Theory and application of recently introduced methods for polymer synthesis
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.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate inorganic chemistry. Atomic structures, orbitals, chemical bonding, symmetry and group theory, molecular structure.
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.
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.
Structures and mechanisms of proteins, structures of DNA, metabolism of glucose and lipids, photosynthesis, biosynthesis of amino acids, and role of genes.
Experimental methods used in recent experimental physical chemistry. Students will learn to design and perform practical experiments, especially laser spectroscopy.
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.
Students present and discuss their research results regarding the subjects of their research projects.
Students present and discuss their research results regarding the subjects of their research projects.
Students present and discuss their research results regarding the subjects of their research projects.
Students present and discuss their research results regarding the subjects of their research projects.
Students present and discuss their research results regarding the subjects of their research projects.
Introduces stereochemistry, organic reaction mechanism, and quantum organic chemistry. Study synthetic strategies based on theories of bond making processes.
Comprehensive understanding of strucutres of polymers and related physical properties, in relation to theories and recent research trends.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate solid state chemistry. Synthesis, structure, analysis, and electronic & magnetic & optical properties of solid state materials,
Each student chooses a topic on the synthesis of a solid state compound, and discuss & analyze methods and results.
Each student chooses a topic on the properties of a solid state compound, and discuss & analyze methods and results.
Each student chooses a topic on X-ray crystallography, and discuss & analyze methods and results.
Each student chooses a topic on a coordination complex, and discuss & analyze methods and results.
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.
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.
Aims to microscopically understand characteristics of reactions of excited molecules in non-equilibrium low-temperature plasma.
Chooses an important topic in physical chemistry, and comprehensively study its purposes. methods, and results.
Properties of molecules and molecular clusters with supersonic spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate inorganic chemistry. Structure, reactivity, and synthesis of transition metal compounds. Their electronic structures and bonding characteristics.
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.
Inductively coupled plasma-atomic absorption spectroscopy (ICP-AES), Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), atomic fluorescence spectroscopy (AFS)
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).
HPLC and GC. Thermodynamic and kinetic principle of separation. Supercritical fluid chromatography, Capillary electrophoresis.
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.
Theories and experimental applications of molecular structure and dynamics, based on quantum chemistry.
Kinetics, reaction mechanism, separation, and purification of enzymes.
Lipid metabolism, electron transfer, oxidative phosphorylation, photosynthesis, nitrogen and sulfur cycles, nitrogen compounds.
Biosynthesis of nucleic acids and proteins, regulation of genetic information at molecular level.
Glycolysis of carbohydrates, metabolism of pentose phosphate, TCA cycle.
Analysis of molecular structure and stereo effect on reactivity. Identification of organic molecules with spectroscopic methods, determination of their molecular structures.
Synthesis and reactivity of organometallic compounds and their catalytic activity.
Molecular orbital theory of organic compounds, Woodward-Hoffmann rules, photochemistry.
Synthesis and properties of crown ethers, guest-host complexes, and cyclophanes.
Asymmetric synthesis of optically active compounds.
Total synthesis of terpenoids, peptides, and carbohydrates using retrosynthetic analysis
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.
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.
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.
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.
History of stereochemistry, conformational analysis, nomenclature, asymmetric synthesis.
Chemical systems made of a number of molecular subunits.
Conversion reactions of carbohydrates and their mechanisms. Organic synthesis using carbohydrates.
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.
Recent trends and results by literature survey and experiment.
Recent trends and results by literature survey and experiment.
Recent trends and results by literature survey and experiment.
Recent trends and results by literature survey and experiment.
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.
Detailed theories and synthetic methods to make bonds and exchange substituents in organic synthesis.
Ring opening and closing, condensation, rearrangement of heterocyclic compounds that contain nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. Their synthetic methods, reactivity, physical properties.
Basic analog and digital electronics. Voltage dividers, RC filters, diode, transistor, Op-amp, digital logic, flip-flops, Microprocessors, ADC, DAC.
Prerequisite for special topics in physical chemistry I. Elementary understanding of chemical reaction mechanisms by studying theories and experimental results of chemical reaction rates.