Syllabus
The course is divided into following parts:
1) Energy levels and types of transitions, molecular spectroscopy units, potential energy curves, molecular parameters, selection rules, etc.;
2) Symmetry of molecules, symmetry operations and elements, basic postulates of the group theory, point and space symmetry groups, matrix symmetry presentation, etc.;
3) Infrared and Raman spectroscopy – basic theoretical principles, instrumentation and spectra collection;
4) Vibrational, rotational, vibrational-rotational spectra; rigid rotor, harmonic and anharmonic oscillator, information from vibrational-rotational spectra , etc.;
5) Polyatomic particles vibrations, normal vibrations, number and types of vibrations, symmetry of vibrations, character tables, representations, vibrational spectra interpretations, characteristic group vibrations;
6) Vibrational spectroscopy of inorganic (from 2 to 7 atoms) and coordination compounds (simple ligands, coordination and symmetry); Fermi resonance, tunnel effect, isotopic effect, etc.
7) Vibrational spectroscopy of crystals, vibrational spectroscopy and allotropy and polymorphism studies, etc.
Annotation
This course is a basic course for understanding of the origin, theoretical and practical aspects, analysis and interpretation of infrared and Raman spectra. The course is intended for Master and PhD students.