CHEM 146C SPRING 2010 Advanced Physical Chemistry Laboratory Instructor Yat Li PSB 160 9 1952 yli chemistry ucsc edu Course schedule Lecture Friday 12 30 1 40 pm J Baskin Engr 165 Laboratory session Monday 3 30 7 30pm Tuesday 2 00 6 00pm PSB 465 Maximum enrollment 18 Course description The aim of this advance physical chemistry laboratory course CHEM 146C is to broaden the knowledge of undergraduate students regarding important instrumentation skills physical measurements and materials characterization techniques During the lectures students will learn principles of key techniques used in experiments followed by valuable hands on experience on instruments and skills during the laboratory session Students will perform 8 experiments and finish a typically 4 5 pages report for each experiment Some prelab and lab report questions will help students for the report writing Students need to do literature search and present the experimental results in the format of scientific journal The report includes five parts i introduction background of the research topic ii summary of experimental method and mechanism iii data analysis and discussion iv conclusion and v references The draft report is due one week after the laboratory session and it is reviewed and returned to the students for corrections Both the draft and final version of reports are graded This course is opened for all junior senior undergraduates PChem lab experience is not necessary Grading 80 Laboratory report first draft 50 final report 30 20 Effectiveness in the laboratory Date Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 M T F M T F M T F M T F M T F M T F M T F M T F M T F M T F Advanced Physical Chemistry Laboratory Experiment Group A Check in Group B Check in Lecture Synthesis and electron microscopy studies of zinc oxide ZnO nanowires Lecture Making a dye sensitized solar cell with TiO2 nanoparticles Remarks Draft report 1 Lecture Identification of crystal structures by X ray powder diffraction Final report 1 Draft report 2 Lecture Determination of spin lattice relaxation time using 13C NMR Final report 2 Draft report 3 Lecture Measuring gas phase basicities of amino acids using an ion trap mass spectrometer Lecture Final report 3 Draft report 4 Multicolor CdSe quantum dot nanocrystals Final report 4 Draft report 5 Lecture Soft lithography patterning of conductive films Final report 5 Draft report 6 Lecture Surface electrochemistry adsorption of polyoxometalate on graphite electrodes No lecture Final report 6 Draft report 7 Check out No Lecture Final report 7 Draft report 8 Final report 8