Learning objectives
Acquisition of basic concepts needed to describe time-dependent molecular processes.
Understanding of processes relatedto the light-matter interaction at the linear order.
Basic principles of linera optical spectroscopy (electronic and vibrational).
Basic principles of magnetic spectroscopy (mainly NMR).
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Basic concepts:
-electromagnetic spectrum
-absorption spectrum
-Fourier transform
Elettromagnetic radiation:
-classical and quantistic description
-matter-radiation interaction Hamiltonian
Time-dependent perturbation theory (linear)
-general discussion
-absorbance and emission of radiation
-electric dipole approximation
-absorbance, spontaneous and stimulate emission
Linear respose theory
-response function and susceptibility
-steady-state and time-resolved experiments
-active and passive processes, Kramers-Krönig relations
-complex dielectric constant
-microscopic formulation
-relaxation and bandshapes
Optical spectroscopy
-the adiabatic approximation
- selection rules
-vibrational spectroscopy
-electronic spectroscopy
-optical spectroscopy with polarized light
Magnetic spectroscopy
- NMR and ESR basic experiments
- solution NMR
-FT-NMR
-density matrix, a primer
-non-interacting spins
-interacting spin systems, product operators
-2D- NMR, a primer
Full programme
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Bibliography
G.C.Schatz, M.A.Ratner, Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry, Dover (2002)
J. McHale Molecular Spectroscopy
S. Fischer, P. Scherer, Theoretical Molecular Biophysics, Springer (2010)
M.H. Levitt, Spin Dynamics, Wiley
Teaching methods
frontal teaching
Assessment methods and criteria
final oral exam
Other information
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