Can we still measure circular dichroism with circular dichroism spectrometers: The dangers of anisotropic artifacts

TJ Ugras, Y Yao, RD Robinson - Chirality, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral materials with strong linear anisotropies are difficult to accurately characterize with
circular dichroism (CD) because of artifactual contributions to their spectra from linear …

Development of low-cost, compact chiroptical imaging systems

M Ward, R Docherty, L Minion, X Shi, K Anson… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Circular dichroism spectroscopy is a key probe of the structural and optical properties of
chiral materials, however, commercial circular dichroism spectrometers are large …

Transmission vs. Diffuse Transmission in Circular Dichroism: What to Choose for Probing Solid‐State Samples?

M Górecki - Chirality, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in equipment enabled the collection of solid‐state electronic circular
dichroism (ECD) spectra using the commercially available integrating sphere attachment for …

Separating the Material and Geometry Contribution to the Circular Dichroism of Chiral Objects Made from Chiral Media

L Rebholz, M Krstic, B Zerulla, M Pawlak… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The chirality of an object can be studied by measuring the circular dichroism, that is, the
difference in absorption of light with different helicity. The chiral optical response of an …

Noise characterization in circular dichroism spectroscopy

JM DiNitto, JM Kenney - Applied Spectroscopy, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Circular dichroism (CD), defined as the difference in absorption between left and right
circularly polarized light, is used to spectroscopically study the structures of chiral materials …

Simulation workflows to predict the circular dichroism and circularly polarized luminescence of chiral materials

M Fortino, G Schifino, A Pietropaolo - Chirality, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral materials are attracting considerable interest in various fields in view of their unique
properties and optical activity. Indeed, the peculiar features of chiral materials to absorb and …

A Perspective on the Simulation of Electronic Circular Dichroism and Circularly Polarized Luminescence Spectra in Chiral Solid Materials

M Caricato - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2024 - ACS Publications
Chiral materials have shown tremendous potential for many technological applications, such
as optoelectronics, sensing, magnetism, information technology, and imaging …

Method for artifact-free circular dichroism measurements based on polarization grating

C Provenzano, P Pagliusi, A Mazzulla, G Cipparrone - Optics letters, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We propose a simple method to perform real-time measurements of circular dichroism (CD),
which suppresses the artifacts introduced by anisotropic samples and nonideal optical …

[HTML][HTML] Robust numerical evaluation of circular dichroism from chiral medium/nanostructure coupled systems using the finite-element method

S Lee, JH Kang, SJ Yoo, QH Park - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
It has been demonstrated that circular dichroism (CD) signals from chiral molecules can be
boosted by plasmonic nanostructures inducing strong local electromagnetic fields. To …

Vertical-type chiroptical spectrophotometer (I): Instrumentation and application to diffuse reflectance circular dichroism measurement

T Harada, H Hayakawa, R Kuroda - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
We have designed and built a novel universal chiroptical spectrophotometer (UCS-2: J-
800KCMF), which can carry out in situ chirality measurement of solid samples without any …