Surfaces, Polymers and Theoretical Chemistry - SMC4003

Assessment 1: Other

Informal feedback will be given in tutorials.

Formative assessment

Assessment 3: In-Class Test

In-Class Test

Assessment 1: In-Class Test

Assessment 2: Project Work

Project work

This module covers various aspects of advanced physical chemistry.
Polymers are an industrially important material with applications in clothing, structural materials, coatings, data storage, etc. This module covers aspects of their synthesis and relates their chemical and structural properties to their applications.
The properties of surfaces and the interaction of gas molecules with surfaces will be discussed. Different theories of adsorption will be compared. The kinetics of surface reactions will be related to the mechanism of the reaction. The application of surface science type measurements in developing an understanding of how atoms and molecules adsorb on surfaces will be covered.
Central to chemistry is being able to relate observation made in the laboratory to behaviour at the atomistic level and equally to use the interaction of atoms and molecules to derive quantities that can be measured at the macro-level. Thus statistical thermodynamics will be introduced and used to derive fundamental properties.
Atomistic modeling also provides a view into the molecular world and after reviewing the fundamentals of quantum mechanics the methods for approximating multi electron systems will be introduced and the applications in computational chemistry explored.
The module will provide students with a good knowledge in interfaces and catalysis the principles of theoretical chemistry and further develop problem solving skills, especially to unfamiliar problems.

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SMC4003 - Surfaces, Polymers and Theoretical Chemistry

Surfaces, Polymers and Theoretical Chemistry

be able to systematically and creatively combine their knowledge from different aspects of the module to explain observed phenomena in materials, polymers and surface chemistry.

be able to have a critical awareness of important developments in the above topics as well as the current and future challenges in these fields.

be able to 4)	critically evaluate different theories and be able to select the most appropriate for the quantitative interpretation of any particular set of data.

be able to have a systematic understanding of the theoretical principles incorporated in the above topics.

be able to have a comprehensive understanding of the above topics