Differential Scatter of Left and Right Circularlay Polarized Light by Optically Active Particulate Systems

AUTOR(ES)

Urry, D. W.

RESUMO

Because of the many heterogeneous systems which are of interest to the chemist and biochemist, the problems of distortions in circular dichroism patterns have been investigated. Specifically in this communication it is shown with a relatively well-characterized particular system (a suspension of α-helical poly-L-glutamic acid) that there is a measurable differential scatter of left and right circularly polarized light by suspensions of the optically active particles. This is a specific example of Perrin's assertion in 1942 (Perrin, F., J. Chem. Phys., 10, 415 (1942)) that the polarization characteristics of scattered light would differ depending on whether or not the scattering particle was optically active.

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