PřF:C9911 Molecular Photochemistry

C9911 Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

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Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Syllabus

Introduction (Ch 1): The Nature of Photon. Real life applications of photons (Light and Life).
Molecules: Electronic, Vibrational and Spin States (Ch 2)
Radiative Transitions between Electronic States (Ch 3 & 4): Selection rules for spin allowed and spin forbidden transitions Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, Excimer/exciplex, Delayed fluorescence, TICT emission, Applications of emission.
Radiationless Transitions (Ch 5): Mechanism of spin inter-conversion, Spin-orbit coupling, Heavy atom effect, Properties of triplets.
Reactive Channel (Ch 6)
Visualizing Organic Photoreactions in terms o Surfaces (Ch 6)
Energy and Electron Transfer (Ch 7): Singlet-Singlet ET, Triplet-Triplet ET, Triplet-Triplet annihilation and Singlet fission. Mechanism of electron transfer, Contributions of Weller and Marcus, Long range electron transfer. Role of energy and electron transfer in natural and artificial photosynthesis.

Literature

TURRO, Nicholas J., V. RAMAMURTHY and J. C. SCAIANO. Modern molecular photochemistry of organic molecules. Sausalito, Calif.: University Science Books, 2010, xxxiii, 10. ISBN 9781891389252. info
KLÁN, Petr and Jakob WIRZ. Photochemistry of Organic Compounds: From Concepts to Practice. 1st ed. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2009, 584 pp. Postgraduate Chemistry Series. ISBN 978-1-4051-9088-6. URL info

Teaching methods

Lectures

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.