The document provides details about the Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy course offered at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi. The course is 3 credits and takes place over 3 hours per week for a total of 12 weeks. It is taught in the 3rd semester and covers topics like quantum mechanics, structure and bonding, and spectroscopic techniques through 10 units. Assessment includes a 3 hour end term exam worth 60% and two 1 hour quizzes worth 40% total. The prerequisite is a chemistry or physics course and it is intended to provide theoretical knowledge and strengthen the scientific background of engineering students.

1. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Name of the School: Basic Sciences
Course Title: Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3
Subject Code: CY242
Examination Duration (Hours): 3
Quizzes (Hours):1+1
Relative Weightage: End Term Exam: 60% Quizzes: 40 %.
Credits: 3
Semester: 3rd
Instructor: Aniruddha Chakraborty
Pre-Requisite: Chemistry or Physics common course
Venue: Lecture Hall 1
Timings: Monday (2.00-2.50), Wednesday (12.00-12.50), Friday: (12.00-12.50).
Objective: To provide a theoretical knowledge of fundamental chemistry and to make the scientific
background stronger for engineering discipline students.
Details of Course:
Unit 1-3: Quantum Mechanics (Lecture Hours - 12): wave-particle duality, Schrödinger wave
equation, operators, probability density, matrix elements of operators and expectation values, One-
dimensional problems in quantum mechanics - particle in a box, potential well, potential barrier and
tunneling.
Unit 4-6: Structure and bonding (Lecture Hours - 14): Hydrogen atom, Helium atom, Hydrogen
molecule, Structure and Bonding, Nature of the chemical bond, Donor-Acceptor complexes, charge
transfer, energy transfer, Conductance through DNA, Molecular electronic circuits, single molecule
transistors, single molecule logic gates.
Unit 7-10: Spectroscopic Techniques (Lecture Hours - 11): Born-Oppenheimer Approximation,
Molecular spectroscopy, Selection Rules, Vibrational and Rotational motion, Electronic Absorption and
Emission Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy.
Suggested Books:
1. Introductory Quantum Mechanics, R. L. Liboff (4th edition) Addison-Wesley (2002).
2. Modern Quantum Chemistry, Attila Szabo, Dover (2000).
3. Molecular Spectroscopy, Jeanne L. Mchale, Printice Hall (1998).