During the course the theoretical and experimental basis of spectroscopy will be given, particularly as far as the most important spectroscopic techniques are concerned. The main subjects will include: introduction to spectroscopy, general behaviour of spectra, rudiments of atomic and molecular structure, UV-Vis, photolectronic, fluorescence, IR, NMR spectroscopies. Didactic experiments will be carried out in the laboratory about NMR, UV-Vis, fluorescence and IR spectroscopies.
The students will acquire the theoretical basis allowing them to understand the fundamental processes on which the spectroscopies and their applications (also in the industrial field) are based. Moreover, they will acquire a good ability in interpreting simple experiments performed by the various spectroscopic techniques, particularly for what concerns the determination of chemical structures and, in part, the characterization of dynamic processes at a molecular level.