Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• In the field of chemistry, possess highly specialised and integrated knowledge and a wide range of skills adding to those covered in the Bachelor's programme in chemistry.
• Help lead and complete a major development project, individually or in teams, related to chemistry.
• Mobilise, articulate and promote the knowledge and skills acquired.
• Demonstrate independence and their ability to work alone or in teams.
• Develop and integrate a high degree of autonomy.
• Pursue their education and gain additional knowledge and new skills.
• Apply high quality scientific methodology.
• Demonstrate thoroughness, independence, creativity, intellectual honesty, and ethical values.

Learning Outcomes of UE

After the course , students will be able to: - To explain the structure of matter from the atom to the solid based on simples models - To link certain chemical phenomena to the structural properties of matter - To describe the phenomena observed in the RX- matter interaction, especially that of the diffraction - To simulate an X-ray diffraction spectrum of a simple crystal - To discuss the electrical properties of metals and semiconductors using the free and quasi-free électrons models

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

Atomic structure ; LCAO model ; construction of molecular orbitals ; ionic solids ; concepts of crystallography ; properties of radiation and X -ray diffraction ( coherent scattering , Compton effect , Bragg law , Sherrer formula, form factor, structure factor ) ; Electrical properties of solids ; model of the free electron ( Fermi-Dirac distribution , heat capacity , electrical conductivity) , model of quasi- free electrons ( band structure , intrinsic and extrinsic semi-conductors)

Prior Experience

Atomic model , statistical thermodynamics , wave description of electromagnetic radiation, chemical equilibria