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Advanced Polymer Synthesis

Theory and application of recently introduced methods for polymer synthesis

Advanced Solid State Chemistry

Prerequisites: Solid state chemistry. Relationships between structures and properties of solid state compounds. Structures and physical properties of low-dimensional anisotropic inorganic solid state compounds.

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Prerequisites: Undergraduate inorganic chemistry. Atomic structures, orbitals, chemical bonding, symmetry and group theory, molecular structure.

Advanced Physical Chemistry

Prerequisites: Undergraduate physical chemistry I & II, undergraduate quantum chemistry. Chemical bonding, kinetics, statistical mechanics, molecular spectroscopy. Students will understand electronic structure and properties of molecules, how energy and angular momentum are redistributed to break old bonds and make new bonds during a chemical reaction, what are the main factors that control chemical reaction rates, how properties of gas, liquid, and solid are related to molecular properties and intermolecular attraction, what are the effects of solvation on chemical reactions and molecular structures, and so on. Undergraduate level of computational chemistry, molecular spectroscopy, and statistical thermodynamics are recommended.

Advanced Analytical Chemistry

Chemical analysis methods based on spectroscopy, basic principles and characteristics for their instrumentation. UV-Vis Spectrophotometry, FTIR, Spectrofluorometry, Raman Spectroscopy, NMR, MS. Characteristics, extents, and limitations of chemical information obtained by each method.

Advanced Biochemistry

Structures and mechanisms of proteins, structures of DNA, metabolism of glucose and lipids, photosynthesis, biosynthesis of amino acids, and role of genes.

Advanced Experimental Physical Chemistry

Experimental methods used in recent experimental physical chemistry. Students will learn to design and perform practical experiments, especially laser spectroscopy.

Advanced Quantum Chemistry

Prerequisite: Undergraduate physical chemistry I & II, undergraduate quantum chemistry. Students will understand the nature of chemical bonding through quantum mechanics, learn to describe electronic and nuclear motion within a molecule, and study molecular properties based on their understandings. They will learn the theory that deals with how energy and angular momentum are redistributed to break old bonds and make new bonds during a chemical reaction. Undergraduate level of computational chemistry, molecular spectroscopy, and statistical thermodynamics are recommended.

Advanced Research I

Students present and discuss their research results regarding the subjects of their research projects.

Advanced Research II

Students present and discuss their research results regarding the subjects of their research projects.

Advanced Research III

Students present and discuss their research results regarding the subjects of their research projects.

Advanced Research IV

Students present and discuss their research results regarding the subjects of their research projects.

Advanced Research V

Students present and discuss their research results regarding the subjects of their research projects.

Advanced Organic Chemistry)

Introduces stereochemistry, organic reaction mechanism, and quantum organic chemistry. Study synthetic strategies based on theories of bond making processes.

Structures and Properties of Polymers

Comprehensive understanding of strucutres of polymers and related physical properties, in relation to theories and recent research trends.

Solid State Chemistry

Prerequisite: Undergraduate solid state chemistry. Synthesis, structure, analysis, and electronic & magnetic & optical properties of solid state materials,

Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry I

Each student chooses a topic on the synthesis of a solid state compound, and discuss & analyze methods and results.

Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry II

Each student chooses a topic on the properties of a solid state compound, and discuss & analyze methods and results.

Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry III

Each student chooses a topic on X-ray crystallography, and discuss & analyze methods and results.

Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry IV

Each student chooses a topic on a coordination complex, and discuss & analyze methods and results.

Special Topics in Physical Chemistry I

Subsequent to chemical kinetics. Homogeneous organic reactions in terms of experimental and theoretical perspectives. Frequently applied theories techniques in physical organic chemistry are introduced, and then applied to electrophilic substitution reactions and nucleophilic alkyl substitution reactions.

Special Topics in Physical Chemistry II

Deeper study and discussion of one of the topics from chemical bonding, kinetics, statistical thermodynamics, molecular spectroscopy and electrochemistry, which were introduced in Advanced Physical Chemistry.

Special Topics in Physical Chemistry III

Aims to microscopically understand characteristics of reactions of excited molecules in non-equilibrium low-temperature plasma.

Special Topics in Physical Chemistry IV

Chooses an important topic in physical chemistry, and comprehensively study its purposes. methods, and results.

Special Topics in Physical Chemistry V

Properties of molecules and molecular clusters with supersonic spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy.

Coordination Chemistry

Prerequisite: Undergraduate inorganic chemistry. Structure, reactivity, and synthesis of transition metal compounds. Their electronic structures and bonding characteristics.

Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry I

Understands electrode reactions with STM, impedance spectroscopy, and EQCM experiments. Principles and applications of ultramicroelectrode experiments and fast voltage-current relaxation techniques. Metal corrosion and immobilizations, new batteries, high energy density batteries, fuel cells.

Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry II

Inductively coupled plasma-atomic absorption spectroscopy (ICP-AES), Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), atomic fluorescence spectroscopy (AFS)

Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry III

Electron spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Principles and characteristics of analytical instruments used in XPS(ESCA), AES, UPS, scanning electron microscope, and microprobe(SEM, EPMA, STM).

Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry IV

HPLC and GC. Thermodynamic and kinetic principle of separation. Supercritical fluid chromatography, Capillary electrophoresis.

Molecular Reaction Dynamics

Phenomenological and conceptual understanding of elementary chemical reactions at molecular level based on experimental results obtained by molecular beam and laser spectroscopy, starting from elementary microscopic view to elucidation of chemical reactivity and reaction rates.

Molecular Spectroscopy

Theories and experimental applications of molecular structure and dynamics, based on quantum chemistry.

Special Topics in Biochemistry I

Kinetics, reaction mechanism, separation, and purification of enzymes.

Special Topics in Biochemistry II

Lipid metabolism, electron transfer, oxidative phosphorylation, photosynthesis, nitrogen and sulfur cycles, nitrogen compounds.

Special Topics in Biochemistry III

Biosynthesis of nucleic acids and proteins, regulation of genetic information at molecular level.

Special Topics in Biochemistry IV

Glycolysis of carbohydrates, metabolism of pentose phosphate, TCA cycle.

Structural Organic Chemistry

Analysis of molecular structure and stereo effect on reactivity. Identification of organic molecules with spectroscopic methods, determination of their molecular structures.

Organometallic Chemistry

Synthesis and reactivity of organometallic compounds and their catalytic activity.

Special Topics in Organic Chemistry I

Molecular orbital theory of organic compounds, Woodward-Hoffmann rules, photochemistry.

Special Topics in Organic Chemistry II

Synthesis and properties of crown ethers, guest-host complexes, and cyclophanes.

Special Topics in Organic Chemistry III

Asymmetric synthesis of optically active compounds.

Special Topics in Organic Chemistry IV

Total synthesis of terpenoids, peptides, and carbohydrates using retrosynthetic analysis

Seminar I

Students present special topics and recent research trends related to their respective research projects and attend invited seminars of eminent researchers, to get in touch with excellent research results and research trends in state-of-the-art science and technology in chemistry.

Seminar II

Students present special topics and recent research trends related to their respective research projects and attend invited seminars of eminent researchers, to get in touch with excellent research results and research trends in state-of-the-art science and technology in chemistry.

Seminar III

Students present special topics and recent research trends related to their respective research projects and attend invited seminars of eminent researchers, to get in touch with excellent research results and research trends in state-of-the-art science and technology in chemistry.

Seminar IV

Students present special topics and recent research trends related to their respective research projects and attend invited seminars of eminent researchers, to get in touch with excellent research results and research trends in state-of-the-art science and technology in chemistry.

Stereochemistry

History of stereochemistry, conformational analysis, nomenclature, asymmetric synthesis.

Supramolecular Chemistry I

Chemical systems made of a number of molecular subunits.

Carbohydrate Chemistry

Conversion reactions of carbohydrates and their mechanisms. Organic synthesis using carbohydrates.

Statistical Thermodynamics

Basic theory to deductively derive phenomenological thermodynamic functions using atomic and molecular properties and probability. Application of ensemble methods to chemical problems. Statistical mechanical analysis of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

Directed Research I

Recent trends and results by literature survey and experiment.

Directed Research II

Recent trends and results by literature survey and experiment.

Directed Research III

Recent trends and results by literature survey and experiment.

Directed Research IV

Recent trends and results by literature survey and experiment.

Surface Chemistry

Molecular-level understanding of chemical reactions and charger transfer at the interfaces between solid, liquid, and gas phases. Methods in thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, and electromagnetism are applied.

Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Detailed theories and synthetic methods to make bonds and exchange substituents in organic synthesis.

Heterocyclic Chemistry

Ring opening and closing, condensation, rearrangement of heterocyclic compounds that contain nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. Their synthetic methods, reactivity, physical properties.

Chemical Instrumentation

Basic analog and digital electronics. Voltage dividers, RC filters, diode, transistor, Op-amp, digital logic, flip-flops, Microprocessors, ADC, DAC.

Chemical Kinetics

Prerequisite for special topics in physical chemistry I. Elementary understanding of chemical reaction mechanisms by studying theories and experimental results of chemical reaction rates.

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