Methods for accurately determining the optical properties of opto-electric materials or bio-samples are essential in facilitating the development of advanced inspection and/or diagnostic applications [1]. For example, linear birefringence (LB) measurements provide a useful insight into the characteristics of LCD compensator films or the photo-elasticity of human tissue, while circular birefring...

Magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy and variable-temperature variable-field (VTVH) MCD are powerful methods for studying the excited and ground states of paramagnetic systems. Notably, these methods provide detailed insight into the geometric and electronic structures of catalytically active centers in inorganic and biological systems. In this review, we present the theoretical backg...

F. Willems,1,2,* C. T. L. Smeenk,2 N. Zhavoronkov,2 O. Kornilov,2 I. Radu,1 M. Schmidbauer,3 M. Hanke,4 C. von Korff Schmising,1,2,*,† M. J. J. Vrakking,2 and S. Eisebitt1,2,* 1Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, 10623 Berlin, Germany 2Max-Born-Institut, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany 3Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung, Max-Born-Strasse 2, 12489...

The activated structure of RNase P RNA (PhopRNA) in Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 was characterized by circular dichroism (CD) and ultraviolet (UV) absorbance spectra. The results suggested that interaction of four RNase P proteins (PhoPop5, PhoRpp21, PhoRpp29, and PhoRpp30) with PhopRNA results in destabilization of base stacking in PhopRNA, whereas the addition of a fifth protein, PhoRpp38, incre...

Chirality of a nucleotide-Cu(II) complex molecule, [CuNa(GMP)(HGMP)(H(2)O)(7)]·6(H(2)O)·CH(3)OH (GMP = guanosine 5'-monophosphate), is delivered to the three-dimensional supramolecular architecture by hydrogen bonding. Liquid- and solid-state circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy are used to analyse the molecular and supramolecular chirality.

A new chiral open-framework cobalt phosphite [C6N2H14][Co(HPO3)2] (1) with helical channels has been synthesized under solvothermal conditions in the presence of achiral organic amine. The circular dichroism (CD) spectrum indicates that the bulk crystals have optical activity. Magnetic measurements reveal that 1 is a weak ferromagnet.

Optically active sydonic acid (1) was isolated for the first time from a culture broth of Glonium sp. The absolute stereochemistry was established to be (S) by comparing the circular dichroism (CD) spectrum with that of (+)-curcutetraol after conversion into (+)-sydonol (2).

In this review, we shall outline the basic principles of circular dichroism (CD) indicating the types of structural information relevant to the study of biomolecules, such as proteins or DNA. We are mainly interested to show the utility of this technique to study protein-ligand, DNA-ligand and protein-DNA interactions.