Control of circularly polarized luminescence by using open- and closed-type binaphthyl derivatives with the same axial chirality.

The solution-dispersed-state and polymer-dispersed-state circular dichroism (CD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) properties of chiral binaphthyl fluorophores could be controlled by the choice of open- or closed-type substituents on the binaphthyl units and by the axial chirality of the binaphthyls.