Electric and magnetic fields interacting with molecules and materials.
Basic techniques for evaluation of molecular properties.
Optical techniques: Optical absorption, fluorescence, phosphorescence and dichroism.
X-ray techniques: X-ray diffraction and X-ray spectroscopies.
Magnetism from the molecular perspective: magnetizability and molecular magnets.
Magnetic resonance techniques: nuclear magnetic resonance and electron paramagnetic resonance properties.
Molecular electronics: Basic properties of molecular electronic devices.
Relations between microscopic and macroscopic properties.
Materials with periodic symmetries; polymers and crystals.
Materials without periodic symmetries; amorphous solids and biomolecules.
Nanomaterials and nanoparticles
Understanding structure-property and structure-function relationships.
Some thumb rules for rational design of materials
Overview of modern modeling methods for prediction of properties.