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Chiral analysis : advances in spectroscopy, chromatography and emerging methods /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Polavarapu, Prasad L. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2018.
Edición:Second edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part One
  • Chirality in Nature; Chapter 1
  • Chiral Asymmetry in Nature; 1.1
  • Introduction; 1.2
  • Chirality: Terminology and Quantification Issues; 1.2.1
  • Cahn-Ingold-Prelog classification of chiral molecules; 1.2.2
  • Optical rotation; 1.2.3
  • Enantiomeric excess; 1.2.4
  • Crystal enantiomeric excess; 1.2.5
  • Chirality measures; 1.3
  • Chiral Asymmetry in Nature; 1.3.1
  • Asymmetry in nuclear processes; 1.3.2
  • Asymmetry in atoms; 1.3.3
  • Asymmetry in molecules; 1.3.4
  • Biomolecular asymmetry
  • 1.3.5
  • Morphological asymmetry1.3.6
  • Astrophysical asymmetries; 1.4
  • Theory of Spontaneous Chiral Symmetry Breaking; 1.5
  • Sensitivity of Chiral Symmetry Breaking Transitions to Asymmetric Interactions; 1.6
  • Examples of Spontaneous Chiral Symmetry Breaking; 1.7
  • Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2
  • Remote Sensing of Homochirality: A Proxy for the Detection of Extraterrestrial Life; 2.1
  • Introduction; 2.2
  • Homochirality; 2.2.1
  • The homochirality of life; 2.2.2
  • The origin of homochirality; 2.2.2.1
  • The initial imbalance
  • 2.2.2.2
  • The amplification of the enantiomeric excess2.3
  • Chemical and biological mechanisms for creating circular spectropolarimetric signals; 2.3.1
  • The discovery of chirality and its relation to the polarization of light; 2.3.2
  • Optical rotatory dispersion, electronic circular dichroism, and circular polarization; 2.3.3
  • Electronic transitions and rotational strength; 2.3.4
  • Exciton coupling; 2.3.5
  • Large aggregates (PSI-type); 2.4
  • Considerations for the remote sensing of homochirality in our solar system and beyond; 2.4.1
  • Wavelength considerations; 2.4.2
  • In situ observations
  • 2.4.3
  • Solar system observations (remote)2.4.4
  • Exoplanet observations; 2.5
  • Instrumentation; 2.5.1
  • Polarization measurement approaches; 2.5.1.1
  • Terminology: polarimetric sensitivity and accuracy; 2.5.1.2
  • Temporal modulation; 2.5.1.3
  • Snapshot modulation; 2.5.2
  • Mitigating linear polarization cross-talk; 2.5.3
  • Current and future instrument concepts; 2.6
  • Conclusion and outlook; References; Part Two
  • Spectroscopic Methods and Analyses; Chapter 3
  • Light Polarization and Signal Processing in Chiroptical Instrumentation; 3.1
  • Introduction; Part A-The polarization of light
  • 3.2
  • Light as a wave3.3
  • Types of polarized light; 3.3.1
  • Linearly polarized light; 3.3.2
  • Circularly polarized light; 3.3.3
  • Elliptically polarized light; 3.4
  • Production of linearly polarized light; 3.4.1
  • Polarization by scattering; 3.4.2
  • Polarization by reflection and refraction; 3.4.3
  • Polarization by birefringence; 3.4.4
  • Polarization by wire grids; 3.4.5
  • Polarization by dichroism; 3.5
  • Production of circularly polarized light; 3.6
  • Production of elliptically polarized light; 3.7
  • Photoelastic modulators; Part B-Signal handling; 3.8
  • Noise in electrical circuits
  • 3.8.1
  • White noise