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M1 Chemistry - International Track - ERASMUS Mundus
The international Master SERP+ s a two-year Erasmus Mundus training in Surface, Electro, Radiation, and Photo-Chemistry offered by the consortium of four European universities, namely Université Paris Saclay (France), Università degli Studi di Genova (Italy), Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland) and Universidade do Porto (Portugal). The SERP+ Master aims at training students in the most performing experimental and theoretical tools used and developed in chemistry, physical chemistry and Material Science, so that they become the future generation of experts in the sectors of renewable energies, green chemistry and catalysis, nanomedicine and novel therapies, branches of employment that answer major societal needs. Elements of management, business, communication and patent law are also provided during a 2 weeks summer school in Italy. Students enrolled in the two-year programme will attend lectures in at least two different participating institutions. In order to open the programme to the largest international community, all the teaching is given in English The mobility experience and the multi-disciplinar training lead to a high adaptability of the students to different scientific communities (chemistry, material science, biophysics..), from different countries (France, Italy, Portugal, Poland) and different sectors (academic, private). The attendees are ready to enter the international job market and to expand the European technologies and know-how.
Location
ORSAY
Course Prerequisites
Bachelor of Science
Skills
Communicate information and results to different audiences through the ability to describe a protocol and structure results.
Choose and implement the methods of separation and characterisation of compounds whilst understanding the theoretical principles of measurement and being able to interpret the results.
Predict physical and chemical properties or the reactivity of molecules and/or materials by combining all disciplinary knowledge.
Identify and implement the methods and techniques for the development and/or production of molecules or materials while adhering to good laboratory practices
Understand the properties of chemical phenomena related to the spatial organisation of matter and their temporal aspects.
Predict physical and chemical properties or the reactivity of molecules and/or materials by combining all disciplinary knowledge.
Be autonomous in establishing and carrying out a theoretical or experimental scientific process in chemistry, organising working time to achieve set goals.
Post-graduate profile
The attendees are ready to enter the international job market and to expand the European technologies and know-how.
This course is an introduction to the main standard analytical techniques in physical chemistry: mass spectrometry and applications (basics on the main ionization processes, fragmentation methods, and analyzers), infrared and UV-visible spectroscopic techniques, photoelectron spectroscopy (synchrotron beam lines will be described).
Prerequisites :
Basics on quantum mechanics (hamiltonien, states of a system)
Basics on classical mechanics (motion of solid bodies)
Description of a photon (as a particle, as an electromagnetic wave).
Bibliographie :
Physical Chemistry, P. Atkins & J. de Paula
Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds, 7th Edition, R.M. Silverstein, F.X. Webster, D. Kiemle
Mass spectrometry, a textbook, J.H. Gross
Molecular Fluorescence: Principles and Applications, B. Valeur
Photochemistry, C.E. Wayne & R.P. Wayne
NMR spectroscopy, Harald Gunther (John Wiley & Sons)
Chemical Analysis: Modern Instrumentation Methods and Techniques, A. Rouessac and F. Rouessac
NuclearMagneticResonance, P.J.Hore
Understanding NMR, J.Keller.
Période(s) et lieu(x) d’enseignement :
Period(s) :
Septembre - Octobre - Novembre - Décembre - Janvier.
Introduction to biophysics and microscopies for life sciences
Language(s) of instruction :
AN
ECTS :
5
Détail du volume horaire :
Lecture :10
Directed study :8
Practical class :16.5
Modalités d'organisation et de suivi :
Coordinator :
Pedagogical team :
Sophie Dupré
Oliver Nüsse
Ariane Deniset
Marie Erard.
Procedure and organisation :
This course is an introduction to several concepts of Biophysics organized by a multidisciplinary team composed of physico-chemist, physicists and cell biologists. It will focus on microscopies and their application to biology.
Activities in small groups, research related tutorials and hands-on will help to develop critical faculties of the students.
Objectifs pédagogiques visés :
Contenu :
This teaching unit will provide to students a basic knowledge on cell biology and an overview of current challenges in microscopy (dyes, optical microscopies and atomic force microscopy).
Cell biology (From DNA to proteins, Cell architecture and motility, The Cell cycle)
Biophysics and microscopies for the life sciences
Optical microscopy: Fluorescence and fluorescent probes for biology, setups for microscopy, super-resolved microscopy techniques, applications to quantitative analysis of molecular behaviors in live cells
Introduction to Atomic Force Microscopy: Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM): Theory and application of AFM. From cells to single molecule studies (Living cells imaging, DNA imaging, biopolymer elasticity).
Prerequisites :
None.
Période(s) et lieu(x) d’enseignement :
Period(s) :
Septembre - Octobre - Novembre - Décembre - Janvier.
Courses and tutorials
Practicals
Session 1 : F 0.4* EE (Kinetics) + 0.3 * EE (Electrochemistry) + 0.3 * CC TP
Session 2 : F 0.4* EE (Kinetics) + 0.3 * EE (Electrochemistry) + 0.3* CC TP.
Objectifs pédagogiques visés :
Contenu :
Reaction kinetics in gas and solution: experimental and theoretical approaches. Thermodynamics and kinetics of electron transfers : applications to biological systems
- Reaction kinetics
•Relation between rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions
•Collision theory of reaction rates
•Activated complex theory
•Reactions in solution
•Introduction to photochemistry
- Redox reactions and Electrochemistry
•Fundamentals of electron transfer
•Cyclic and linear sweep voltammetry
•Thermodynamics and kinetics of electron transfer
•Electron transfer in biological systems
Laboratory training
•Laser Induced Fluorescence of I2 gas
•Study of molecules by Flash photolysis method
•Influence of the ionic strength on the solubility of a salt
•Cyclic voltammetry of a reversible system
•Mediated redox enzyme electrochemistry.
Prerequisites :
Fundamentals of Kinetics (reaction order, rate constant, Arrhenius law,…)
Solution Chemistry (acid-base, redox, precipitation, complexation,…)
Basics of Chemical Thermodynamics (enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs free energy, equilibrium constant,…).
Bibliographie :
Physical Chemistry, P.W. Atkins, J. De Paula, Ed. Oxford University press
Chemical kinetics and dynamics, J. I. Steinfeld, J. S. Franscisco, W. L. Hase, Ed. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Période(s) et lieu(x) d’enseignement :
Period(s) :
Septembre - Octobre - Novembre - Décembre - Janvier.
Organic / Inorganic chemistry towards sustainability
Language(s) of instruction :
AN
ECTS :
5
Détail du volume horaire :
Lecture :9
Directed study :15
Practical class :4
Modalités d'organisation et de suivi :
Coordinator :
Pedagogical team :
Ally Aukauloo
Laure Catala
Nicolas Rabasso.
Procedure and organisation :
Part I - organic chemistry: Structure and reactivity of aromatic compounds, Reactivities of carbonyls, carboxyls, amines and organophosphorus compounds.
Part II - inorganic chemistry: Definition of metal complexes, d orbitals description, crystal field theory, Molecular orbitals theory, Angular Overlap Model. Important parameters affecting the d block. Basics on reactivity.
Course tutorials and practicals
Session 1 : F 0.3* P + 0.3 * EE + 0.2 * CC TP + 0.2* CC
Session 2 : F 0.6 * EE + 0.2 * CC TP + 0.2 * CC.
Objectifs pédagogiques visés :
Contenu :
Transition metal complexes are at the heart of all biological processes that support life and are crucial in the development of new technologies for a sustainable world. Research in this field spans from synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, electronic description, surface science, electrochemical and photochemical processes. This course aims at providing the students with a solid basis in coordination chemistry and related areas with the defining goals to address energetic and environmental challenges facing our societies.
Prerequisites :
Atomistics.
Knowledge on the fundamental reactions on the following topics:
Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes and aromatics, Haloganated compounds, alcohols, aldehydes and ketones.
Lectures with distance learning, Tutorials and Practical courses.
Objectifs pédagogiques visés :
Contenu :
This course introduces important concepts of quantum mechanics and elaborates fundamental methods in quantum chemistry that are essential for modelling the thermochemistry and spectroscopy of molecular systems.
Content
The courses is divided into two distinct parts. The first half of the course introduces the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and applies the time dependent and time independent Schroedinger equations to analytically solvable systems. The particle confined in a box potential, the hydrogen atom, the rotational and vibrational motions of diatomic molecules are treated in detail.
In the second half of the course, the primary focus is the treatment of many-electron systems by approximate quantum mechanical methods including Hartree-Fock and post Hartree-Fock correlation methods (perturbation theory and configuration interaction). The methods are applied to ground state and excited states of atoms and molecules. Molecular Orbital theory will relate to the above methods and to simpler methods such as extended Hueckel theory, and will be used to build qualitative Molecular Orbital diagrams, Walsh correlation diagrams and to analyze the nature of chemical bonding.
Bibliographie :
Molecular Quantum mechanics, fourth edition 2005, Peter Atkins and Ronald Friedman, Oxford university press.
Période(s) et lieu(x) d’enseignement :
Period(s) :
Septembre - Octobre - Novembre - Décembre - Janvier.
Semestre 2 à l'étranger : Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza (Pologne) ou Universidade do Porto (Portugal) ou Università degli studi di Genova
Language(s) of instruction :
AN
ECTS :
30
Modalités d'organisation et de suivi :
Coordinator :
Période(s) et lieu(x) d’enseignement :
Period(s) :
Février - Mars - Avril - Mai - Juin - Juillet.
Location :
Universities of Porto, Poznan or Genoa
Modalités de candidatures
Application period
From 15/01/2024 to 31/05/2024
Compulsory supporting documents
Copy of the last diploma.
Copy of identity document.
Motivation letter.
All transcripts of the years / semesters validated since the high school diploma at the date of application.
Curriculum Vitae.
Additional supporting documents
Certificate of English level (compulsory for non-English speakers).
VAP file (obligatory for all persons requesting a valuation of the assets to enter the diploma).
Supporting documents :
- Residence permit stating the country of residence of the first country
- Or receipt of request stating the country of first asylum
- Or document from the UNHCR granting refugee status
- Or receipt of refugee status request delivered in France
- Or residence permit stating the refugee status delivered in France
- Or document stating subsidiary protection in France or abroad
- Or document stating temporary protection in France or abroad.
