CHEM 27N: Light and Life
Preference given to freshmen. Light plays a central role in many biological processes. In this course, we will discuss the nature of light, how it is measured, how it is generated in the laboratory, how molecules are excited, and the fate of this excitation in biological chromophores. We will take a chemical perspective on the molecules that absorb and emit light in biological systems, focusing on the "primary" light-driven processes of electron transfer, proton transfer, energy transfer, and isomerization.
Chem 31X or 31A preferred, but not required.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Boxer, S. (PI)
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