Various social issues, such as energy transition, health, environment and new technologies, raise scientific questions directly related to chemistry. For that reason, chemistry is a field, that should, at the very least, be part of the general culture of a future polytechnician executive.
This course is made to address all students interested, without additional prerequisites compared to common courses of CPGE (MP/PC). Students who consider doing chemistry for their 3rd year will find in this course new notions, which are fundamental for the further learning of molecular and materials chemistry. Other students will broaden their scientific general culture which will be useful in other fields such as biology or molecular physics.
By relying on the basic notions of quantum mechanics, seen in the common course, the molecular orbital theory will be presented. It will then be used as the backbone of this course to build the tools needed for the understanding of the electronic structure of molecules and one dimensional solids. It will be illustrated by focusing on the place and importance of small molecules, such as N2, CO2 or CH4, in energy transition.
- Teaching coordinator: Cantat Thibault
- Teaching coordinator: Frison Gilles
- Teaching coordinator: Gacoin Thierry
- Teaching coordinator: Lakhdar Sami