Large-area SHG-CD probe intrinsic chirality in polycrystalline films
Florian Ristow, Kevin Liang, Johannes Pittrich, Jakob Scheffel, Natalie Fehn, Reinhard Kienberger, Ueli Heiz, Aras Kartouzian, Hristo Iglev
Abstract
We used second harmonic generation (SHG) spectroscopy to study the chiroptical properties of R -, S - and racemic ( RAC -) 1,1′-bi-2-naphthol (BINOL) films with various thicknesses, incidence angles and degrees of crystallization in the film.
Topics & Concepts
Second-harmonic generationChirality (physics)Materials scienceCrystalliteCrystallizationSpectroscopyCrystallographyOpticsOptoelectronicsChemical engineeringChemistryChiral symmetryNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelEngineeringMetallurgyQuarkPhysicsLaserQuantum mechanicsMolecular spectroscopy and chiralitySynthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research