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Prof. David S. Talaga
Wright-Rieman Laboratories 260
Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6:40PM to 8:00PM
Office Hours: Immediately following class, by appointment, and via instant messaging
Contact
eMail: talaga@rutgers.edu
tel: 732-445-6359
f2f: Wright-Rieman 170
AIM/ichat: davidtalaga
Yahoo Messenger: dtalaga
MSN messenger: davidtalaga@hotmail.com
Texts
Required Text
• Molecular Driving Forces : Statistical Thermodynamics in Chemistry and Biology / Ken A. Dill, Sarina Bromberg
Supplemental Texts
• An Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics / Terrell L. Hill.
• Statistical Mechanics / Donald A. McQuarrie.
• Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering : a Comprehensive Guide / K.F. Riley, M.P. Hobson, and S.J. Bence.
Lectures
The first 30-40 minutes of the class period will be a traditional lecture.
The lectures are intended to clarify what you have read in the Text. (Dill and Bromberg.)
Therefore it is essential that you arrive to class having read the assignment and having completed the assigned problems.
The last 40-50 minutes will be a real-time problem solving session usually using Mathematica to set up and solve complex problems.
Students will be expected to participate in this activity and are encouraged to bring their own Laptop computers with Mathematica.
Who should Take this class?
This class is intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduates.
The applications of statistical thermodynamics that we will treat include elements of chemical biology,traditional physical
chemistry,and polymer physics.
Students in the following disciplines (and probably others that I do not list) should benefit greatly from this class:
From ThermoWiki
General Information
In addition to teaching you about statistical thermodynamics, I hope to help you to learn how to work collaboratively to solve problems.
Grading: Exams 50%
Homework: 50%
Required Text
Supplemental Texts
Who should take this class?
This class is intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. The applications of statistical thermodynamics that we will treat include elements of chemical biology, traditional physical chemistry, and polymer physics. I believe that students in the following disciplines (and probably others that I do not list) will benefit greatly from this class:
Syllabus:Main Page
From ThermoWiki
General Information
In addition to teaching you about statistical thermodynamics, I hope to help you to learn how to work collaboratively to solve problems.
Grading: Exams 50%
WikiAssignments: 50%
Reserve Reading
The following texts have been placed on reserve in the Chemistry Library for your convenience.
Required Text
Supplemental Texts
Who should take this class?
This class is intended for graduate students and precocious undergraduates. The applications of statistical thermodynamics that we will treat include elements of chemical biology, traditional physical chemistry, and polymer physics. I believe that students in the following disciplines (and probably others that I do not list) will benefit greatly from this class:
http://chem-78-114.rutgers.edu/wiki/index.php/Syllabus:Main_Page
Statistical Thermodynamics
Syllabus:Main Page
From ThermoWiki
General Information
In addition to teaching you about statistical thermodynamics, I hope to help you to learn how to work collaboratively to solve problems.
Grading: Exams 50%
WikiAssignments: 50%
Reserve Reading
The following texts have been placed on reserve in the Chemistry Library for your convenience.
Required Text
Supplemental Texts
Who should take this class?
This class is intended for graduate students and precocious undergraduates. The applications of statistical thermodynamics that we will treat include elements of chemical biology, traditional physical chemistry, and polymer physics. I believe that students in the following disciplines (and probably others that I do not list) will benefit greatly from this class:
http://chem-78-114.rutgers.edu/wiki/index.php/Syllabus:Main_Page
Physical Chemistry Laboratory
In this experiment we will measure a photo-induced electron-transfer reaction between two Ruthenium complexes in differing oxidation states. We will learn about the principles of diffusion-controlled electron-transfer reactions, inorganic photochemistry and photophysics, and the application of time-resolved emission spectroscopy using laser excitation to the measurement of photochemical phenomena.
Statistical Mechanics
Who should take this class?
This class is intended for graduate students and precocious undergraduates.
The applications of statistical mechanics that we will treat include elements of chemical biology, traditional physical chemistry, and polymer physics.
I believe that student in the follow disciplines (and probably others that I do not list) will benefit greatly from this class:
What are the prerequisites?
The prerequisites for this class are an understanding of undergraduate-level material in: Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, and Multivariate Calculus.Some basic results from Quantum Mechanics will also be used.
What are we going to learn?
Many people in the class this year will have taken Thermodynamics (Chemistry 425/525) during the prior semester.
Those of you who have taken the Thermodynamics class will likely have an easier time.
Some of the material here will overlap significantly with material in that class. We will be treating the material from a very different point of view.
We will be focussing on how the molecular interactions give rise to the thermodynamic properties.
For those of you who haven't taken the graduate thermodynamics class, your thermodynamics from regular physical chemistry will serve you well, but you may find that the class moves quite quickly.
Please keep up! We have a lot of material to cover.
As you can see from the lecture schedule, I intend to cover most of Dill & Bromberg.
Dill & Bromberg have several "Math Chapters" that I will not be covering in regular lectures.
I expect you to read them and refresh your memory.
I encourage you to do the exercises in these math chapters so that later on you can focus on the science rather than the mathematics.
Molecular Spectroscopy
16 160 529 MOLECULAR SPCTRSCOPY 3 N 73335 01 MW 7:40-9:00 PM WL-260 Busch Talaga, D. S.
Physical Chemistry Laboratory
In this experiment we will measure a photo-induced electron-transfer reaction between two Ruthenium complexes in differing oxidation states. We will learn about the principles of diffusion-controlled electron-transfer reactions, inorganic photochemistry and photophysics, and the application of time-resolved emission spectroscopy using laser excitation to the measurement of photochemical phenomena.
Physical Chemistry II
Description
Chemical Applications of group Theory
Aspects and consequences of molecular symmetry; point groups and character tables; group theory and quantum mechanics; symmetry aspects of the electronic structure in organic and inorganic molecules; selection rules for electronic and vibrational spectroscopy; ligand field theory.
Seminar in Molecular Biophysics
Description
Physical Chemistry I
This is the first semester of physical chemistry. The book we will use is Atkins Physical Chemistry Sixth Edition