Subsections
[Cr:4, Lc:3, Tt:1, Lb:0]
Knowledge of the content of CHM305 is essential to follow this course.
- Fundamentals of Photochemistry: Introduction to photochemistry, Photophysical and photochemical Processes, Internal Conversion, Intersystem Crossing, El Sayed rules, Quantum Yield, Kasha and Vavilov rules, Kasha’s Exciton models: H and J molecular aggregates, selection rules, optical properties, Excimer and exciplexes, Photophysics of aromatics, Terms and definitions associated with photochemistry.
- Conceptual and Theoretical Aspects: Energy transfer (Forster and Dexter), Electron transfer, Proton transfer, Twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT), Aggregate induced emission (AIE), Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), upconversion, triplet-triplet annihilation, phosphorescence, Chemiluminescence and bioluminescence, Sensitization and quenching, Stern-Volmer analysis, Chemistry of excited molecules and photochemical intermediates, Radical ions, Radical pairs, Biradicals, Predicting ground state spin multiplicity, Classification of photochemical pathways, State energy diagrams, Correlation diagrams, Diabatic and Adiabatic reactions, Concerted and non-concerted photochemical reactions, Mechanistic aspects in photochemical reactions, Potential energy surfaces, Hot reactions, Conical intersections, Excitations in metals and semiconductors, Frenkel and Wannier-mot excitons, Photophysics of quantum dots and metal nanoparticles.
- Techniques: Light Sources, Filters, Detectors, LASERs, Steady state photolysis, Photoreactors, Flow reactors, Flash photolysis and time resolved spectroscopic techniques, Organic glasses and low temperature trapping techniques, Pump-probe techniques, Two photon and single molecular spectroscopy, Quantum yield determination using different techniques (Relative methods and absolute method, Solution phase and solid phase), Actinometers.
- Light in Organic Chemistry: Photoisomerization , Photodissociation, Rearrangement, Photooxidation reactions, Photochromism, Photochemical reactions and asymmetric synthesis, Photocatalysis, Photoremovable protecting groups in chemistry and biology, Photoredox chemistry and its application in organic synthesis, Photochemistry in cages or confined area, medium, Photochemistry of biomolecules, Photochemistry in atmosphere.
- Applications: Photoswitchable functional materials and molecular machines, Photoaffinity labeling, Photodynamic therapy, Phototherapy, Photochemotherapy, Phototoxicity, Organic light emitting diodes (OLED) (link to concepts of Phosphorescence, upconversion, AIE), Organic photovoltaics (link to concept of photoinduced electron transfer), Artificial photosynthesis (link to concept of PET and EET), Artificial photosynthesis, Photoconductivity, Photolithography and UV curing.
- Petr Klán, Jacob Wirz, Wiley, Photochemistry of organic compounds: From Concepts to Practice, 2009.
- Nicholas J. Turro, V. Ramamurthy, Juan Sciano, Casebound, Modern Molecular Photochemistry of Organic Molecules, 2010.
- Martin Klessinger, Josef Michl, Excited States and Photochemistry of Organic Molecules, VCH, 1st Edition, 1995.
- Joseph R. Lakowicz, Springer, Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Third Edition, 2006.
- B. Wieb Van Der Meer, George Coker, S. Y. Simon Chen, Resonance Energy Transfer: Theory and Data, VCH Publishers, 1994.
- Axel Griesbeck, Michael Oelgemöller, Francesco Ghetti, CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, Two volumes, CRC Press, 2012.
- John B. Birks, Photophysics of Aromatic Molecules, Wiley monographs in chemical physics, 1970.
- Charles Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2005.
- Bernard Valeur Molecular Fluorescence: Principles and Applications, 2nd Edition, Mario Nuno Berberan-Santos, Wiley-VCH, 2002.
- Vincenzo Balzani, Paola Ceroni, Alberto Juris,Photochemistry and Photophysics: Concepts, Research, Applications, Wiley-VCH, 2014.
