Confined to thin films at different heights above a reflective surface, molecules are predicted to show enhanced chiral asymmetry when illuminated with circularly polarized light.

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Optical Chirality and Its Interaction with Matter
Yiqiao Tang and Adam E. Cohen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 163901 (2010)

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