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Measurement and comparison of absolute value of soft X-ray natural circular dichroism of serine and alanine

Yudai Izumi1,2, Akiko Imazu1, Aki Mimoto1, Masafumi Tanaka1, Kazumichi Nakagawa1, Masahito Tanaka3, Akane Agui4 and Takayuki Muro5

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Soft X-ray natural circular dichroism (SXNCD) spectra of serine (Ser) and alanine (Ala) thin films, were measured in absolute value with the focus at the oxygen 1s → π* transition of COO-. In the case of L-Ser, a positive and negative SXNCD peaks were observed around 531.5 and 532.5 eV, respectively. In the case of L-Ala, a negative SXNCD peak was observed around 532.8 eV. The SXNCD intensity of L-Ala was about ten times as large as that of L-Ser. Those differences would reflect the chiral environment of the core hole oxygen atoms of COO-.


PACS

78.66.Qn Polymers; organic compounds

78.20.Fm Birefringence

Subjects

Soft matter, liquids and polymers

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Dates

Issue 1 (2009)



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