Hours: Wed. 10am-12 midday) |
Lectures will take place in the Chemistry Department Conference Room, S-01-089
Tuesdays 5.30 – 8.30 pm
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(Last updated: 12/02/13)
Course Information & Syllabus - Fall 2013
LECTURE MATERIAL
Slides will be uploaded on a weekly basis prior to the lecture. Please note that these slides are only to be used as a helpful guide during the lecture as they will typically be updated once the lecture has taken place.
Week 1: Fundamentals of photochemistry 1
- prereq reading
Week 2: Fundamentals of photochemistry 2
Week 3: Fundamentals of photochemistry 3
Week 4: Fundamentals of photochemistry 4
Week 5: Exam 1
Week 6: literature review
Week 7: TTA Upconversion
Lit 1 + Lit 2
Weeks 8 & 9: Student presentations
Week 11: Group theory and MO diagrams I
point group revision
interactive symmetry web-tutorial
homework
Week 12: Group theory and MO diagrams II + homework
Week 13: Solar energy conversion
Week 14: Marcus theory and mixed-valency
refs: 1, 2, 3.
RECOMMENDED TEXTS
"Principles of Molecular Photochemistry: An introduction" N. Turro, V. Ramamurthy, J.C. Scaiano (University Science Books, 2009)
"Principles and Applications of Photochemistry" B. Wardle (Wiley, 2009)
"Photochemistry of Organic Compounds from Concepts to Practice " P. Klan (Wiley, 2009)
RECOMMENDED READING
molecular absorption of electromagnetic radiation
JOURNAL HOMEPAGES
Energy & Environmental Science
Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences
Photochemistry and Photobiology
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Coordination Chemistry Reviews
EXAMS & EVALUATION
Exams will be scheduled to cover topics of (i) fundamental concepts of molecular photochemistry (ii) inorganic bonding and photochemistry (iii) photoinduced electron transfer. Further evaluation will be based upon random quizzes and in-class presentations.
Final grade determination:
≥ 90 % A
> 86 % A-
> 82 % B+
> 78 % B
> 74 % B-
> 70 % C+
> 66 % C
> 62 % C-
> 58 % D+
> 54 % D
≥ 50 % D-
< 50% F
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