| TFFY64 | Molecular physics, 6 ECTS-points /Molekylfysik/ Advancement level: C | |
| Aim: Quantum mechanical description and spectroscopic determination of the structure of atoms and molecules. Relation between the microscopic and macroscopic properties of matter. Biological applications of molecular physics: basic principles of photosynthesis.Prerequisites: TAMS 19 Probability and Statistics, first course, TFFM 50 Pr inciple of Physics, TFFY 19 Physics, TFKE 01 General Chemistry and TFKE 05 Physical Chemistry. Supplementary courses: TFYY 01 Chemical Surface PhysicsCourse organization: Lectures and exercises.Course content: * Application of basic quantum mechanics to the theoretical description of atomic and molecular structures. * Experimental techniques for the determination of molecular structures: Rotati-onal, vibrational, electronic and resonance spectroscopies. * Relation between microscopic and macroscopic properties of matter: Basic concepts of statistical thermodynamics (definition and interpretation of: population, configuration, Boltzmann distribution, partition function, internal energy in terms of the partition function, canonical ensemble, entropy). * Molecular physics in biological systems: The basic principles of photochemistry and their application to photosynthesis are introduced in connection with electron spectroscopy (absorption of light, electronic transitions between excited states, primary photochemical processes: vibrational relaxation, fluorescence, quenching by intersystem crossing, internal conversion, photochemical reactions, phosphorescence, quantum yield). Course literature: Atkins, P.W. 1994: Physical Chemistry, 5th ed. Oxford University Press | ||
| TEN1 | A written examination, 4 p. | |