Specialization Laboratory - Physical and Nuclear Chemistry

chemistry

obligatory courses

A student is supposed to have the knowledge of basic physical chemistry and spectroscopy required for the entranced examination for the second degree studies in chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw.

Classroom

Extension and enlargement of students' knowledge in physical chemistry before the preparation of M.Sc. dissertation

This course consists of selected experimental and theoretical exercises connected with the scientific program developed in the research laboratories inside the Teaching Division of Physical Chemistry. It includes four main subjects: electrochemistry, molecular spectroscopy, thermodynamic and chemistry of plasma. It is possible to perform 10 selected exercises from the following set of proposed investigations:

1. Electrochemical and elipsometric studies of the molecular organization in monolayers on solid surface.

2. Electropolymerization of N-vinylcarbazole – determination of kinetic parameters of the monomer oxidation.

3. Electrochromism of conducting polymers.

4. Application of process simulation for determination of phase equilibria (and related properties in chemistry, technology and ecology).

5. SERS studies of 3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazol (AMT) adsorption on silver electrode.

6. Electrochemical adsorption of hydrogen in palladium electrode.

7. NMR measurements of diffusion coefficients.

8. Basic NMR spectroscopy of proteins.

9. Modelling of the dependance of vicinal coupling constant on molecular conformation.

10. Electrochemical properties of selected materials for litium ion betteries.

11. High temperature synthesis of selected carbon materials.

12. Obsevation of enzymatic proteolysis of proteins with application of fluorescence spectroscopy, IR and circular dichroism.

13. Spectroscopic investigations of denaturation, misfolding and aggregation of proteins.

14. Electrosynthesis and investigation of metallic nanostuctures.

15. Study of ultrafast molecular dynamics forced by a femtosecond laser pulse.

16. Study of nonlinear properties of molecules in interaction with a high-power laser pulse; occurrence of nonlinear effects and symmetry of molecules (- or condensed phase).

17. Theoretical modeling of the fluorescent properties of organic molecules.

Students choose literature according to the topics of their exercises.

After completing the course, a student should be able:

a) to select the appropriate technique of measurements to solve a research problem,

b) to master the rules of measurement performance and result discussion,

c) to understand and critically assess the limitation of his/her own experimental work.

A student knows and understands the theoretical basis of different molecular spectroscopies. A student knows the applications of various molecular spectroscopies.

Oral test checking student’s theoretical preparation before the lab, evaluation of student’s activity during the work, evaluation of the written report from the laboratory work.

The student's presence in the 10 classes selected by him is obligatory. In the event of an excused student's absence, additional classes are organized.

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