Circularly polarized light is used to isolate specific chiral isomers
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SUPPORTED
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Circularly polarized light is widely studied and applied to influence enantiomeric equilibria and isolate specific chiral isomers through differential absorption and asymmetric photochemistry.
Evidence for · 2
Fluorescence-Detected Circular Dichroism of a Chiral Molecular Monolayer with Dielectric Metasurfaces.
2020 · cited by 77
The study demonstrates that circular dichroism and circularly polarized light interactions are utilized to enhance asymmetric photolysis for chiral separation.
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Enantioselective Photochromism under Circularly Polarized Light
2019 · cited by 28
The paper explains that circularly polarized light acts as a chiral physical force capable of influencing enantiomeric equilibria through preferential interactions with specific enantiomers.