Module CHEM4481: ADVANCED RESEARCH CONCEPTS IN CHEMISTRY

Department: Chemistry

CHEM4481: ADVANCED RESEARCH CONCEPTS IN CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites

• Core Chemistry 3 (CHEM3012) OR Chemical Physics 3 (CHEM3411) AND two from [Inorganic Concepts and Applications (CHEM3097), Molecules and their Interactions (CHEM3137), Computational Chemical Physics (CHEM3151)].

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• Chemistry and Society (CHEM3061).

Aims

• To build on material taught at level 3 and provide students with an advanced overview of more specialised areas at the interface of chemistry and chemical physics.

Content

• A collection of 6 research focused courses spanning topics at the forefront of chemistry. Each student will follow 5 out of 6 lecture courses.

Learning Outcomes

• Appreciate the role of solid-state NMR spectroscopy in the characterisation of solids and the information that can be extracted/obtained.
• Identify and explain the main interactions in solid-state NMR and their effect on NMR spectra.
• Understand the process of developing a successful "hit" from drug discovery into a final product.
• Understand the importance of solid-state forms and their characterisation for drug pharmacokinetics and patenting.
• Explain how energy flows between degrees of freedom of a molecule.
• Understand the role of spectroscopy in determining structure, excited state properties and dynamics.
• Understand the relationship between polymer structure, dynamics and material properties.
• Understand how interactions between polymers affect their phase behaviour in blends.
• Explain how differential cross sections are related to rate constants and how they can be measured.
• Deduce the qualitative outcome of a reaction from the key features of the potential energy surface and vice versa.
• Calculate and explain how reaction exothermicity is proportioned amongst the internal states of reaction products.
• Describe the role played by zeolites in industrial systems.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Facts and new concepts are introduced in the lecture courses.
• Students' knowledge and understanding is tested by examination.
• Undergraduates are aided in the learning process by workshops where they attempt sample problems.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Workshop problems.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University