Physical Chemistry II: Molecular Spectroscopy

What is the energy range required to change the electron distribution in molecules?

What is the principle that explains why electronic transitions occur faster than nuclear responses?

Which type of molecular orbitals is involved in the strongest transition in molecular spectroscopy?

What type of chromophore is responsible for the ultraviolet absorption at 180 nm in ethylene?

What is the name of the theory that explains the splitting of d-orbitals in transition metal complexes?

Which type of transition is responsible for the absorption of light in carbonyl compounds?

What is the name of the law that relates the absorbance of light to the concentration of a molecule?

What is the term for the difference in energy between the t2g and eg orbitals in an octahedral complex?

Which of the following is an application of UV-Vis spectroscopy?

What happens to the energies of the d orbitals in an octahedral complex according to Ligand Field Theory?

What is the process in which the excited molecule discards its excitation energy as a photon?

What type of decay involves spontaneous emission of radiation over a long period of time?

What is the term for the transfer of energy from an excited molecule to surrounding molecules?

What is the purpose of fluorescent dyes in fluorescence microscopy?

What is the term for the intensity of fluorescence depending on the capability of solvent molecules to accept the transition energy?

What type of transition occurs in phosphorescence?

What is the term for the non-radiative transition from a singlet to a triplet state?

What is the purpose of Jablonsky diagrams?

What is the term for the spectrum that is similar in structure to the absorption spectrum, but with a larger wavelength?

Why does phosphorescence occur with heavy elements such as sulfur?