Example Teaching in Advanced Physical Chemistry Courses for Undergraduates and Graduates
LIU Ying-Chun1, WANG Qi1, ZHNAG Bo1, FANG Wen-Jun1, Stafan Franzen2
1. Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
2. Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 27695, USA
Abstract Introducing hands-on tutorials during the course of advanced physical chemistry has been demonstrated as an effective method to help the students understand the bridge between theory and experiment. With the aid of computer visualization, abstract concepts were vividly illustrated, which was hard to achieve experimentally. In this course, we started from the principles of quantum mechanics and molecular mechanics, and designed seven hands-on tutorials, including the calculations of molecular spectroscopy, chemical reaction path and microscopic heterogeneity of solutions. Such visualization-based teaching has helped students to understand the physical concepts from electron and molecular level, which in turn improved their ability to apply theory and computational tools for practical applications.
LIU Ying-Chun, WANG Qi, ZHNAG Bo, FANG Wen-Jun, Stafan Franzen. Example Teaching in Advanced Physical Chemistry Courses for Undergraduates and Graduates[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2017, 38(22): 1-6.
