Details of CH3203 (Spring 2014)

Level: 3 Type: Theory Credits: 3.0

Course CodeCourse NameInstructor(s)
CH3203 Advanced Spectroscopy Debansu Chaudhuri

Preamble
This course is intended to provide an advanced idea about the different spectroscopic methods.

Syllabus


  • Introduction: Einstein A and B coefficients, Transition probability and Transition moment integral, Electric and magnetic dipole transition, Width of spectral lines.

  • Atomic Spectroscopy: Fine structure of H-like atoms: spin-orbit coupling, Coupling constant and wave functions, Spin-orbit interaction for s electrons, Darwin term, Lamb-Rutherford shift, Atoms in uniform magnetic field, Zeeman effect, Weak field approximation, Many electron atoms, Central field approximation, Vector model of atom, Russell-Saunders (LS) coupling and spectroscopic terms, Fine structure, Selection rules, j-j coupling, Spectra of alkali metal atoms, Zeeman and Paschen-Back effects..

  • Molecular rotational and vibrational spectroscopy: Rotations and vibrations of diatomic and polyatomic molecules, Symmetry of rotational states, Selection rules, Effect of nuclear spin, Intensity attraction and missing lines, Stark effect, Molecular vibrations, Normal modes and normal coordinates, Normal modes and symmetry, Coriolis interaction, Accidental degeneracy and Fermi resonance, Vibrating rotor.

  • Raman Spectroscopy: Polarizability, Classical and quantum description, Depolarization, Rule of mutual exclusion, Resonance Raman spectroscopy.

  • Molecular electronic spectroscopy: Born-Oppenheimer approximation, Electron orbitals and electronic states, Molecular terms (diatomic molecules), Franck Condon principle and vibrational structure, Dissociation energy, Predissociation.

  • Emission Spectroscopy: Fluorescence, Spin statistics and phosphorescence, Delayed fluorescence, Excimers, Quantum yield and life time of excited states, Energy and electron transfer, Fluorescence quenching, Fluorescence anisotropy, Solvent effect: Lippert-Mataga equation.

  • Resonance Spectroscopy : Energy levels and wave functions of two-spin systems (A2, AB and AX), Origin of spin-spin coupling, Conformational conversion or exchange process, Solid state NMR, Pulse techniques in NMR, Spin relaxation, Spin echo, Imaging, Spin decoupling, Nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE), Two-dimensional NMR.


Prerequisite
Quantum chemistry II, Fundamentals of Spectroscopy.

References


  1. Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure. Volume I: Spectra of Diatomic Molecules; Volume II: Infrared and Raman spectra of Polyatomic Molecules; Volume III:
    Electronic spectra and electronic Structure of polyatomic Molecules by G. Herzberg, Van Nostrand Company, New York, (2011).

  2. Spectra of Atoms and Molecules by P. F. Bernath, Oxford University Press, 2$_nd $ Edition, (2005).

  3. Molecular Spectroscopy by I. N. Levine, Wiley Publications, (1975).

  4. The Infra-Red Spectra of Complex Molecules by L . J. Bellamy, Chapman and Hall.

  5. Symmetry and Spectroscopy: An Introduction to Vibrational and Electronic
    Spectroscopy by D. C. Harris and Bertolucci, Dover.

  6. Basic Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy by Brian Wardle, Wiley.

  7. Modern Raman Spectroscopy- A practical Approach by E. Smith, G. Dent, Wiley.

  8. Molecular Fluorescence: Principles and Applications by B. Valeur, Wiley-VCH.

  9. Physical Chemistry by P. W. Atkins, J. de Paula, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

  10. Quantum Chemistry by D. A. McQuarrie, Viva Books.

  11. Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy by J. R. Lakowicz, Springer, 3$_rd $ Edition.


Course Credit Options

Sl. No.ProgrammeSemester NoCourse Choice
1 IP 2 Core
2 IP 4 Not Allowed
3 MR 2 Not Allowed
4 MR 4 Not Allowed
5 MS 6 Core
6 RS 1 Elective
7 RS 2 Not Allowed