Raman optical activity

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Raman optical activity

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After Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist.

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

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@misc{raman_optical_activity_2026,
  title = {Raman optical activity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/raman%20optical%20activity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}