The formation of a specialization “Photochemistry” at the Chemical Faculty of Tomsk University

The stages of the development of the specialization of "Photochemistry" at the Chemistry Faculty of Tomsk State University are presented. The history of the formation of specialization is given, an overview of the main results and a bibliography of works on studies in the field of photochemistry. The first studies on photochemistry at the Tomsk State University were carried out with the arrival in Tomsk in 1935 N.A. Prilezhayeva, the pupil of Academician A.N. Terenin. Further, a graduate of the Faculty of Chemistry of TSU in the specialty "Physical Chemistry" V.I. Danilova, starting together with A.F. Terpugova use quantum chemistry to study the spectral properties of polyatomic molecules. It is complex studies (experimental and quantum-chemical) photoprocesses that occur in organic molecules that distinguish the Tomsk scientific school of Prilezhayeva-Danilova. An important stage in its further development is associated with a graduate of the chemical faculty of TSU V.G. Plotnikov (graduate student of N.A. Prilezhayeva and V.I. Danilova), who developed general expressions for the constants of the processes of a nonradiative conversion and theoretically substantiated the spectral-luminescent systematics of Nurmukhametov-Plotnikov-Shigorin. Further G.V. Mayer developed the methods of quantum-chemical assessment of the rate constants of internal and intercombination conversion in polyatomic molecules, and V.Ya. Artyukhov created a problem-oriented software complex that allows with high accuracy to solve spectroscopic problems and problems of studying photoprocesses. In 1997, the rector of TSU G.V. Mayer was proposed to organize the specialization "Photochemistry" at the Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemistry of TSU. Detailed discussions were held with the leadership of the faculty (dean Yu.G. Slizhov) and the department (head of the department of F.G. Unger) and employees, the relevant plans and courses were developed, and the specialization of "Photochemistry" began to be carried out. The article has a list of candidate dissertations protected in a photochemical direction as part of the specialty "Physical Chemistry", as well as monographs and chapters in monographs, published as part of a photochemical specialization. In addition, examples of some grants and programs successfully executed in the framework of photochemical topics are given. During the implementation of the scientific and educational project “Optical sensors for biological environments”, supported by the Ministry of Education of Norway, 4 international schools for quantum chemicals and spectroscopy of biological systems for students, graduate students and young scientists were held. The main task of schools was to improve the quality of education in the field of instrumental observation and theoretical study of spectroscopy and photochemistry of fluorescent organic, metal-organic and biological clusters. Students and graduate students who have completed the specialization of “Photochemistry” at the Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemistry TSU, successfully work in various organizations: Sibur, Tomsknipineft, St. Petersburg State University, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and, of course, some of them continue to work at Tomsk State University. It can be concluded that it was a successful and fruitful idea of organizing the specialization of “photochemistry” at the Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry of the Faculty of TSU. Contribution of the authors: the authors contributed equally to this article. The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

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