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Optical Activity

Optical Activity is a phenomenon in polarization optics wherein the propagation of linearly polarized light through a chiral anisotropic medium results in the rotation of the plane of polarization, distinguished from other polarization effects by its dependence on molecular asymmetry and its manifestation exclusively in non-centrosymmetric structures.

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Optical Rotation

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Optics in Stratified and Anisotropic Media: 4×4-Matrix Formulation

Dwight W. Berreman · Journal of the Optical Society of America · 1972 · 2K citations

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A New Calculus for the Treatment of Optical SystemsI Description and Discussion of the Calculus

R. Clark Jones · Journal of the Optical Society of America · 1941 · 1.9K citations

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Spontaneous Organization of Single CdTe Nanoparticles into Luminescent Nanowires

Zhiyong Tang, Nicholas A. Kotov, Michael Giersig · Science · 2002 · 1.8K citations

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The <scp>D</scp>alton quantum chemistry program system

Kęstutis Aidas, Celestino Angeli, Keld L. Bak et al. · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science · 2013 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Excited states and photochemistry of organic molecules

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 1.3K citations

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  1. LD
    Laurence D. Barron

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    51 publications · 3.1K citations

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  2. PB
    Petr Bouř

    Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechia

    51 publications · 2K citations

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  3. LH
    Lutz Hecht

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    30 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. JD
    Jianping Deng

    Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

    45 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. LA
    Laurence A. Nafié

    Syracuse University, United States

    33 publications · 1.6K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    34 h-index

    293 publications

    13.7K citations

  2. Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

    Prague, Czechia

    30 h-index

    187 publications

    7K citations

  3. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    29 h-index

    128 publications

    6.9K citations

  4. National Center for Nanoscience and Technology

    Beijing, China

    24 h-index

    159 publications

    16.3K citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    24 h-index

    198 publications

    7.3K citations

  6. Syracuse University

    Syracuse, United States

    24 h-index

    68 publications

    3.2K citations

  7. Beijing University of Chemical Technology

    Beijing, China

    24 h-index

    175 publications

    5.8K citations

  8. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    22 h-index

    122 publications

    8.7K citations

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  1. Journal of the American Chemical Society

    JACS · 164 publications · 13.1K citations

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  2. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    91 publications · 5.5K citations

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  3. Angewandte Chemie International Edition

    48 publications · 4.6K citations

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  4. Macromolecules

    53 publications · 2.4K citations

    32

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  5. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 39 publications · 4.7K citations

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