Dynamics and kinetics

Note: Lecture slides will be uploaded before each session, so you can download them and take notes during the session.

Lectures:         Mondays 10 am - 12 noon, room BS270

Exercises:        Mondays 12 noon -1 pm, room BS270

Final Exam:      Thursday 15th January 2026, 9.15 am - 12.15 pm, room CE 1 4.

Teacher

Prof. Dr. Sascha Feldmann

Director, Laboratory for Energy Materials (SB ISIC LEM)

SCR, Winthrop House, Harvard University

Room: I17 3 G1

Email: sascha.feldmann@epfl.ch

Teaching assistants

Tejas Deshpande

Room: I17 3 E1

Email: tejas.deshpande@epfl.ch

Jakub Wenz (Hruby)

Room: CH G0 614

Email: jakub.hruby@epfl.ch

Final exam

The written exam will take place in the exam period of January 2026 with a duration of 3 hours.

All contents of the hand-out and of all slides will be examinable, unless marked otherwise.

You are allowed to bring a simple, non-programmable calculator and an A5-sized, hand-written and single-sided formula sheet. Good luck!

Further reading

Atkins, P., de Paula, J., and Keeler. J. Atkins’ Physical Chemistry (Oxford University Press, any edition). 

Steinfeld, J. I., Francisco, J. S. & Hase, W. L. Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics (Prentice Hall, 1989). 

McQuarrie, D. A. & Simon, J. D. Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (University Science Books, 1997). 

Laidler, K. J. Chemical Kinetics (Prentice Hall, 1987).