CHM 305, The Quantum World – Fall 2026
| Lecture | Notes | Slides | Problem Sets |
| 1 – Waves & Particles | Lecture 1 | ||
| 2 – The Classical Wave Equation | Lecture 2 Notes | Lecture 2 Slides | |
| 3 – The Schrödinger Equation | Lecture 3 Notes | Lecture 3 Slides | Problem Set 1 |
| 4 – Free and Confined Particles | Lecture 4 Notes | Lecture 4 Slides | |
| 5 – Quantum Operators | Lecture 5 Notes | Lecture 5 Slides | Problem Set 2 |
| 6 – The Postulates, part 1 | Lecture 6 Notes | Lecture 6 Slides | |
| 7 – The Postulates, part 2 | Lecture 7 Notes | Lecture 7 Slides | Problem Set 3 |
| 8 – Uncertainty | Lecture 8 Notes | Lecture 8 Slides | |
| 9 – Quantum Tunneling | Lecture 9 Notes | Lecture 9 Slides | Problem Set 4 |
| 10 – The Harmonic Oscillator | Lecture 10 Notes | Lecture 10 Slides | |
| 11 – Angular Momentum | Lecture 11 Notes | Lecture 11 Slides | |
| 12 – Midterm Review | Midterm Review Notes | ||
| 13 – Spectroscopy | Lecture 13 Notes | Lecture 13 Slides | |
| Some useful integrals and identities | |||
| Some fun and instructive animations of simple quantum systems |
CHM 502, Advanced Quantum Chemistry – Spring 2025
CHM 504, Molecular Spectroscopy – Spring 2022
| Rotational Spectroscopy | Diatomic Vibrational Spectroscopy | Polyatomic Molecules and Symmetry |
Other Tutorial Notes
- The Weichman Lab style guide
- Cheatsheet for working with Fabry-Pérot optical cavities
- Simulating optical cavity transmission spectra
- Running basic ab initio optimization and frequency quantum chemistry calculations in Gaussian
- Running rovibrational calculations in PGOPHER
Feel free to use and redistribute these notes provided you cite Prof. Marissa Weichman and this page as your source. Please get in touch if you find any mistakes.