GRK 690:  Charge Density: Theory and Experiment

• Subject Area: Physical Chemistry
• Term: from 2001 to 2004
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273263

The aim of the research training group is a broad research-oriented education of graduate students in which the charge density, its variations, and the effect of these variations on chemical and biological systems are the central topic. Since the education of the students includes more theory than the standard level they are able to deduce chemical changes from alterations in the molecular electronic features. This approach facilitates to plan their chemical experiments in a more rational way. By a direct comparison of theoretically and experimentally determined charge density we will open new routes to interpret inter- and intramolecular bonding. Experimentally orientated groups in the research training group furnish a large variety of different modern spectroscopic techniques which opens an additional, more indirect, access to evaluate charge density. The essential diversity of very different molecular systems is ensured by the synthetically oriented groups.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Bernd Engels
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Gerhard Bringmann; Professor Dr. Volker Engel; Professor Dr. Eberhard K. U. Gross; Professor Dr. Friedrich Grummt (†); Professor Dr.-Ing. Jens Hartung; Professorin Dr. Ulrike Holzgrabe; Professor Dr. Martin Kaupp; Professor Dr. Wolfgang Kiefer; Professor Dr. Christoph Lampert; Professor Dr. Arnulf Materny; Professor Dr. Dietmar Stalke; Professor Dr. Carsten Strohmann; Professor Dr. Reinhold Tacke