optically active polymer

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.OT07179
Polymer capable of rotating the polarization plane of a transmitted beam of linear-polarized light.
Note: The optical activity originates from the presence of chiral elements in a polymer such as chiral centers or chiral axes due to long-range conformational order in a polymer (helicity).
See also: optical activity, helicity
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 889. (Definitions of terms relating to reactions of polymers and to functional polymeric materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)) on page 900 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'optically active polymer' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.OT07179 RIS BibTex EndNote
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