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Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy-I

Introduction to circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy as a chiroptical spectroscopic technique. The lecture explains circularly polarized light, differential absorption of left- and right-circularly polarized light, ellipticity and CD spectra, and the instrumentation of a CD spectropolarimeter. It focuses on electronic circular dichroism in the UV/visible region.

Keywords: CD spectroscopy, UV, circular dichroism, optical activity

Resource type: Lecture Notes


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