Self-assembled inorganic chiral superstructures

Lv, Jiawei; Gao, Xiaoqing; Han, Bing; Zhu, Yanfei; Hou, Ke; Tang, Zhiyong

doi:10.1038/s41570-021-00350-w

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“…89 . Copyright 2002, Springer Nature nanomaterials, researchers have developed two mainstream bottom-up strategies to introduce intrinsic chirality or spatial asymmetry into advanced functional nanostructures 15,16 . The most straightforward method is the enantioselective synthesis of chiral nanocrystals with mirror-asymmetric geometry via seed-mediated colloidal growth.…”

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Liquid crystal-templated chiral nanomaterials: from chiral plasmonics to circularly polarized luminescence

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Chiral nanomaterials with intrinsic chirality or spatial asymmetry at the nanoscale are currently in the limelight of both fundamental research and diverse important technological applications due to their unprecedented physicochemical characteristics such as intense light-matter interactions, enhanced circular dichroism, and strong circularly polarized luminescence. Herein, we provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art advances in liquid crystal-templated chiral nanomaterials. The chiroptical properties of chiral nanomaterials are touched, and their fundamental design principles and bottom-up synthesis strategies are discussed. Different chiral functional nanomaterials based on liquid-crystalline soft templates, including chiral plasmonic nanomaterials and chiral luminescent nanomaterials, are systematically introduced, and their underlying mechanisms, properties, and potential applications are emphasized. This review concludes with a perspective on the emerging applications, challenges, and future opportunities of such fascinating chiral nanomaterials. This review can not only deepen our understanding of the fundamentals of soft-matter chirality, but also shine light on the development of advanced chiral functional nanomaterials toward their versatile applications in optics, biology, catalysis, electronics, and beyond.

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Liquid crystal-templated chiral nanomaterials: from chiral plasmonics to circularly polarized luminescence

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“…25 Inorganic nanomaterials that exhibit chirality exist commonly in nature and have attracted signicant attention due to their promising properties and potential for multibiological applications related to the adjustment of life progression. [26][27][28] The different interactions of chiral nanoparticles (NPs) with bio-interfaces can induce a range of biological reactions. 27,29,30 Our group has made several key breakthroughs in this eld.…”

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Photoinduced elimination of senescent microglia cellsin vivoby chiral gold nanoparticles

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“…Joining atoms or particles into a hollow structure is a very challenging task: linear aggregation and coalescence could be induced with dipole interactions among CdTe nanoparticles to give straight nanowires; 8 a two-dimensional (2D) assembly would require alignment in both the x and y directions. 9 Likewise, achieving an enclosing nanoshell 10 requires alignment in all three directions and a random curving of a 2D sheet would be insufficient. The curvature of the diametric patches must be roughly opposite in order to wrap a void inside.…”

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