Dr. Aniruddha Chakraborty
School of Basic Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Kamand, Himachal Pradesh 175005
India
ph: +(91)1905-237930
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Weekly Lecture Hours: 3
Subject Code: CY242
Examination Duration (Hours): 3
Quizzes (Hours):1+1
Relative Weightage: End Term Exam: 60% Quizzes: 40 %.
Credits: 3
Semester: 3rd
Instructor: Dr. Aniruddha Chakraborty
Pre-Requisite: Chemistry or Physics common course
Venue: Lecture Hall 1
Timings: Monday (2.00-2.50), Wednesday (12.00-12.50), Friday: (12.00-12.50).
Objective: To provide a theoretical knowledge of fundamental chemistry and to make scientific background stronger for engineering discipline students.
Unit 1-3: Quantum Mechanics (Lecture Hours - 12):
Wave-particle duality, Schrödinger wave equation, Operators, Probability density, Matrix elements of operators and expectation values, One-dimensional problems in quantum mechanics - particle in a box, potential well, potential barrier and tunnelling.
Unit 4-6: Structure and bonding (Lecture Hours - 14):
Hydrogen atom, Helium atom, Hydrogen molecule, Structure and Bonding, Nature of the chemical bond, Donor-Acceptor complexes, Charge transfer, Energy transfer, Conductance through DNA, Molecular electronic circuits, Single molecule transistors, Single molecule logic gates.
Unit 7-10: Spectroscopic Techniques (Lecture Hours - 11):
Born-Oppenheimer Approximation, Molecular spectroscopy, Selection Rules, Vibrational and Rotational motion, Electronic Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy.
Suggested Books:
1. Introductory Quantum Mechanics, R. L. Liboff (4th edition) Addison-Wesley (2002).
2. Modern Quantum Chemistry, Attila Szabo, Dover (2000).
3. Molecular Spectroscopy, Jeanne L. McHale, Prentice Hall (1998).
Suggested Books:
1. Introductory Quantum Mechanics, R. L. Liboff (4th edition) Addison-Wesley (2002).
2. Modern Quantum Chemistry, Attila Szabo, Dover (2000).
3. Molecular Spectroscopy, Jeanne L. McHale, Prentice Hall (1998).
Dr. Aniruddha Chakraborty
School of Basic Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Kamand, Himachal Pradesh 175005
India
ph: +(91)1905-237930
achakrab