Enrollment year
2015/2016
Academic discipline
CHIM/02 (PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY "LAZZARO SPALLANZANI"
Course
ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2017 - 14/06/2017)
Lesson hours
48 lesson hours
Learning outcomes
The course aims both at providing additional expertise and enhancing previous background on various areas of Physical Chemistry, with particular reference to chemical kinetics and spectroscopy, and with attention to applications in biotechnology.
Course contents
The first part concerns the basic ideas about degrees of freedom in a chemical system, on quantization of energy levels, and on the temperature dependence of their occupancy. Interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter, with an overview of the various spectroscopic techniques from X-rays to radio waves, showing the information provided by each of them. A few selected techniques will be discussed in more detail, as selected by students.
Adsorption: basic ideas and models for the adsorption isotherms.
Basic aspects of chemical kinetics (reaction order, rate constant, complex kinetic mechanisms, steady state), kinetics of enzyme catalysis, chain reactions, oscillating reactions. Computer simulation (Monte Carlo) approach to complex reactions and fit of experimental data.
Teaching methods
Lectures will be supplemented by exercises based on numerical computations.
Reccomended or required readings
The reference textbook is: P. Atkins, J. De Paula “Atkins’ Physical Chemistry” VII, Oxford University Press.
The lecture notes are available.
Assessment methods
oral exam
Further information
oral exam
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