Fig. 1: Optical and molecular principles of chirality and respective measurements. | Light: Science & Applications

Fig. 1: Optical and molecular principles of chirality and respective measurements.

From: Chiral carbon dots: synthesis, optical properties, and emerging applications

Fig. 1

a Examples of chiral organic molecules which have been used in the synthesis of chiral carbon dots. b Illustration of nonpolarized, linearly polarized, and circularly polarized light. c Illustration of left- and right-handed circularly polarized light. d Schematic illustration of CD signal measurements, with idealized absorption and CD spectra shown on the right. e Schematic illustration of CPL signal measurement, with idealized PL and CPL spectra shown on the right

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