Driving Forces for chiroptical properties (C07*)

• Subject Area: Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
• Term: since 2026
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 328961117

This project proposes to computationally perturb chiral molecules by smoothly exchanging or adding functional groups or by replacing atoms with those of a different element to understand which changes in molecular structures or solvent environment are responsible for which change in several chiroptical properties at once. Our particular interpolation between molecular systems offers a new way to quantitatively assign the impact of molecular fragments on chiroptical properties. In collaboration with experimental and theoretical groups of this CRC, this aims at tracing the common origin of distinct chiroptical properties to individual atomic many-body contributions.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1319: Extreme light for sensing and driving molecular chirality (ELCH)
• Applicant Institution: Universität Kassel
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Guido Falk von Rudorff