Sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy of a helically structured conjugated polymer

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Dec 31;93(26 Pt 1):267402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.267402. Epub 2004 Dec 22.

Abstract

Sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy was used as a novel technique to probe the molecular chirality of thin polymer films. Chiral vibrational spectra of poly(bithienylene-phenylene) were obtained, and the two enantiomers were distinguished by an interference method. Vibration-electronic double resonance was responsible for the observation of unusually strong chiral spectra of the phenylene vibration modes.