Hans Jakob Wörner: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2022

Name Prof. Dr. Hans Jakob Wörner
FieldPhysical Chemistry
Address
Lab. für Physikalische Chemie
ETH Zürich, HCI E 237
Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 633 44 12
E-mailhansjakob.woerner@phys.chem.ethz.ch
URLhttp://www.atto.ethz.ch
DepartmentChemistry and Applied Biosciences
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
402-0551-00LLaser Seminar0 credits1ST. Esslinger, J. Faist, J. Home, A. Imamoglu, U. Keller, F. Merkt, H. J. Wörner
AbstractResearch colloquium
Learning objective
529-0011-01LGeneral Chemistry (Physical Chemistry) I3 credits2V + 1UH. J. Wörner
AbstractThe lecture provides an introduction to some of the physical fundamentals of chemistry, in particular radioactivity, quantum mechanics, the structure of matter and an atom, the periodic table of elements, and chemical bonding.
Learning objectiveAfter the lecture, students will be able to,
- to calculate physical quantities and their units which are important for chemistry,
- name some properties of chemically relevant particles and propose experimental methods to determine these properties,
- name applications and hazards of radioactivity,
- categorize radioactive decay processes and mathematically represent the time course of simple decay reactions and qualitatively predict and represent them,
- describe wave and particle properties of electromagnetic radiation and matter and propose experimental methods for their detection,
- to explain the basics of quantum mechanics (meaning of the wave function, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, operators, commutators) and to perform simple calculations with them,
- analyze and calculate absorption and emission spectra of single-electron atoms,
- to set up the Schrödinger equation for a molecular multi-particle system,
- independently solve the Schrödinger equation for the model systems of particles in a box and harmonic oscillator in one dimension and generalize to higher dimensional non-interacting problems,
- model molecular vibrations of diatomic molecules using the harmonic and anharmonic oscillator model,
- explain the concept of an orbital and represent mathematically and pictorially the qualitative form of the orbitals of the hydrogen atom,
- explain the structure of the periodic table of elements with the help of the orbital concept,
- recognize and use similarities in the electronic structure of atoms to predict chemically relevant properties, and
- establish term symbols for atomic ground states.

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ContentAtomic structure and structure of matter: atomic theory, elementary particles, atomic nuclei, radioactivity, nuclear reactions. Atomic orbitals and energy levels: ionisation energies, atomic spectroscopy, term values and symbols. Quantum mechanical atom model: wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, Schrödinger's equation, the hydrogen atom, construction of the periodic table of the elements. Chemical bonding: ionic bonding, covalent bonding, molecular orbitals.
Lecture notesSee homepage of the lecture.
LiteratureSee homepage of the lecture.
Prerequisites / NoticeVoraussetzungen: Maturastoff. Insbesondere Integral- und Differentialrechnung.
CompetenciesCompetencies
Subject-specific CompetenciesConcepts and Theoriesassessed
529-0479-00LTheoretical Chemistry, Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics1 credit2SF. Merkt, M. Reiher, J. Richardson, R. Signorell, H. J. Wörner
AbstractSeminar on theoretical chemistry, molecular spectroscopy and dynamics.
Learning objective
529-0499-00LPhysical Chemistry0 credits1KM. Reiher, A. Barnes, G. Jeschke, B. H. Meier, F. Merkt, J. Richardson, R. Riek, S. Riniker, T. Schmidt, R. Signorell, H. J. Wörner
AbstractInstitute-Seminar covering current research Topics in Physical Chemistry
Learning objective