A trans–cis photoisomerizable achiral polymer, poly[(9,9-di-n-octylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-alt-4,4′-azobenzene] (F8AZO), was designed. The chirality of (S)- and (R)-limonene used as a solvent allowed for the generation of optically active F8AZO aggregates, revealing intense circular dichroism (CD) signals in the visible region. The reversible chiroptical response was achieved upon alternating photoirradiation at 405 nm (trans-form) and 546 nm (cis-form). This ability originated from the switching between the trans-origin aggregation and cis-origin disaggregation of F8AZO in the limonene–2-propanol–chloroform tersolvent.

In this work, we found two hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) columns for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) suitable for the high-resolution separation of hydrophilic metal clusters. The mass distributions of the product mixtures of hydrophilic metal clusters were evaluated via HPLC mass spectrometry (LC/MS) using these HILIC columns. Consequently, we observed multiple clusters that had not been previously reported for glutathionate (SG)-protected gold clusters (Au(SG)). Additionally, we demonstrated that AuM(SG) alloy clusters (M = Ag, Cu, or Pd) in which part of the Au in the Au(SG) cluster is replaced by a heteroelement can be synthesized, similar to the case of hydrophobic alloy clusters. It is easy to evaluate the mass distributions of hydrophilic metal clusters using this method. Thus, remarkable progress in the synthesis techniques of hydrophilic metal clusters through the use of this method is anticipated, as is the situation for hydrophobic metal clusters.

The helical chirality of a Co(II) complex with a chiral tetradentate ligand is completely inverted from Lambda to Delta by the addition of achiral NO3- anion as an external stimulus.

Mirror symmetry breaking and restoration within mmsized polymer particles in optofluidic media by pumping circularly polarised light3

A circularly polarised photon hand, l- and r-, was not a deterministic factor for the induced chiroptical sign of π-conjugated polymer aggregates. This anomaly originates from circular dichroism inversion characteristics between shorter and longer π–π* bands.