Molecular spectroscopy and structure
Course details
Course lecturers:
Dr Colin Western (CMW)
Date: Autumn 2009
See also: Wikipedia notes on this course
Table of contents
- Textbooks
- Texts recommended by the lecturers
- Other coverage
- Diatomic Molecules
- Molecular orbital diagram; Term Symbols; Selection Rules
- Separation of motions
- Rotation
- Energy levels of linear molecules
- Moments of inertia; determining geometry from rotational constants
- Non-linear molecules; symmetric and asymmetric tops
- Microwave spectroscopy; application to astronomy
- Electronic States
- Term symbols for polyatomic molecules
- Change of orbital energy with geometry - Walsh diagrams for H2O, NH3 and C2H4 (π orbitals)
- Consequences for electronic and photoelectron spectrum
- Selection rules. Rovibronic Spectra
- Characteristics of Electronic Transitions
- Transition strength/dipole; Forbidden transitions
- Types of transitions and chromophores: d–d; charge transfer; π−π*, n−π*
- Vibration
- Potential energy curves and Franck-Condon factors; Photoelectron spectroscopy
- Normal modes and symmetry. Infrared active and inactive modes. Force constants.
- Degenerate modes
- Modern Spectroscopy (4th edition)
J. M. Hollas
Wiley (2003)
ISBN 978-0-470-84416-8 (Wiley, Amazon.co.uk)
- High Resolution Spectroscopy (2nd edition)
J. M. Hollas
Wiley (1998)
ISBN 978-0-471-97421-5 (Wiley, Amazon.co.uk)
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