Course Objectives: The learners should be able to apply elementary laws of chemical kinetics and analyze reaction mechanisms and changes in transport properties of chemical reactions and collision processes
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course, the learners should be able to:
Calculate the transport properties of gases, liquids, and solids
Solve problems on rate/rate constants/efficiency for (i) complex reactions (ii) unimolecular and bimolecular reactions, and (iii) electronically excited state dynamics
Plot equations and functions representing kinetic behavior of chemical systems in ground and electronically excited states
Course Contents:
Transport properties: Diffusion, Thermal conductivity, Viscosity, Effusion, Drift velocity, Nernst-Einstein equation, Stokes-Einstein equation Complex reactions-Chain reactions (free radical reaction, polymerization kinetics), Enzyme reaction, Inhibition kinetics
Temperature dependence of reaction rate: Linear and non-linear Arrhenius equation, Interpretation of Arrhenius parameters
Theories of reaction rates: Various theories of unimolecular reactions (Lindemann-Hinshelwood, RRK and RRKM theories), Potential energy surfaces for bimolecular reactions, Adiabatic and non-adiabatic curve crossing processes, Collision theory, Transition state theory, Activation/thermodynamic parameters, Erying equation
Kinetics in the excited state: Jablonski diagram, Kinetics of Unimolecular and bimolecular photophysical and photochemical processes, Quantum yield calculation, Excited state lifetime-quenching constant, Resonance energy transfer rates (RET), Rate and efficiency of RET, Dynamics of electron transfer, Solvent re-organization energy, Marcus theory of electron transfer, Free energy and rate relation, Rehm-Weller behaviour, Marcus Inverted Region
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