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CH8409 Applications of Advanced Spectroscopic Methods
Question 1: use properties of electronic potential energy surfaces to explain dynamical outcomes of chemical reactions
Question 2: be able to describe and understand basic scenarios in which the Born-Oppenheimer approximation breaks down, and how that effects reaction outcomes
Question 3: be able to detail several experimental techniques for probing gas phase spectroscopy and reaction dynamics
Question 4: appreciate the fundamental principles of interface spectroscopy & microscopy
Question 5: describe surface structures and discuss methods of determining them
Question 6: interpret data acquired from a range of surface sensitive spectroscopies and microscopies
Question 7: understand how synchrotron radiation is generated and the significance of using tuneable wavelengths of light from the synchrotron.
Question 8: understand various enhanced mechanisms of Raman spectroscopy applied to adsorbates.
Question 9: know the surface selection rules and their uses.