Course Objective: This course is designed to provide students, both graduate and senior undergraduate, in-depth understanding of the concepts of quantum chemistry that are important to the discipline of materials science and engineering.

Textbooks:
1. I. N. Levine, “Quantum Chemistry”
2. P. Atkins, J. de Paula, “Physical Chemistry”
3. T. Engel, P. Reid, “Physical Chemistry”
4. D. A. McQuarrie, J. D. Simon, “Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach”

Course outline:
1. Basic quantum theory
– the quantum mechanical postulate
– the Schrodinger equation
– particle in a box
– harmonic oscillator
– rigid rotor
2. Atomic structure and spectra
– single-electron atoms
– multi-electron atoms – methods of approximation
variation
perturbation
3. Molecular structure
– diatomic molecules
– polyatomic molecules – approximation techniques and computational chemistry
4. Molecular symmetry
5. Photo-Physical Processes and Spectroscopy
– vibrational and rotational spectroscopy
– electronic spectroscopy
– NMR