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The presentation of stereochemical research of chiral organic molecules and optically active polymers reveals Academician Dragutin Fleš as the founder of this field of organic stereochemistry in Croatia. Here are presented the most important scientific achievements in the synthesis of chiral β-amino acids and their analogues, and correlation of absolute configuration in some biologically important compounds, such as ephedrine and chloramphenicol. The presentation follows a chronological sequence, exploringresearch in the field of optically active polymers prepared from chiral derivatives of cysteine through reactive β-thiolactones, as well as from mono- and di-substituted butadienes and vinyl-alkyl ethers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) in purely organic materials is an uncommon phenomenon of emission, which can be characterized by a long persistent luminescence after removal of the excitation source. In the recent years, RTP organic materials have received a considerable attention due to their high application potential in various advancing technologies, ranging from optoelectronic to biomedical applications. In parallel, many progresses have been achieved on the rationalization of this process and led to the emergence of innovative strategies aiming to achieve highest performances both in terms of phosphorescence efficiency and lifetime. While the topic is still on an ascendant development, the generation of circularly polarized phosphorescent (CPP) emission from purely organic molecules is by far much less explored and remains an impressive challenge. Still, the perspective of CPP materials appears as an interesting opportunity to answer several comprehensives issues existing in the field. In this article, we define, in a straightforward way, basic principles and key notions for the generation of RTP and CP luminescence (CPL) guiding the design toward CPP materials. After this brief insight, recent advances in the field of chiral organic RTP materials are discussed with an emphasis on their CP‐RTP properties. Based on this development, the conclusion drawn allows establishing the next challenges and future opportunities standing in the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Achieving highly efficient spin injection has been a challenging problem for a long time in spin logic devices. The chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect could induce spin polarization of electron transmission by chiral structure, providing a promising solution to resolve the above bottleneck. In this work, the significant CISS effect by self-assembled chiral organic molecules with helical structure was achieved on the copper (Cu) substrate covered with gold (Au) layer. We find that the spin polarization induced by the chiral molecules is more than 80%. Serving as an ultra efficient spin filter, the chiral organic molecules is demonstrated to be an effective way to generate pure spin currents and achieve highly efficient spin injection without ferromagnetic electrodes or external magnetic field. Based on these properties, a CISS based reconfigurable logic device is proposed. Due to the high spin injection efficiency, this CISS based device can realize 6 different logic operations with low energy consumption (1.2 pJ) and high speed (3.6 ns). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]