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Chemistry 131A: Quantum Principles (Winter 2014, UC Irvine). Instructor: Professor A. J. Shaka.
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777 years, 8 months
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28
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This course provides an introduction to quantum mechanics and principles of quantum chemistry with applications to nuclear motions and the electronic structure of the hydrogen atom. It also examines the Schrodinger equation and study how it describes the behavior of very light particles, the quantum description of rotating and vibrating molecules is compared to the classical description, and the quantum description of the electronic structure of atoms is studied.
Course Currilcum
- Lecture 01 – Introduction Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Particles, Waves, Uncertainty Principle and Postulates Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – More Postulates, Superposition, Operators and Measurement Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Complementarity, Quantum Encryption, Schrodinger Equation Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – Model 1D Quantum Systems: “The Particle In a Box” Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – Quantum Mechanical Tunneling Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – Tunneling Microscopy and Vibrations Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – More on Vibrations and Approximation Techniques Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Potentials + Quantization in Two Spatial Dimensions Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Particles on Rings and Spheres… A Prelude to Atoms Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – Particle on a Sphere, Angular Momentum Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – Spin, The Vector Model and Hydrogen Atoms Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – Hydrogen Atoms: Radial Functions & Solutions Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Atomic Spectroscopy Selection Rules, Coupling, and Terms Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Hydrogen Wavefunctions, Quantum Numbers, Term Symbols Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Energy Level Diagrams (cont.), Spin-Orbit Coupling and the Pauli Principle Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – Approximation Methods: Variational Principle, Atomic Units Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – The Hydride Ion (cont.): Two-electron Systems Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – The Hydride Ion (Try #3!): The Orbital Philosophy Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – Hartree-Fock Calculations, Spin, and Slater Determinants Unlimited
- Lecture 21 – Bigger Atoms, Hund’s Rules and the Aufbau Principle Unlimited
- Lecture 22 – The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation and H2+ Unlimited
- Lecture 23 – LCAO-MO Approximation Applied to H2+ Unlimited
- Lecture 24 – Molecular Orbital: The Virial Theorem in Action Unlimited
- Lecture 25 – Optimizing H2+ Molecular Orbital, H2, & Config Interaction Unlimited
- Lecture 26 – Qualitative MO Theory Unlimited
- Lecture 27 – CH4 Molecular Orbitals and Delocalized Bonding Unlimited
- Lecture 28 – What We’ve Covered: Course Summary Unlimited
