Optical rotation is a fundamental phenomenon observed when plane-polarised light traverses chiral media. This intrinsic property of chiral molecules renders them capable of rotating the plane of ...

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS From fundamental physics of light-matter interaction to fabrication of targeted optical properties in highly ...

The concept of chirality, defined as the geometric property where structures are non-superimposable on their mirror image, underpins a myriad of phenomena in nanoscience. At the nanoscale, engineering ...

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Simple encapsulation by terpene-based chiral capsules allows various non-chiral organic dyes to display chiroptical properties in water, without requiring elaborate chemical modifications, scientists ...

A research team transferred chirality from the molecular scale to a microscale to extend material platforms and applications. The optical activity from this novel chiral material encompasses to ...

To confirm whether this mechanism was driving the rotation, the team created a 3D theoretical model of a cell and evaluated the effect of the molecular chirality of actin and myosin on it. The results ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a method to convert symmetric semiconductor particles into chiral materials—intricately twisted structures that produce films with enhanced ...

Researchers have optimized and 3D-printed helix structures as optical materials for Terahertz (THz) frequencies, a potential way to address a technology gap for next-generation telecommunications, non ...

Engineers have developed a multifunctional, reconfigurable component for an optical computing system that could be a game changer in electronics. As fast as modern electronics have become, they could ...

Figure 1: Microscopy image showing the concentric pattern of F-actin, which gives rise to the clockwise rotation of the nucleus cytoplasm (the colors indicate the ...