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SYLC: Symposium Light and Chirality: From Fundamentals to Applications

SYLC 1: Light and Chirality: From Fundamentals to Applications

Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 14:30–16:30, RW 1

Molecular chirality is rapidly emerging as a frontier in ultrafast science and quantum technologies, and lies at the heart of many of nature’s most fundamental processes such as chiral recognition, where enantiomers interact differently with their environment–shaping biological activity and molecular self-assembly. The electronic properties of chiral molecules are also attracting growing interest, exemplified by ultrafast, light-driven electronic responses that display enantioselectivity and by phenomena such as chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS). These effects open new avenues for spin-selective applications and light-based molecular control. Beyond gas-phase studies, advances in the design of chiral nanostructures and the development of functional chiral materials are expanding the reach of chirality research into areas as diverse as photoswitches, optoelectronics, and enantioselective sensing. This symposium will bring together theoretical and experimental experts across these topics to explore the multidimensional nature of chirality and its role in shaping this key pillar of molecular science.

	14:30	SYLC 1.1	Invited Talk: Enantio-sensitive molecular compass — P. M. Flores, S. Carlstroem, S. Patchkovskii, M. Ivanov, V. Mujica, A. F. Ordonez, and •O. Smirnova
	15:00	SYLC 1.2	Invited Talk: Conjugation, chirality and optical activity — •Matthew Fuchter
	15:30	SYLC 1.3	Invited Talk: Gas-phase spectroscopy of chiral molecules — •Anne Zehnacker, Etienne Rouquet, Valéria Lepère, Gustavo Garcia, and Laurent Nahon
	16:00	SYLC 1.4	Invited Talk: Toward a low-energy test of the parity symmetry via precise mid-IR spectroscopy of cold chiral molecules — Agathe Bonifacio, Sahil Viel, Raphaël Hahn, Minh Nhut Ngo, Marylise Saffre, Yuhao Liu, Wenling Dong, Etienne Cantin, Olivier Lopez, Anne Amy-Klein, Mathieu Manceau, and •Benoît Darquié