Circularly polarized luminescence and fluorescence detected circular dichroism

Christine L. Maupin, Michigan Technological University
James P. Riehl, Michigan Technological University

Abstract

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd. unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved. Circularly polarised luminescence and fluorescence-detected circular dichroism are both based on the interaction of circularly polasrised light with a chiral molecule. The former relates to the differential circularly polarized luminescence of an excited chiral molecule, and the latter to the differential absorption of circular polarized light by a chiral molecule detected by subsequent fluorescence from the excited state. The instrumentation and applications of these complementary techniques are described.