English Explanatory Dictionary

Raman optical activity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The differential Raman scattering of left and right circularly polarized light by chiral molecules.

Word forms

Raman optical activity ROA

Etymology

After Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist.

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