superchiral

English

Etymology

super- +‎ chiral

Adjective

superchiral (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics, physics) (of a field) having chiral density much higher than circularly polarized light, particularly with respect to ultrasensitive detection
    • 2016, S. Hamed Shams Mousavi, Sajanlal R. Panikkanvalappil, Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Ali A. Eftekhar, Ali Adibi, “Large Enhancement of Circular Dichroism Using an Embossed Chiral Metamaterial”, in arXiv‎:
      In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields.
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