This lecture covers the theoretical and conceptual foundations of quantum dynamics in molecular systems. Particular attention is taken to derive and compare quantum and classical approximations which can be used to simulate the dynamics of molecular systems and the reaction rate constant used in chemical kinetics.

Introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. Prediction of thermodynamic and kinetic properties from molecular data. Spin thermodynamics and density operator formalism.

Group seminar on electronic spectroscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy.

Group seminar on electronic spectroscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy

The lecture provides an introduction to some of the physical fundamentals of chemistry, in particular radioactivity, quantum mechanics, the structure of matter and an atom, the periodic table of elements, and chemical bonding.

Basic concepts of electronic measurement technology, RF- and Microwave technology and digital circuits.

Basic concepts of the construction of instrumentation in physical chemistry. Practical exercises in mechanical manufacturing.

Postulates of quantum mechanics, operator algebra, Schrödinger's equation, state functions and expectation values, matrix representation of operators, particle in a box, tunneling, harmonic oscillator, molecular vibrations, angular momentum and spin, generalised Pauli principle, perturbation theory, electronic structure of atoms and molecules, Born-Oppenheimer approximation.

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Seminar series covering current developments in Physical Chemistry

The laws of thermodynamics: empirical temperature, energy, entropy. Models and standard states: ideal gases, ideal solutions and mixtures, activity, standard thermodynamic values. Reaction thermodynamics: chemical potential, thermodynamic parameters of reactions, equilibrium conditions and their temperature and pressure dependence, biochemical reactions, surface effects, colligative properties.

Foundations of chemical thermodynamics: Entropy, chemical thermodynamics, laws of thermodynamics, partition functions, chemical reactions, reaction free energies, equilibrium conditions, chemical potential, standard states, ideal and real systems and gases, phase equilibria, colligative properties, with applications to current research at the ETHZ.

Kinetics of chemical and biochemical reactions, inparticular also of katalysed reactions. Surface- and transport-phenomena, characterization of open systems.

Introduction to Chemical Reaction Kinetics. Fundamental concepts: rate laws, elementary reactions and composite reactions, molecularity, reaction order. Experimental methods in reaction kinetics. Simple chemical reaction rate theories. Reaction mechanisms and complex kinetic systems, chain reactions. Homogeneous catalysis and enzyme kinetics.

Postulates of quantum mechanics, operator algebra, Schrödinger's equation, state functions and expectation values, matrix representation of operators, particle in a box, tunneling, harmonic oscillator, molecular vibrations, angular momentum and spin, generalised Pauli principle, perturbation theory, electronic structure of atoms and molecules, Born-Oppenheimer approximation.

thermal radiation and Planck's law; transition probabilities, rate equations;atomic structure and spectraelectronic, vibrational, and rotational spectroscopy of moleculessymmetry, group theory, and selection rules

Introduction of the basics of signal processing in spectroscopy. Fourier transformation, linear response theory, stochastic signals, digital data processing, Fourier spectroscopy.