Chemistry
Name: Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Catalog Number: 412001Y Hours/Credits: 40/2
Prerequisite(s):
General Chemistry; Physics.
Course Description:
This course will serve as the core course for the graduate students with research interests in chemistry and earth science. It can also serve as the elective course for the graduate students with life science background. It covers the basic principles of paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, experimental techniques and the applications in chemistry and biology research fields. Successful completion of this course will allow the students to gain a fundamental understanding of the principles and experimental techniques of EPR, and employ the technical terminology of EPR to fulfill their future scientific research.
Course Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction EPR; NMR and traditional molecular spectroscopy; Application of EPR; Magnetic resonance. Chapter 2 Experimental of EPR Instrumentation; Principles and experimental techniques of EPR. Chapter 3 Free radicals in solution Fine structures of EPR spectrum; Interpretation of EPR spectrum; Relationship of EPR and the molecular structures; Application of EPR in solution. Chapter 4 Free radicals in solid Spin Hamiltonian; g-Factor; A-hyperfine coupling constant; And measurement of these parameters; Applications; EPR spectra of powder samples. Chapter 5 Triplet organic compounds Electron-electron exchange; Dipole-dipole interactions; Zero-field splitting; Fine structures of EPR spectrum; Organic molecules in excited-state triplets and ground-state triplets. Chapter 6 Spin relaxation Concept of spin relaxation; Time of spin-lattice relaxation T1; T1, T2 and EPR spectrum. Chapter 7 Transition metal ion Introduction of crystal field theory; Free metal ion and the ion in the crystal field; Calculation of spin Hamiltonian and g-factor; Application of EPR in complex compounds. Chapter 8 Spin label techniques Development of EPR technique; EPR spectrum of oxygen and nitrogen free radicals; Spin label in bio-molecules or polymers. Chapter 9 Spin trap techniques Techniques for short time free radial studies; Study the intermediates produced in chemical reactions. Chapter 10 Double resonance techniques Electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR); Electron-electron double resonance (ELNOR). Chapter 11 Time-resolved EPR and EPR imaging
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