Selected chapters of chemistry, covered in depth:1a) Fullerenes and curved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; 1b) hydrogen bonds.2) History of radioactivity and modern radiochemistry.3) Understanding thermodynamics.4a) Direct solid-state analysis; 4b) laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; 4c) quantitative analysis.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of radiochemistry. It is concerned with the 31% of all elements in the periodic table that have no stable isotope and the 93% of all known isotopes that are radioactive.

1) General definitions 2) The VSEPR model 3) Qualitative molecular orbital diagrams 4) Closest packing, metal structures 5) The Structures of metalloids6) Structures of the non-metals 7) Synthesis of the elements 8) Reactivity of the elements 9) Ionic Compounds 10) Ions in Solution 11) Element hydrogen compounds 12) Element halogen compounds 13) Element oxygen compounds 14) Redox chemistry

Introduction to structures, (electronic/physicochemical) properties, and bonding in transition metal coordination compounds with focus on MO theory and methods of characterization.

The lecture is based on Inorganic Chemistry I and addresses an enhanced understanding of the symmetry aspects of chemical bonding of molecules and translation polymers, i.e. crystal structures.