Bioinspired chiral inorganic nanomaterials
Seoul National University · Universidad Complutense de Madrid · +6 more institutions
Abstract
From small molecules to entire organisms, evolution has refined biological structures at the nanoscale, microscale and macroscale to be chiral—that is, mirror dissymmetric. Chirality results in biological, chemical and physical properties that can be influenced by circularly polarized electromagnetic fields. Chiral nanoscale materials can be designed that mimic, refine and advance biological chiral geometries, to engineer optical, physical and chemical properties for applications in photonics, sensing, catalysis and biomedicine. In this Review, we discuss the mechanisms underlying chirality transfer in nature and provide design principles for chiral nanomaterials. We highlight how chiral features emerge in…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 20.07
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 230
Authors
7Topics & keywords
- Nanomaterials
- Nanotechnology
- Biomolecule
- Chirality (physics)
- Microscale chemistry
- Materials science
- Nanoscopic scale
- Biosensor
Funding
- MDMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y UniversidadesAwards: RTI2018-095844-B-I00, RTI2018
- NRNational Research FoundationAward: 2017M3D1A1039377
- NRNational Research Foundation of KoreaAwards: 2017M3D1A1039377, NRF-2017M3D1A1039377
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- MOMinistry of Science and ICT, South KoreaAwards: 2017M3D1A1039377, NRF-2017M3D1A1039377
- OOOffice of Naval Research