Chemosensors (Aug 2024)

Circular Dichroism Reflectance Anisotropy of Chiral Atomically Thin Films

  • Ilaria Tomei,
  • Filippo Pierucci,
  • Beatrice Bonanni,
  • Anna Sgarlata,
  • Massimo Fanfoni,
  • Seong-Jun Yang,
  • Cheol-Joo Kim,
  • Claudio Goletti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors12090170
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 9
p. 170

Abstract

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Recently, a technical modification of a Reflectance Anisotropy Spectroscopy (RAS) spectrometer has been proposed to investigate the circular dichroism (CD) of samples instead of the normally studied linear dichroism. CD-RAS measures the anisotropy of the optical properties of a sample under right-handed and left-handed circularly polarized light. Here, we present the application of CD-RAS to measure the circular dichroism of a twisted bilayer of graphene, purposely prepared as a possible substrate for the adsorption of thin molecular layers, in air, in liquid or in a vacuum. This result demonstrates the performance of the apparatus and shows interesting perspectives for the investigation of chiral organic assemblies deposited in solid film.

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