Theoretical Chemistry & Modeling Group

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Jean-Christophe SOETENS, Teaching
Contact: Bât A12, 3 ème étage Est, #B13
(++33) (0) 540 00 22 42        jean-christophe.soetens@u-bordeaux.fr
 
 



Academic year 2024 / 2025



Fall term


Chimie MP 3 - Atomistique ( CPBx - 4TBX310U / 4TBX312U )


2ème année du cycle préparatoire de Bordeaux


Planning :
Cours (JCS):    vendredi   9:30-10:50 - semaines 36-43 & 46-49
TD-A1 (JCS):    vendredi 11:00-12:20 - semaines 38-43 & 46-51
TD-A2 (LT):       mercredi  11:00-12:20 - semaines 38-43 & 46-51
 
Contenu du cours :
Dualité onde-corpuscule, postulats de mécanique quantique, équation de Schrödinger, systèmes simples (particule dans la boite et oscillateur harmonique), structure électronique des atomes hydrogénoïdes et polyélectroniques, principe des variations, approximation de Born-Oppenheimer, structure électronique des molécules.
Documents :



Computational chemistry  ( 4TCH914U ) 


Part of the Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics (PCCP) International master program

Planning :
Thuesday 8:00-12:20 - weeks 36-43 & 45-51 - A10 / Lavoisier
 
Course content :
Basic concepts : Elementary classical statistical mechanics. Ensembles and fluctuations, Molecular interactions, Molecular mechanics, Equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, Monte Carlo methods, Calculations of properties.
Advanced methods : Overview of various software, Methods of energy minimization, Free energy calculations, Computer graphics visualization, Elaborated interaction models (electrostatics and polarizability), Ewald sum and reaction field methods for treating long-range electrostatic interactions.

Course Material :
Course : part I, CHAP V
Course : part II
Articles :  Mynam, J. Chem. Phys. 2021
               Metropolis, J. Chem. Phys. 1953
               Rahman, Phys. Rev. 1964

Practice
Topics + Unix OS + Fortran

Application P1-B : Excel file

Useful software
Gnuplot - graphing utility (free)
VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics (free)
Gaussian 16 - electronic structure modeling
Molden - displaying results from ab Initio packages (free)

Examples of past exams :
2021 (supplementary material)
2022 (supplementary material)
2023 (supplementary material)
2024