Teaching:

M620 [Electronic Structure of Molecules], Spring 2009
Prof. Hideyuki Murata
Lecturer Rainer Friedlein
Lecturer Taku Hasobe

Content:
1.) The electronic structure of organic materials
2.) Electronic and geometrical relaxation, potential energy surfaces
3.) Spectroscopic techniques for the study of the electronic structure
4.) Organic/inorganic interfaces - models of energy level alignment
5.) Valence electronic structure and charge transport properties
6.) Organic Photochemistry - and overview
7.) Transition between states and potential energy surfaces
8.) Radiative transitions - the absorption and emission of light
9.) Radiationless transitions - energy transfer
10.) Application of energy transfer to organic light-emitting devices
11.) Molecular assembly in natural photosynthetic systems
12.) Artificial molecular assembly for light-harvest, electron transfer and energy transfer
13.) Basic principles of electron transfer in organic molecular assemblies
14.) Photoinduced electron transfer in organic molecular assemblies
15.) Photoelectrochemistry and photovoltaic application


M613B [Quantum Phenomena in Condensed Matter 2], Fall 2008
Assoc. Prof. Hideo Iwasaki
Lecturer Rainer Friedlein

Content:
1.) Introduction to low temperature physics
2.) Basic phenomena of superconductivity
3.) Phenomenological theory of superconductivity 1
4.) Phenomenological theory of superconductivity 2
5.) Magnetic properties in the mixed state 1
6.) Magnetic properties in the mixed state 2
7.) Mixed state of high-TC oxide superconductors
8.) Electronic structure of low-dimensional systems
9.) Electronic correlations, screening
10.) Collective phenomena I: response function and collective modes, electron energy loss spoectroscopy
11.) Collective phenomena I: the electron as collective excitation, photoelectron spectroscopy
12.) Electron-phonon interaction in molecules and solids
13.) Surface electronic phenomena
14.) Magnetic interactions