Lab 3: Molecular Vibrational Spectroscopy

Equipment:

• Olis Cary-14 UV-Vis spectrophotometer & PC data system
• Photon Technologies, Inc. fluorimeter & PC data system
• Thermo-Nicolet FT200 FT-IR with attenuated total reflectance (ATR) head & PC data system

Handouts:

• N.J. Turro, Modern Molecular Photochemistry, 1978
  • Chap 2: Electronic orbitals, configurations, and states, pp 16-37.
  • Chap 5: Radiative transitions—the absorption and emission of light, §12: Radiative transitions involving more than one molecule: Absorption complexes and exciplexes, pp 135-45.
• T. Förster, Excimers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 8(5): 333-43 (1969).
• A.M. Halpern, Expt 36: The enthalpy and entropy of excimer formation, Experimental Physical Chemistry: A Laboratory Notebook, 2nd ed. 1997, pp 549-61.

References:

• J.D. Ingle, Jr & S.R. Crouch, Spectrochemical Analysis, 1988:
  • Chap 12: Introduction to molecular spectroscopy
  • Chap 15: Molecular luminescence spectrometry
• D.A. Skoog, F.J. Holler & S.R. Crouch, Principles of Instrumental Analysis, 6^th ed, 2007:
  • Chap 6: An introduction to spectrometric methods
  • Chap 7: Components of optical instruments
  • Chap 13: An introduction to ultraviolet/visible molecular absorption spectrometry
  • Chap 14: Application of ultraviolet/visible molecular absorption spectrometry
  • Chap 15: Molecular luminescence spectrometry
• P.W. Atkins, & J. de Paula, Chap 17: Spectroscopy 2: Electronic transitions, Physical Chemistry, 7th ed, 2002, §17.1-17.4, pp 538-553.
• R.J. Silbey, R.A. Alberty, & M.G. Bawendi, Physical Chemistry, 4^th ed, 2005
  • Chap 9: Quantum Theory
  • Chap 11: Molecular Electronic Structure
  • Chap 14: Electronic Spectroscopy of Molecules

Lab description:

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