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Second cycle degree course in
Chemistry
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability

SOLID STATE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
cod. 00123

borrowed from Corso di TIPO in CDS 0466 - LABORATORIO DI SPETTROSCOPIA DI MATERIALI MOLECOLARI - cod. 18346
Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Chimica fisica (CHIM/02)
Field
Discipline chimiche inorganiche e chimico-fisiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Learning objectives

<br />At the end of the course the students will be able to indipendently perform and analyze spectroscopic experiments in the field of molecular crystals 

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Course unit content

<br /><br />Optical properties of molecular solids<br />Electromagnetic theory; Absorbance and reflectance of crystal surfaces. Kramers-Kronig dipersion relations; absorption coefficents, refraction index, optical conductivity and dielectric function<br />Optical spectra of synthetic metals: Drude model; band structure model. Electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions.<br /><br />Optica spectra of molecular crystals (semiconductors): Interband transitions. Collective electronic states; molecular excitons; electron-phonon interactions.<br />Symmetry in crystals: Factor group analysis; oriented gas model. <br />Phonons in molecular crystals:  Intramolecular vibrations and lattice vibrations <br />Phase transitions<br />Experimental methods<br />Main spectroscopic technique: UV-VIS e IR spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy. Cryogenic and high pressure (diamond anvil cell) techniques.<br /><br />Lab Experiences<br />Lab experiences will focus on one topics to be chosen by students

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Bibliography

<br />J.C.Decius and R.M.Hexter "Molecular vibrations in crystals" (McGraw-Hill 1977).<br />G. Turrell "Infrared and Raman properties of crystals" (Academic Press 1972).<br />H. Kuzmany "Solid State Spectroscopy" (Springer 1998).<br />M.Dressel and G.Gruner "Electrodynamics of solids" (Cambridge 2002).<br />Review and research papers easily accessible in the local scientific library 

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