CHEM 267 – PHOTOCHEMISTRY, Spring 2023
(last updated Monday, June 5, 2023 @ 12:27 pm PT)
COURSE INFORMATION
Syllabus

INSTRUCTOR
 Professor Shane Ardo
 Office Hours: Mondays @ 8 – 9 am, 4:30 – 5:30 pm (use Zoom link)

MEETING DATES AND TIMES

  Lecture: Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 9:30 - 10:50 am (SSTR 101)
  Discussion: Fridays @ 11 – 11:50 am (HICF 100N)

NOTABLE DUE DATES AND TIMES (10% of lowest score will be dropped, leaving 90% for course grade determination)

  Examinations (50% of course grade)
  • W5/10 @ noon – Th5/18 @ noon: Asynchronous Non-Proctored Midterm Exam (24 hours to complete; 20% of course grade)
  • S6/10 @ noon – Su6/18 @ noon: Asynchronous Non-Proctored Final Exam (24 hours to complete; 30% of course grade)
  Synchronous e-Presentation (20% of course grade)
  • T6/6, Th6/8, F6/9 (use Zoom link)
  e-Presentation Guidelines [POSTED on 5/16]
  Assigned Schedule and Topics [POSTED on 5/27]
  Synchronous Participation (30% of course grade): journal article reading and critical assessments


COURSE SCHEDULE AND ASSIGNMENTS

WEEK 1Z. R. Grabowski & W. Rubaszewska, Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 1, 1977, 73, 11 (be prepared to discuss this article during discussion session, and answer/discuss problems for Quiz 1)

WEEK 2S. W. Boettcher, S. Z. Oener, M. C. Lonergan, Y. Surendranath, S. Ardo, C. Brozek & P. A. Kempler, ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 261 (read this article to brush up on your understanding of electrochemical potential)

WEEK 3J. C. Bui, I. Digdaya, C. Xiang, A. T. Bell & A. Z. Weber, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 52509 (be prepared to discuss Tables 1–3 and associated text and equations in this article during discussion session, and answer/discuss problems for Quiz 2)

WEEK 4W. J. Albery, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 1980, 31, 227 (be prepared to discuss Pages 227 – 244, including Figure 14, during discussion session, and answer/discuss problems for Quiz 3) [POSTED on 4/27]

WEEK 5C. E. D. Chidsey, Science, 1991, 251, 919 (be prepared to discuss this article during discussion session, and answer/discuss problems for Quiz 4) [POSTED on 5/4]

WEEK 6N. Sutin, Accounts of Chemical Research, 1982, 15, 275 (be prepared to discuss this article during discussion session, and answer/discuss problems for Quiz 5) [POSTED on 5/9]

WEEK 7C. Mongin, S. Garakyaraghi, N. Razgoniaeva, M. Zamkov & F. N. Castellano, Science, 2016, 351, 369 (be prepared to discuss this article during discussion session, and answer/discuss problems for Quiz 6) [POSTED on 5/18]

WEEK 8D. Rehm & A. Weller, Israel Journal of Chemistry, 1970, 8, 259 (be prepared to discuss this article during discussion session, and answer/discuss problems for Quiz 7) [POSTED on 5/24]

WEEK 9J. R. Bolton, Science, 1978, 202, 705 (be prepared to discuss this article during discussion session, and answer/discuss problems for Quiz 8) [POSTED on 6/2]