Organic photodiodes from homochiral l-proline derived squaraine compounds with strong circular dichroism

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 6996-7008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Schulz ◽  
Majvor Mack ◽  
Oliver Kolloge ◽  
Arne Lützen ◽  
Manuela Schiek
Keyword(s):  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Active Layers ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm ◽  
Circular Dichroic ◽  
Circular Polarized Light

We demonstrate the feasibility of inserting highly circular dichroic active layers into an organic photodiode as a potential detector for circular polarized light.

scholarly journals Mass-resolved electronic circular dichroism ion spectroscopy

Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 368 (6498) ◽  
pp. 1465-1468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Daly ◽  
Frédéric Rosu ◽  
Valérie Gabelica
Keyword(s):  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Negative Ions ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Electronic Circular Dichroism ◽  
Circularly Polarized Light ◽  
Chiral Compounds ◽  
Electron Photodetachment ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

DNA and proteins are chiral: Their three-dimensional structures cannot be superimposed with their mirror images. Circular dichroism spectroscopy is widely used to characterize chiral compounds, but data interpretation is difficult in the case of mixtures. We recorded the electronic circular dichroism spectra of DNA helices separated in a mass spectrometer. We studied guanine-rich strands having various secondary structures, electrosprayed them as negative ions, irradiated them with an ultraviolet nanosecond optical parametric oscillator laser, and measured the difference in electron photodetachment efficiency between left and right circularly polarized light. The reconstructed circular dichroism ion spectra resembled those of their solution-phase counterparts, thereby allowing us to assign the DNA helical topology. The ability to measure circular dichroism directly on biomolecular ions expands the capabilities of mass spectrometry for structural analysis.

The chiral coating on an achiral nanostructure by the secondary effect in focused ion beam induced deposition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Fang ◽  
Qing Chai ◽  
Ye Chen ◽  
Yan Xing ◽  
Zai-fa Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Focused Ion Beam ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Localized Surface Plasmon ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
Secondary Effect ◽  
Circularly Polarized Light ◽  
Optical Metamaterials ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

Abstract Optical metamaterials are widely used in electromagnetic wave modulation due to their sub-wavelength feature sizes. In this paper, a method to plate an achiral nanopillar array with chiral coating by the secondary effect in focused ion beam induced deposition is proposed. Guided by the pattern defined in a bitmap with variable residence time, the beam scan strategy suppresses the interaction between adjacent nanostructures. A uniform chiral coating is formed on the target nanostructure without affecting the adjacent nanostructure, under carefully selected beam parameters and the rotation angle of the sample stage. Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy results show that the chiral film has high purity metal, which enables the generation of localized surface plasmon resonances and causes the circular dichroism under circularly polarized light illumination. Finally, the tailorable circular dichroism spectrum of the coated array is verified by the Finite Difference Time Domain method.

scholarly journals Polariton Ring Currents and Circular Dichroism of Mg-porphyrin in a Chiral Cavity

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shichao Sun ◽  
Bing Gu ◽  
S. Mukamel
Keyword(s):  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Time Reversal ◽  
Optical Cavity ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Time Reversal Symmetry ◽  
Porphyrin Molecule ◽  
Ring Currents ◽  
Linearly Polarized ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

By placing a Mg-porphyrin molecule in a chiral optical cavity, time reversal symmetry is broken, thus generating polariton ring currents even with linearly polarized light. These currents induce a circular...

scholarly journals DETERMINATION OF THE POLARIZATION OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE AMYLOID-CONGO RED COMPLEX BY PHASE MODULATION MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY

1974 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 1105-1112 ◽  
Author(s):  
DOUGLASS L. TAYLOR ◽  
ROBERT D. ALLEN ◽  
EARL P. BENDITT
Keyword(s):  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Congo Red ◽  
Phase Modulation ◽  
Optical Rotation ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Visible Spectrum ◽  
Linear Dichroism ◽  
Cotton Effect ◽  
Optical Rotatory Dispersion ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

The polarization properties responsible for the classical "green birefringence" of the amyloid-Congo red complex have been determined by a new optical method, phase modulation microspectrophotometry. This method now makes possible the measurement of one optical property at a time (birefringence, optical rotation, linear dichroism and circular dichroism throughout the visible spectrum) in complex specimens in which visible contrast in polarized light is the result of a mixture of polarization effects. The green birefringence is explained by a combination of optical effects, the strongest of which are dispersion of birefringence and linear dichroism superimposed on the smaller effects of circular dichroism and optical rotatory dispersion. The interaction of the planar dye molecules with the amyloid protein induces an extrinsic Cotton effect.

Correction for Unequal Intensities of Left and Right Circularly Polarized Light in Steady-State and Lifetime-Resolved Fluorescence-Detected Circular Dichroism

1994 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Geng ◽  
Linda B. McGown
Keyword(s):  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Steady State ◽  
General Scheme ◽  
Multicomponent System ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Circularly Polarized Light ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Experimental Approaches ◽  
Total Absorbance ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

A major difficulty in fluorescence-detected circular dichroism (FDCD) and lifetime-resolved fluorescence-detected circular dichroism (LRFDCD) is the generation of equal excitation intensities of left circularly polarized light (LCPL) and right circularly polarized light (RCPL). In the presence of unequal intensities, the observed FDCD signal of an optically active sample, or the resolved FDCD signals of a multicomponent system in the case of LRFDCD, will be contaminated by a factor that is the ratio of the two unequal intensities. For optically inactive samples, a sample-independent, artifactual, nonzero signal of constant magnitude is observed. A general scheme is presented for the correction of these inaccuracies caused by unequal intensities of LCPL and RCPL. Large differences between LCPL and RCPL excitation intensities were artificially introduced in steady-state FDCD measurements, and the artifact was accurately corrected by the scheme. Corrected results for the different experimental approaches that have been described for LRFDCD showed similarly good accuracy. In a related consideration, inclusion of the total absorbance and absorption circular dichroism of the sample in the calculation of the FDCD signal is shown to be essential for samples with high absorbances.

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