Introductory Quantum Chemistry

Overview

Contents:
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: wave particle duality, uncertainty principle, standing waves, stationary states, atomic orbitals, path integrals and random walks - Postulates of Quantum Mechanics - Particle in a box, particle in a box of finite depth - The free particle, and the derivation of the uncertainty principle - Particle encountering a barrier, tunnelling. Tunnelling in chemistry - Particle in a ring - The Harmonic Oscillator - Particle on a sphere - The Hydrogen Atom - The variation and perturbation method - Time depedent problems - Hydrogen Molecule ion, Born Oppenheimer approximation, LCAOMO method