Using simple circuitry, polarizing film, and LEGO toy bricks, an undergraduate physics student from the Ateneo de Manila University built an improvised polarimeter that can optically assess the purity ...

At the core of the new device is an optical chiral polarimeter with which it is possible to determine the chiral signature of components accurately and precisely even in the gaseous phase.

JOINT PRESS RELEASE OF THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY AND JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY MAINZ The chiral signature of a fragrance can reveal whether a perfume is genuine or fake. Similarly, ...

Optical rotation measurement exploits the intrinsic ability of chiral media to rotate the plane of polarised light, a phenomenon arising from differences in refractive indices for left‐ and ...

Chirality is an excellent indicator of life, but naturally occurring astrobiological (as well as terrestrial) samples nearly always exhibit massive depolarizing light scattering, which renders ...