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title: Research on chiral split ring resonators using the SPARC published in Nano Letters
description: Measurements using the SPARC cathodoluminescence system demonstrate the varying effects of chiral nanostructures.
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# Research on chiral split ring resonators using the SPARC published in Nano Letters

[Delmic August 15, 2016](https://blog.delmic.com/news/author/delmic)

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Chirality is the property of an asymmetrical object in which – akin to left and right hands – it is distinguishable from its mirror image.

This is an important determinant for the behavior of molecules, and is increasingly being wielded for the development of optical technology. In a paper published in the July 2016 edition of Nano Letters, a leading journal in the field of nanoscience, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology use cathodoluminescence imaging with nanometer resolution to study the chiral response of a nanostructure.

Measurements using the SPARC cathodoluminescence system demonstrate the varying effects of chiral nanostructures. These findings have numerous benefits for photocatalysis and solar light harvesting. Click on the reference below to read the article.

## Reference

[Hot Electron Generation and Cathodoluminescence Nanoscopy of Chiral Split Ring Resonators](http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02154), Yurui Fang, Ruggero Verre, Lei Shao, Peter Nordlander, and Mikael Käll. Nano Letters **16**, 8 (2016).

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