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Unit 1 Spectrophotometry, Measurements in SolutionThe Absorption Spectrum,The General Absorption Characteristics of Molecules ,Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Treatment of the Absorption Intensity ,Quantitative Analysis ,The Method of the Standard Additions, Analysis of Mixtures of Absorbing Species,Spectrophotometric Titrations ,Instrumentation,The Light Source,The Monochromator ,The Sample Holder ,The Detector ,The Spectrophotometers ,The Sample Measurement. ,The Instrumental Precision ,Experimental ExamplesUnit 2 Photochemical TechniquesPhotochemical Apparatus, Light Sources , Selection of the Exciting Radiation , Reaction Cells,Optical Material , Control of Temperature and Stirring, Photoreaction Quantum Yield,Chemical Actinometers, Potassium Ferrioxalate ,Potassium Reineckate, Azobenzene , Aberchrome 540 ,A Photochromic Diarylethene Compound ,Irradiation Experiments.Unit 3 Spectrofluorimetry, Spectroelectrochemistry & CD spectroscopySpectrofluorimetry ,Reference Standards for the Determination of Fluorescence Quantum Yields ,Reference Standards for the Determination of Phosphorescence Quantum Yields, Luminescence Measurements on Solid Samples , Sample Inhomogeneity ,Concentration Effects , SpectroelectrochemistryAbsorption and Emission Spectroscopy with Polarized Light , Linear and Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy , Polarized Light, Birefringence and Circular Dichroism, Linear Dichroism, Observables in Circular Dichroism SpectroscopyUnit 4 Transient Absorption SpectroscopyTransient Absorption with Nanosecond Resolution, Measure of Absorbance Change,The Sample Compartment , The Optical System ,The Electronic Detection System, Transient Absorption Spectroscopy in Supramolecular Systems ,Fullerene Derivatives ,LigandProtein Complexes , Sub-Nanosecond Transient Absorption ,Shortening the Laser Pulse, Ti: Sapphire Laser ,Chirped Pulse Amplification , Regenerative Amplification, Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy, Femtochemistry ,Pump and Probe Experiments ,Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Multichromophoric System, Femtosecond Systems, Experimental SuggestionsUnit 5- Supramolecular PhotochemistryDefinition of a Supramolecular System , Photoinduced Energy and Electron Transfer in Supramolecular Systems , Excimers and Exciplexes ,Electron Transfer Processes,MarcusTheory, Quantum Mechanical Theory ,Optical Electron Transfer , Energy Transfer Processes,Coulombic Mechanism, Exchange Mechanism,The Role of the Bridge in Supramolecular Systems

TEXT BOOKS/ REFERENCES:1. The Exploration of Supramolecular Systems and Nanostructures by PhotochemicalTechniques -Paola Ceroni Springer, 2012.2. Electrochemistry of Functional Supramolecular Systems (The Wiley Series onElectrocatalysis and Electrochemistry) -Paola Ceroni, Alberto Credi, Margherita VenturiWiley-Interscience, 2010.3. Supramolecular Photochemistry- Vincenzo Balzani, Springer, 1987.4. Designing Dendrimers – Sebastiano Campagna, Paola Ceroni, Fausto Puntoriero,Wiley, 2011.5. Electron Transfer in Chemistry: Molecules-level electronics, imaging and information, energyand the environment; Volume 5 of Electron Transfer in Chemistry- Vincenzo Balzani, WileyVCH, 2001