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Chirality and magnetism shake hands

Nature Materials volume 7, pages 691–692 (2008)Cite this article

The synthesis of chiral magnetic molecules allows the first observation of strong magneto–chiral dichroism, where unpolarized light is absorbed differently for parallel and antiparallel propagation with respect to an applied magnetic field.

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Figure 1: Magneto-chiral dichroism in a chiral ferromagnet.

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Barron, L. Chirality and magnetism shake hands. Nature Mater 7, 691–692 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2263

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