CH 233	Spectroscopic Techniques in Chemistry	3-0-0-6
Syllabus: Region of spectrum, spectral lines intensity and broadening, Microwave spectrum of rigid and non-rigid rotator, Principle of microwave oven; Vibrational spectra of harmonic and anharmonic oscillator, breakdown of Born-Oppenheimer approximation; Vibrations of polyatomic molecules, group frequencies and its applications; Raman spectra, structure determination; Electronic spectra of diatomic and poly atomic molecules; Photochemistry of vision, radiative and nonradiative decay, Lasers and its applications; Photoelectron spectroscopy; Spin resonance spectroscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).   Texts: 1. C. N. Banwell and E. M. McCash, Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy, Tata McGraw Hill, 1994. 2. P. Atkins and J. de Paula, Atkins' Physical Chemistry 7^th Ed. Third impression, Oxford University Press, 2005. References: 1. G. M. Barrow, Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy, McGraw Hill, 1962. 2. H. E. White, Introduction to Atomic Spectra, McGraw Hill, 1934. 3. N. J. Turro, Modern Molecular Photochemistry, University Science, 1991. 4. B. Valeur, Molecular Fluorescence Principles and Applications, Wiley-VCH, 5^th Reprint, 2009.