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CHEM 307 Materials and Nano Chemistry (1): Introduction to frontier research at the interface of chemistry and materials science. This course is intended primarily for chemists at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level who wish to gain exposure to important paradigms and methodologies in materials science and nanotechnology.
CHEM 333 Inorganic Chemistry (1): Descriptive chemistry of some important elements. Current concepts and models of chemical bonding.
CHEM 342-1 Thermodynamics (1): Laws and applications of thermodynamics. Thermochemistry, chemical potentials, solutions thermodynamics, and nonideal gases.
CHEM 397 Medicinal Chemistry: The Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action (1): Introduction to the principles of drug design and the mechanism of drug action from a chemical point of view. Topics include an historical introduction, drug design and development, receptors, enzymes and enzyme inhibitors, DNA, drug metabolism, and prodrugs.
CHEM 401-0 Principles in Organic Chemistry (1): Overview of the fundamental principles of organic chemistry. Topics include bonding and structure, conformational analysis, stereochemistry, acids and bases, reactivity, and reaction mechanisms.
CHEM 407 Materials and Nano Chemistry (1): Introduction to frontier research at the interface of chemistry and materials science. This course is intended primarily for chemists at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level who wish to gain exposure to important paradigms and methodologies in materials science and nanotechnology.
CHEM 410 Physical Organic Chemistry (1): Methods in the investigation of reaction mechanisms. Stereochemistry, conformational analysis, thermochemistry, kinetics, isotope effects, solvent effects, quantitative structure-reactivity relationships, pericyclic reactions, and photochemistry.
CHEM 411 Organic Spectroscopy (1): Applications of contemporary spectroscopic methods to organic structural and dynamic problems.
CHEM 412 Mechanisms of Organic Reactions (1): Organic reaction mechanisms, including carbocations, carbanions, carbenes, nitrenes, radicals, rearrangement reactions and photochemistry.
CHEM 413-1 Advanced Organic Chemistry I (1): Advanced topics in organic chemistry: bonding, reaction intermediates, functional group transformations, reaction methodology; approaches to natural product synthesis.
CHEM 413-2 Advanced Organic Chemistry II (1): Advanced topics in organic chemistry continued: organometallic reaction methodology, catalysis, and their application to total synthesis.
CHEM 414-1 Bioorganic Chemistry: Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions (1): A survey of the chemistry by which enzymes catalyze reactions, coenzyme chemistry, and inhibition of enzymes.
CHEM 414-2 Bioorganic Chemistry: Biomolecules and Biosynthesis (1): Survey of the major classes of biomolecules: carbohydrates, amino acids, lipids, nucleotides, nucleic acids, and proteins. Biosynthetic chemistry. Other current topics in bioorganic chemistry.
CHEM 415 Advanced Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry (1): Topics vary. Recent topics include carbanions, catalysis of organic reactions, enzyme mechanisms, natural products, nucleotide chemistry, and photochemistry.
CHEM 417 Photochemistry (1): The physical and chemical behavior of electronically excited molecules. Methods for the investigation of excited state phenomena and major classes of photochemical reactions.
CHEM 418 Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis (1): The basic reactions of organometallic chemistry and their applications in homogeneous catalysis.
CHEM 433 Structural Inorganic Chemistry (1): Chemical applications of group theory and the determination of molecular structure by modern physical techniques.
CHEM 434 Inorganic Chemistry (1): Inorganic and solid-state chemistry of main group elements, particularly those in Group III, second and third transition elements, lanthanides, and actinides.
CHEM 435 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (1): Topics vary. Recent topics include organometallic chemistry, coordination chemistry, hydride chemistry, ligand field theory, solid-state chemistry, and photoelectron spectroscopy of inorganic compounds.
CHEM 436 Readings in Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry (1): Reactions and general methods of syntheses.
CHEM 442-1,2 Quantum Chemistry (1)(1): First Quarter: Principles of basic quantum mechanics, approximation methods, applications to molecules, and introductory group theory. Second Quarter: Molecular orbital theory, applications of group theory, and quantum mechanics as applied to spectroscopy.
CHEM 443 Kinetics (1): Rates and mechanisms of reactions; modern developments in chemical kinetics. Scattering theory, transition state theory, unimolecular reactions, reactions in solution, reactivity as a function of internal energy of reactants, molecular beam kinetics, and enzyme kinetics.
CHEM 444 Elementary Statistical Mechanics (1): Statistical mechanics in chemical systems. Partition functions, thermodynamic correspondence, absolute rate theory, equilibrium, vibration behavior of solids, and adsorption theory.
CHEM 445 Advanced Physical and Analytical Chemistry (1): Topics vary. Recent topics include electrochemistry, molecular beam kinetics, electron spectroscopy, molecular reaction dynamics, laser spectroscopy, separations, and resonance spectroscopy.
CHEM 447 Chemistry of Heterogeneous Catalysis (1): Basic laws of chemisorption on solid surfaces and reaction kinetics. Principles of modern methods for the identification of chemisorption complexes. Mechanism of selected catalytic reactions, including catalysis by solid acids, transition metals, and their alloys and oxides.
CHEM 448 Computational Chemistry (1): The theory and application of molecular electronic structure methods, techniques for determining vibrational eigenfunctions and scattering properties, and molecular mechanics, molecular mechanics and Monte Carlo calculations. Included are extensive applications to chemical problems using Unix workstations.
CHEM 460 Seminar in Organic Chemistry (0)(0)(0): Current research topics presented by visiting and Northwestern University speakers.
CHEM 461 Seminar in Physical Chemistry (0)(0)(0): Current research topics presented by visiting and Northwestern University speakers.
CHEM 463 Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry (0)(0)(0): Current research topics presented by visiting and Northwestern University speakers.
CHEM 499 Independent Study (1-3) : May be repeated for credit. Permission of instructor and department required.
CHEM 570 Research Seminar in Analytical Chemistry (1): N/A
CHEM 571 Research Seminar in Biological Chemistry (1): N/A
CHEM 573 Research Seminar in Chemical Physics and Theoretical Chemistry (1): N/A
CHEM 575 Research Seminar in Organometallic Chemistry and Coordination Chemistry (1): N/A
CHEM 576 Research Seminar in Physical Organic Chemistry (1): N/A
CHEM 577 Research Seminar in Solid-State Chemistry (1): N/A
CHEM 578 Research Seminar in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (1): N/A
CHEM 590 Research (1-3) : Independent investigation of selected problems pertaining to thesis or dissertation. May be repeated for credit.
Related Courses
CHEM_ENG 361 Introduction to Polymers (1): Polymerization mechanisms and their relation to molecular structure, polymerization process, and the mechanical properties of polymers, especially flow behavior. Prerequisites: CHEM_ENG 211 and CHEM 210-1.
CHEM_ENG 364 Chemical Processing and the Environment (1): Application of chemical engineering fundamentals to environmental problems. Chemistry and mechanisms, chemical reactions and rate, and transport emphasized. Risk assessment and analysis revealed through case studies. Prerequisites: CHEM_ENG 212 and CHEM_ENG 307.
CHEM_ENG 395 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (1): Topics suggested by students or faculty and approved by the department. Recent topics include building individual and organizational effectiveness, creativity and problem solving, and molecular modeling.
CHEM_ENG 410 Applied Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (1): Kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions. Nature of active sites and surface intermediates and their characterization. Chemistry of catalysis of metals, oxides, acids and zeolitic, mesoporous and other materials.
CIV_ENG 441 Methods in Microbial Complexity (1): Applications of classical microbiology and molecular biology methods to study complex microbial communities. Includes a laboratory component. Prerequisites: CIV_ENG 361.
CIV_ENG 467 Advanced Environmental Chemistry (1): Principles and applications needed to develop advanced problem-solving techniques in environmental chemistry. Major topics include applied thermodynamics, environmental organic chemistry, and problem solving for acid/base, complexation, precipitation/dissolution, and redox.
CIV_ENG 468 Chemical Speciation in Aquatic Systems (1): Advanced theories, computerized methods, and chemical tools for investigating the chemical speciation of natural waters.
EARTH 311 Sedimentary Geochemistry (1): Formation and diagenesis of carbonates, geochemistry of organic matter, petroleum formation, evaporite precipitation, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, isotope, organic, and trace and major element geochemistry. Prerequisites: EARTH 330 and permission of instructor.
EARTH 315 Geochemistry of Global Environments (1): Biogeochemical processes in the upper crust, sediments, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. Geochemical cycles of elements and fluxes of materials. Weathering, physical and chemical sedimentation, and diagenesis. Chemical evolution of the outer shells of the earth.
MAT_SCI 341 Introduction to Modern Ceramics (1): Conventional and high-technology applications of ceramic materials with emphasis on structure (bond, crystal, glass, defect, micro); properties (thermal, electrical, optical, magnetic, mechanical); and processing (powders, forming, densification).
MAT_SCI 351-1,2 Introductory Physics of Materials (1)(1): Quantum mechanics; applications to materials and engineering. Band structures and cohesive energy. Thermal behavior. Electrical conduction. Semiconductors. Amorphous semiconductors. Magnetic behavior of materials. Liquid crystals. Cannot be used toward the 15-course requirement without special permission.
MAT_SCI 355 Electronic Materials (1): Principles, models, and characterization of semiconductor materials. Crystal growth and doping. Diffusion, epitaxy, and monolithic processes. Current transport, nonequilibrium processes, thin films, low-mobility materials, and interfaces. Prerequisites: MAT_SCI 316-1 or permission of instructor.
MAT_SCI 360 Introduction to Electron Microscopy (1): Theories and practice involved in application of scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Primarily for undergraduates, non-MSE graduate students. Cannot be used toward the 15-course requirement without special permission.
MAT_SCI 361 Crystallography and Diffraction (1): Elementary crystallography. Basic kinematic diffraction theory; reciprocal space. Applications to structure analysis and preferred orientation. Film and counter techniques.
MAT_SCI 395 Special Topics in Materials Science (1): Topics may be suggested by students or faculty, with the approval of the department.
MAT_SCI 405 Physics of Solids (1): Reciprocal lattice representation, diffraction, Brillouin zone construction, bonding, lattice vibrations, phonon dispersion, and energy band structure of solids. Graduate core course.
MAT_SCI 415 Fundamentals of Thin Film Materials (1): Vapor-phase film deposition techniques, adsorption, nucleation mechanisms, selective deposition, structure-zone diagrams, epitaxy, and composition.
MAT_SCI 444 High Polymers in the Solid State (1): Molecular and crystal structure of high polymers. Morphology and microstructure. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Polymer glasses and the glass transition. Mechanical behavior of solid polymers.
MAT_SCI 445 Special Topics in High Polymer Science (1): Topics include application of statistical mechanics, morphology and crystallinity, spectroscopy, flow theory and molecular motion, and statistical theories of polymer composition and structure.
MAT_SCI 465 Advanced Electron Microscopy and Diffraction (1): Theories of electron diffraction; theories of diffraction contrast and their application to lattice disorder; phase transformation. Current topics in electron and other charged-particle microscopy.
PHYSICS 422-1,2,3 Condensed-Matter Physics (1)(1)(1): 1. Periodic potentials, x-ray diffraction; electrons in metals: semiclassical approximation, Fermi surface, and band structure; electronic, electrical, and thermal transport; Boltzmann equation; electron-electron interactions. 2. Phonons: classical and quantum theory; electron-phonon interaction and scattering; optical properties of solids; intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors; heterostructures and quantum Hall effect. 3. In-depth treatment of selected topics, such as diamagnetism, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, and formation of local moments. Phenomenological theory of superconductivity, transport and magnetic properties of superconductors, and superconducting devices.
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