Explores the photon concept in electromagnetic waves, including energy, momentum, emission by charges, coherence length, and the electromagnetic spectrum.
Explores electromagnetic radiation interaction with matter, covering absorption, diffusion, reflection, and refraction, with practical examples like the color of the sky and moon darkness.
Introduces fundamental concepts of fluorescence in microscopy, covering terms like excitation and emission spectra, Stokes shift, quantum efficiency, brightness, and photobleaching.
Explores Earth's energy balance, including solar radiation interaction with the atmosphere and surface, blackbody radiation, and atmospheric processes.
Introduces optical methods in chemistry, covering ray optics, lasers, spectroscopy, and X-ray physics, emphasizing light-matter interactions and Nobel Prize-winning advancements.
Explores the structure of matter, chemical bonds, reaction rates, acids, bases, the Bohr model, emission spectra, and the wave-particle duality of electrons.