Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy

Catalog description

This laboratory course is coupled to the lectures in CHEM-UH 3013 and focuses on the principles and use of modern computational and experimental methods for predicting structure and energy, spectroscopic characterization, and structure determination. The students become familiar with modern instrumental methods such as absorption (ultraviolet-visible) spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, and structure analysis by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The students learn how to use and interface analytical equipment, acquire, process and analyze data, and interpret the results. After the completion of this course, students are able to characterize materials by using common analytical methods.