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Symmetry: Culture and Science
Volume 35, Number 3, pages 249-252 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2024_3_249

DEVELOPING CHIROPTICAL SPECTROPHOTOMETERS TO REVEAL UNIQUE MOLECULAR BEHAVIOUR IN THE DENSELY-PACKED STATE

Reiko Kuroda

Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi, 487-8501 Japan
Email: rkuroda@isc.chubu.ac.jp
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0268-7729

Abstract: In the densely-packed state, molecules often behave differently from those in solution, resulting in unique reactions, conformational changes and molecular rearrangements. To understand these phenomena, information on chirality is crucial. Here we describe our more than twenty years of research in developing spectrophotometers that can measure true chirality in densely-packed materials.

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