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This article discusses a breakthrough in chiral capsule tools that enable non-chiral organic dyes to exhibit chiroptical properties in water without extensive chemical modifications. These molecular tools have the potential to advance optical technologies in areas such as digital storage, biomedicine, and catalysis.
Simple encapsulation by terpene-based chiral capsules allows various non-chiral organic dyes to display chiroptical properties in water, without requiring elaborate chemical modifications, scientists report. The present molecular tools could pave the way to advanced optical technologies, spanning the fields of digital storage, biomedicine, and catalysis, to name a few.