dichroism
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The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.
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As a consequence, circular dichroism is exhibited by most biological molecules, because of the dextrorotary (e.g. some sugars ) and levorotary (e.g. some amino acids ) molecules they contain.
For instance, choosing right and left circular polarizations as basis functions simplifies the solution of problems involving circular birefringence (optical activity) or circular dichroism.
Significant examples include 193 nm photolithography equipment (for semiconductor manufacturing ) and circular dichroism spectrometers.
Circular dichroism is another laboratory technique for determining internal β-sheet / α-helical composition of proteins.
In addition to birefringence and dichroism in extended media, polarization effects can also occur at the (reflective) interface between two materials of different refractive index.
Pg. 69-92 Circular dichroism main Circular dichroism is one of the most general and basic tools to study protein folding.