Subject Code: CY7L009 Subject Name:  Inorganic Photochemistry L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Prerequisite(s): Nil
Introduction to inorganic photochemistry. Photochemical laws and photochemical kinetics. Photophysical processes. The electronic absorption spectra of inorganic compounds. Characteristics of the electronically excited states of inorganic compounds. Photoelectochemistry of excicted state redox reactions. Photosensitization. Photochemical reactions; substitution, decomposition and fragmentation, rearrangement, and redox reactions. Selective inorganic photochemistry using laser beams. Inorganic photochemistry in biological processes and their model studies.

Text/ Reference Books:
  1. Geoffrey G. L. and Wrighton M. S. Organometallic Photochemistry, Academic Press.
  2.  Rohatagi-Mukherjee K. K. Fundamentals of Photochemistry, Wiley Eastern.
  3. Wrighton M. S.  Inorganic and Organometallic Photochemistry, ACS Pub.
  4. Balzani V. and Carasiti V.  Photochemistry of Co-ordination compounds, Academic Press.